Bring Back the Land of Smiles
A picture like this could be captured by any mobile phone in downtown BKK yesterday, but none could leak through government-controlled TV & media. The survival of this military-backed regime relies...
View ArticleThe Red March
The UDD parade around BKK took more than 10 hours, It was undoubtly the largest gathering so far. Many BKK residents came out to watch as the "red army" moved along the streets like lava. In many areas...
View ArticleOne Evening in the Red City
The demonstrators have settled alongside the whole Rajdumnern road and started good business there. Small shops of UDD collectibles grow like fiery mushrooms. I went there to observe but couldn’t help...
View ArticleCalm Bangkok before the storm
One day before another scheduled mass protest, I took a bus to downtown BKK. A few UDD placards could be seen along the street. Smaller red stickers of the same message were everywhere, even on buses...
View ArticleThe Red Ultimatum
The Red Army showed up as promised, in even larger number than last Saturday. The leaders announced the plan to chase out the military and police forces deployed in certain places close to their...
View ArticleWinning by sheer number
The second UDD weekend protest drew much more red-shirts than last Saturday. Throughout the day, people kept on coming until they overflowed onto all streets adjacent to Rajdumnern. When viewing from...
View ArticleAd hoc solution
The police force at government house refused to retreat. Being greatly outnumbered, one officer found a cheap way to calm the surrounding red-shirts.
View ArticleAnother visit to the command center
March 18, 2010: A portion of UDD demonstrators moved to the 11thinfantry of the Thai army once again, to pressure the Abhisit regime. They were called back in the afternoon when a negotiation table was...
View ArticleVoices from different class
About a thousand of people, dressed mostly in pink, summoned in front of Lumphini park with an attempt to show their disagreement with the Red-shirts. It was rather a lifeless protest. Many of them...
View ArticleSelected shots from the red protest
Here I choose a few pictures from the UDD protest since March 12, 2010, that have not been uploaded before. This was truly a remarkable event of one’s lifetime, when all scenes in Bangkok were painted...
View ArticleA Fiery Bangkok night
April 3, 2010: At the heart of Bangkok, the siege of Ratchaprasong intersection by the UDD continued through the night. It looked like a countdown party in red costumes. The protesters demanded that...
View ArticleAll Over The Place
The military attempt to force the Red-shirts out of BKK streets via legal means was proved futile today, since the court refused to issue a warrant. While maintaining two main strongholds, UDD sent a...
View ArticleECT Under Pressure
The atmosphere around the Office of The Election Commission of Thailand when people jeered after the speaker addressed the name of ECT head, whom they believed had delayed the Democrat Party case just...
View ArticleRedefine traffic law
Green means stop, red means go. That’s how it happened today. In the morning, many army troops in green uniform blocked this street with an attempt to clear Ratchaprasong intersection. They were...
View ArticleAbsolute Defiance
After the Abhisit government declared the State of Emergeny in the evening of April 7, 2010, more people attended the UDD stage at Ratchaprasong in every direction. The massive red crowd overflowed to...
View ArticleThe Show Must Go On
April 8, 2010: Thai people freedom was jeopardized once again when People Channel, the main UDD satellite program, was put off the air via the state of emergency decree, while their rival, ASTV, was...
View ArticleGet Off Our People Channel
April 8, 2010: Only one day after the Thai army took control of Thaicom satellite station as an attempt to silence The Red’s People Channel , the UDD leaders announced in the morning to take it back...
View ArticleTension before it escalated
I don’t know how to describe the tragedy happened today. Disturbing pictures are already circulating in internet. I was out there taking pictures and videos around Ratchadamnern. Tension was high....
View ArticleFallen Heroes
April 11, 2010: At the Democracy Monument, a Buddhist ceremony was arranged for Red-shirt protesters who died fighting for freedom during yesterday bloodshed. Even the state of emergency still in...
View ArticleSongkran at ground zero
Today marks the beginning of Thai New Year, or Songkran. It is always a remarkable festival for both locals and visitors, who enjoy splashing each other using water guns, hoses, or any water...
View ArticleWashing the blood and tears
One famous place to celebrate Songkran in Bangkok is Khao-san road, which connected to the Kog-wua intersection. I just walked a few meters into that smaller path, where I had walked along three days...
View ArticleMusuem of Horror
A few people told me “you’ve got to see this.” I saw it before on others’ clips and pics. So now I came to see these wreckages on Dinsor road by my own eyes. It was like walking through a reminiscence...
View ArticleLet’s Go Downtown
April 14, 2010: Due to some security concerns, UDD leaders decided to merge their two sites to one. The Pan-Fah stage was abandoned. It took the whole day for the Red-shirts to migrate to the center of...
View ArticleA Collection of Outdoor Art
In this set I just took snapshots of all the "art and paintings" created on tanks, walls, and around the Monument of Democracy. They described people anger on the April 10 bloodshed.
View ArticleNew Home
April 15, 2010: The Red-shirts from the old site Phan-Fah began to settle at Lumphini park. They constructed a temporary radio station, cooked dinner, and conducted the street markets as before. This...
View ArticleRemember the Teen-Toe
Mr.Rattanachai Rattanamaneerungsaeng, known to us as “Uncle Teen-Toe,” was a fighter in his own, unique way. The word “Teen-Toe” in Thai means “big feet.” For 4 years since the Sep 19 coup, Rattanachai...
View ArticleStand Their Ground
April 17, 2010: After the failed attempt to capture some leaders by brute force, security at Ratchaprasong was tightened. Spotlights were installed to search for snipers on high buildings. The...
View ArticleVoice from a westerner
April 18, 2010: Amid the news that many soldiers armed with assault rifles and shotguns were deployed at Lumphini and Silom, the UDD protesters and Bangkokians still came out in the middle of the night...
View ArticleWe Never Forget Them
July 11, 2010, Bangkok: Amid the Thai government emergency decree, a group of red-shirt supporters showed their defiance by conducting a symbolic protest at Ratchaprasong Intersection. They portrayed...
View ArticlePeople Have Died Here
July 11, 2010 Bangkok: This video captured the atmosphere during a “Red-Sunday” repressed demonstration under the emergency decree, where a gathering of 5 people or more was prohibited and no PA...
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