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...members an eclectic group of unionists, businessmen and royalists - says it will keep fighting the government until it flushes out all representatives linked with Thaksin. The opposition alliance believes that the former billionaire tycoon-turned-P.M. was corrupt and manipulated a democratic system to entrench his own power. Thai courts have charged Thaksin with graft in several cases. On Oct. 6, an official from the British Home Office confirmed that Thaksin and his wife had applied for political asylum in Britain on the grounds that they will not receive fair trials back home...
...Kordsomboon emigrated from Thailand to the United States. Since that time, the two have spent the greater part of their time here sharing the food of their homeland with Americans and Harvard students. After having set up three successful eateries in 14 years, the people behind square restaurants Spice Thai Cuisine and 9Tastes—composed of Thai immigrant friends and family members of the two men—are about to open a new restaurant called Shabu Square, which will come to 97 Winthrop Street in the middle of next month. The restaurant will feature “shabu...
...photos of the Thai protests here...
...Bangkok Recipe for An Ouster After withstanding months of protests and calls for his resignation, Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was ultimately forced from office Sept. 9 on a technicality. According to a court ruling, Samak's gig as an occasional host of a TV cooking show violated a conflict-of-interest article in the Thai constitution that prohibits the Prime Minister from having a job outside of official duties. Yet just as soon as Samak was removed, his party declared its intention to renominate him, a move likely to perpetuate Thailand's political unrest. Samak's detractors allege...
...Indeed, the judges' decision notwithstanding, there's little evidence that Thailand's political crisis is set to end anytime soon. And that's bad for Thai business. Since the PAD rallies began, the country's benchmark stock index has plummeted nearly 25%. After several nations issued travel warnings for Thailand last week, following a fatal street battle in Bangkok between rival groups of political demonstrators, many tourists have canceled trips, depriving the country of badly needed income...