Thai Culture: Thailand bans popular folk song about “Blue Diamond” to protect “You Know Who”

By Pooky, Thai Intel’s economics journalist Well, local press reports Thailand’s Information Communications and Technology Ministry, have banned a Thai folk song about the “Blue Diamond.” The song is by a very famous and popular Thai folk song artist, Plern Plomdaeng-and many who have heard the song, says on Twitter and Facebook, that there is…

Democracy: Yingluck Re-Engineers Thai finances to help “Democratization” of Thailand

By Pooky, Thai Intel’s economics journalist On Saturday, a prominent Thai economist, Veerapong, said the Thai central bank attitude was bad for democracy. Then on Sunday, the Democrat Party said Thailand’s prime minister, Yingluick, economic policies were “dictatorial.” Financial Re-Engineering for The People: Yingluck, just decided to push the burden of interest payment on a…

Thaksin Focus: Taksin initiated Thai nano-tech center to host one of globe’s largest nano-tech meet (Nanoweek News Up-Dated)

By Pooky, Thai Intel’s economics journalist Thailand‘s establishment, being staunchly anti-Taksin, have accused Taksin often of being an outward looking globalist, that shuns Thailand’s traditions. To the Thai establishment, the Bhutan Model mixed in with a healthy dose of xenophobia-is preferred, as the way to protect Thailand’s uniqueness and tradition. And because of that shunning…

ASEAN Defense: Yingluck & Thai army chief shift Thai national security focus to external challenges

By Stingray, Thai Intel’s national security It had been a long wait for Thailand‘s global allies-for Thailand’s national security strategist to emerge from focusing on internal Thailand concentration-towards a focus on external challenges. However, Yingluck, Thailand’s prime minister, recently visited a string of HQ of the Thai defense establishment-and Yingluck, said, quote: “Thailand’s defenses will…

Thaksin Focus: Taksin & an Old Thai Grandmother wants to return to Thailand

By Tammy, Thai Intel’s humanity journalist Last week, I was having a conversation with a famous Austrian in Thailand, Freaking Cat, and the conversation turned to Taksin. And when anyone talks serious about Taksin, it is about corruption, War on Drugs and the terrorism infected Thai Deep South. Freaking Cat, if you have been following…

Competitiveness: Would proposed “Corruption Free” sticker on goods break Thailand’s corrupt behavior?

By Pooky, Thai Intel’s economics journalist Dominant in the Thai culture is “Face” no matter how dirty it gets underneath. For example, recently, the World Economic Forum came out with very negative ranking on Thailand. The solution, by the then Thai government of Abhisit, was to send more Thai corporation, to represent Thailand at the…

ASEAN Defense: Yingluck & the Thai military “Guns, Coups & Cambodia”

by Stingray, Thai Intel’s national security journalist Bangkok Post, national security journalist, Wassana, just reported that the Thai army chief, Prayuth, just showed Thailand’s prime minister Yingluck, a Thai military made hand machine gun, for Yingluck to test. “Yingluck was a little scared but was also curious,” said Wassana. The hand machine gun, as reported…

Royalism: Royalist Yellow Shirts say Kum Paka’s boobs are not pretty so here is stunning boobs for Uncle SMS

By Tammy, Thai Intel’s humanity journalist Poor Kum Paka, she went topless with messages in support of Uncle SMS who was zapped for 20 years for offending the Thai monarchy. So on the Yellow Shirts’ Manager Weekly Magazine, the cover showed that topless picture of Kum Paka, with the wording, like “Ugly Boobs to Topple…

Politics: Yingluck’s office says “Balancing Act” difficult to manage curently

By Ranger, Thai Intel’s political journalist Thai Rath, a pro-Democrat Party mass circulated newspaper in Thailand, reported that Thailand’s prime minister office, deputy spokesman, Anusorn, have told the press that the Thai establishment is in a rush to disband the Pheu Thai Party, to cut-off the legal process development towards accountability for Red Shirts protesters…