Rama 4 Rd frontline

A couple more images from yesterday late afternoon near Suan Lum  market on Rama  4 road… Journalist crossing the lines towards army controlled area, people detained in a pen under the Thai-Belgium flyover of Rama 4.

Bangkok Dangerous

There is the big story… barricades, protesters, soldiers, burning tires, empty streets, shooting…
Theses 4 pictures are a snip at today mayhem in BANGKOK.
On Rama 4, next to the Thai Boxing Stadium where a number of protesters, some Red Shirts and supporters from the Klong Toey area nagging at soldiers for a good part of the day. Around 5:30, we have yet another burning tire and a few volleys from sling-shots… a soldier firing rubber bullets, a another fire 3 shots from his M16… one man in his 50's about 80 metres away fall,  mortally wounded, under the eyes of other reporters standing at the scene. I was behind the soldiers. I post the 4 pictures telling the story from my POV: shooting, the man carried away in background (recrop), the soldiers being call back by their commander, and finally the probable author of the fatals shot being lectures by his superiors…

Day 57 of the Red Shirts Protest in Bangkok

Another day, another chore… The settlement in Central Bangkok which accommodate thousands of protesters is always busy, a number of communities have established their daily routine there and it seems that there is no end in sight…yet.
Pictures (from the top) : Renegade Maj-General Kittaya conduct an inspection the protecting fences, a woman does her laundry on Rajdamri Rd, a food-line at the Rajprasong intersection, a monk does his round spraying holly water on his subjects and an army patrol chatting with girls at night on Sukhumvit Road.

Bangkok Protest On Coronation Day

On May 5, the 60th birthday of the King of Thailand Coronation, the protest on Rajprasong took a festive turn for a day…

And the most popular soldier of the Red Shirts (Maj Gen Seh Daeng) was on hand for picture taking, the crowd (seen here from the bridge on Sean Sep canal) was visibly larger than any other day, and a giant picture with a shrine to the King adorn the stage for the ceremony… in the meanwhile, there is no sign of preparing to move out of the place…

Negotiations time in Bangkok

Look like, the contenders are coming to some sort of compromise in Thailand… The situation is clearly out of hand for the government and the protesters are well entrenched in the center of Bangkok…Now this is bargaining time… Pictures of an Thai artist protester from the TEP organism in front of the Central World, a smiling Red in front of a Vuitton shop, and the core leaders of the movement announcing their vues on the government proposal to the crowd on Rajprasong.

A city under siege (continued)

Bangkok is learning how to live under siege. It's now one month since the protest have move to the center of town, and it's start to take its toll. Barricades, encampments, a new way of life is emerging in this plush shopping area of the city and this has probably never happen anywhere in a modern city.

Life goes on in the Red's zone of Siam Square and Rajprasong

With the garbage bags piling up as the City refuse to clean up and the rainstorms coming this season, we are up for some new ambiance images on the occupation of Central Bangkok.

Situation in Bangkok

We are now a few weeks into the crisis (blocade of Central Bangkok) and no solution in sight… only reinforced 'barricades' and the same crowd with less red shirt… and the pesky rumours of military crackdown…Pictures of the Silom crossroad at sunset, the statue of Rama VI at Lumpini Park, recruting station on Rajdamri and a 'barricade' on Ploenchit road…

Bangkok nights…on the frontline

A few pictures of the Rajdamri Road area during the night, the long nights…A monk peeking through the barricade, a folk singer in front of the Four Season hotel (closed)…And the crowd with Bangkok skyline in the background.

A day at the "barricade"

The visual on the Red Shirts occupation of Central Bangkok is taking an upswing…and gaining in popularity attesting by the presence of a great number of news people at that Dusit Thani crossroad…BAMBOO AND TIRES… ancient tools inspiration. Anyway this is repeated to most entries to their "territory". And what they face on Silom road.

Webzine on my Fall of Phnom Penh story (from 1975)

From Yumi Goto, a webzine story on my coverage of the Fall of Phnom Penh (17 april 1975) and the book on the story…
http://reminders-project.org/pdfx12/The_Fall_of-PP/pdfX12_40E.pdf

Step up security cordon in Bangkok

This early Monday morning Thai troops invade the Silom Business district to fend off any incursion by the Red Shirts camped just a hundred yard away…