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Tongue-Thai’ed! Part XI: Suthep’s nightmares and Godwin’s law

By Siam Voices Wed, Feb 29, 2012 9:15AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut “Tongue-Thai’ed!” encapsulates the most baffling, amusing, confusing, outrageous and appalling quotes from Thai politicians and other public figures – in short: everything we hear that makes us go “Huh?!”. Check out all past entries here. It’s been been a while since former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban has said anything outrageous, even though there...

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Thailand’s Democrat Party rally: Reclaiming (the truth about) Rajaprasong

By Siam Voices Fri, Jun 24, 2011 5:56AM UTC View Comments

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva addresses supporters at a Democrat Party rally at Central World Plaza, Bangkok on June 23, 2011. (Photo by Saksith Saiyasombut)

Reporting from Bangkok: Saksith Saiyasombut The big screens flanking the stage on the left and the right are bearing a gruesome view. Footage of at times badly injured people from last year’s rally are being shown when suddenly at the sight of blood people started cheering – as it turns out, not for the brutally...

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Tongue-Thai’ed! Part V: Shooting for sympathy

By Siam Voices Mon, May 30, 2011 7:17PM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut “Tongue-Thai’ed!” encapsulates the most baffling, amusing, confusing, outrageous and appalling quotes from Thai politicians and other public figures – in short: everything we hear that makes us go “Huh?!”. Check out all past entries here. One of the most discussed issues ever since Prime Minister Abhisit called for elections was the fear of...

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Tongue-Thai’ed! Part II: Suthep, HRW and who killed JFK?

By Siam Voices Wed, May 04, 2011 6:10PM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut “Tongue-Thai’ed!” is the new segment on Siam Voices, where we encapsulate the most baffling, amusing, confusing, outrageous and appalling quotes from Thai politicians and other public figures – in short: everything we hear that makes us go “Huh?!”. Check our first entry here. Some backstory before we dive into the quote: I initially...

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Thailand’s palm oil crisis: ‘Mr S’ strikes again

By Siam Voices Wed, Mar 09, 2011 5:11PM UTC View Comments

By Dan Waites Thailand has recently faced a severe shortage of palm oil. Despite being the world’s third-largest producer of the commodity, the country has been forced to import tens of thousands of tonnes of the stuff from Malaysia. So how has this happened? The government is putting the blame on flooding and drought last year....

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