webfact Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Third Region Army Finds No Violent Red-shirt Units in North The third region army said they have found no red-shirt villages in the northern region of Thailand. They added that soldiers will be sent to observe and gather more information in the area. General Wanthip Wongwai said the army inspected the bomb explosion at Kavila Camp in Chaing Mai Province following a report about the existence of a red-shirt village, which is believed to be housing violent units. General Wanthip said the army inspected 17 provinces in the northern region and found no violent units as had been reported. He said the people in several provinces such as Chaing Mai, Chaing Rai, and Lum Pang provinces only put up red flags in front of their homes to show their support for the red-shirt group. He said such actions are not against the law. He added that soldiers will be sent to the area to exchange ideas and opinions, while he reiterated that the purpose of the observation is only to gain more information about the northern region. -- Tan Network 2011-06-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChangers Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Well with every tuk tuk and sorngtow having red flags, all the Chiang Mai market stalls the same I'm surprised there was any more red cloth to be found for the villages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptownbob Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 so after the elections can anyone speculate on what will be happening around chiang mai as i'll there for a week from july 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChangers Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 so after the elections can anyone speculate on what will be happening around chiang mai as i'll there for a week from july 23 Be pure harmony where I am as Mrs Changers is running the "We're having a party in the shop" party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Well with every tuk tuk and sorngtow having red flags, all the Chiang Mai market stalls the same I'm surprised there was any more red cloth to be found for the villages. Exaggerate much? I would say that MOST tukTuk's (my BF took one to the airport on Monday that had no red/PTP stuff) and maybe 30% of the songtheaw sport red flags (or PTP logos) as for shops ... only a small percentage around me have anything red around them. (The SomTam shop at the corner of Arak Rd at the moat behind the "red' hotel and Wat Phra Singh has red flags ... one house in my neighborhood does. .... MANY houses are sporting the Thai flag and the King's flag (or the Thai Flag and the Buddhist flag). Chiang Mai Ram is sporting the Thai flag and the Queen's flag. The small military benefits camp in the old city has the same 2 flags) (note --- all of this is in Central Chiang Mai within the moat or just outside of it.) Uptownbob ---- nope. I can't see the future. The reds have been violent in Chiang Mai in the past but who knows what will come out of the elections! If PTP somehow manages to cobble together a victory outright then it'll probably be a party, if the Dems manage to form a coalition government excluding PTP it could get ugly! If there is violence between now and then and/or the army interferes it may be out of control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChangers Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Well with every tuk tuk and sorngtow having red flags, all the Chiang Mai market stalls the same I'm surprised there was any more red cloth to be found for the villages. Exaggerate much? I would say that MOST tukTuk's (my BF took one to the airport on Monday that had no red/PTP stuff) and maybe 30% of the songtheaw sport red flags (or PTP logos) as for shops ... only a small percentage around me have anything red around them. (The SomTam shop at the corner of Arak Rd at the moat behind the "red' hotel and Wat Phra Singh has red flags ... one house in my neighborhood does. .... MANY houses are sporting the Thai flag and the King's flag (or the Thai Flag and the Buddhist flag). Chiang Mai Ram is sporting the Thai flag and the Queen's flag. The small military benefits camp in the old city has the same 2 flags) (note --- all of this is in Central Chiang Mai within the moat or just outside of it.) Uptownbob ---- nope. I can't see the future. The reds have been violent in Chiang Mai in the past but who knows what will come out of the elections! If PTP somehow manages to cobble together a victory outright then it'll probably be a party, if the Dems manage to form a coalition government excluding PTP it could get ugly! If there is violence between now and then and/or the army interferes it may be out of control. It was tongue in cheek but my daily visit to the local markets, on Mrs Changers orders for her cooking emporium, there are a lot of red flags on the stalls. Very few of the bars in my area, Loh Kroh/Tapae Rd would dare to show them as they already have visits from the Bangkok based police that seem to be here in large numbers. A lot of people have already gone to "visit friends" in Bangkok as travel will be nigh on impossible for Thai people after the election if things look ugly. Mrs Changers is doing a quick trip home to Surin this weekend due to this possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungmi Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Last year (the riots in Bangkog time) I took friends of Germany to the Night Market in Chieng Mai. No tuk tuk, they listened their radio station. We walked. Night Market dead, no customers.We walked home to our guesthouse. The future of Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 The Reds are under the bed, dummies!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeGB Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 (edited) Last year (the riots in Bangkog time) I took friends of Germany to the Night Market in Chieng Mai. No tuk tuk, they listened their radio station. We walked. Night Market dead, no customers.We walked home to our guesthouse. The future of Thailand? Friends of Germany....there was just the three of you then ? Just kidding, I like Germans, even if they did bomb our chip shop. Good job you didn't take the friends of France, you'd have been pretty lonely. On topic...it might not be against the law to display a red flag outside your house, but I bet the army has noted down where they are. Edited June 23, 2011 by WeeGB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungmi Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 The Reds are under the bed, dummies!!! No, they stay Bangkok for credit card.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 The Reds are under the bed, dummies!!! No, they stay Bangkok for credit card.. Well if the Army didn't find them in Chiangmai, they have to be somewhere. Military Intelligence. Need I say more. Check under the bed, maybe we all find one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungmi Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 This time I have a tuk tuk driver with his number of telephone. His wife stay in the neighborhood. Good Job, good pay, and no Tkaksin addicted guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themockrat Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 The third region army said they have found no red-shirt villages in the northern region of Thailand. No red shirt villages in northern Thailand? Where are they, then? South of Thailand? Either something got lost in translation or it's another pee-poor written article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Actually, it's in reference to stories of "red shirt villages" created in Issan. Yes, the article could have used more background but then perhaps the writers assume people read the news regularly. Google is your friend if you are unaware of the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChangers Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Actually, it's in reference to stories of "red shirt villages" created in Issan. Yes, the article could have used more background but then perhaps the writers assume people read the news regularly. Google is your friend if you are unaware of the background. Reuters was the news that started this article and it was about villages a long way from Chiang Mai. I was being playful which is an emotion a lot of readers here seemed to have forgotten. Now smile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Actually, it's in reference to stories of "red shirt villages" created in Issan. Yes, the article could have used more background but then perhaps the writers assume people read the news regularly. Google is your friend if you are unaware of the background. Reuters was the news that started this article and it was about villages a long way from Chiang Mai. I was being playful which is an emotion a lot of readers here seemed to have forgotten. Now smile I guess those in Isaan (North East by any government document I have ever seen) should feel some kind of pride that they have been associated with the North. They are obviously on the way up in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChangers Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Actually, it's in reference to stories of "red shirt villages" created in Issan. Yes, the article could have used more background but then perhaps the writers assume people read the news regularly. Google is your friend if you are unaware of the background. Reuters was the news that started this article and it was about villages a long way from Chiang Mai. I was being playful which is an emotion a lot of readers here seemed to have forgotten. Now smile I guess those in Isaan (North East by any government document I have ever seen) should feel some kind of pride that they have been associated with the North. They are obviously on the way up in the world. 20 Km North, East and West is Isaan as far as Bangkok is concerned. The elite do not travel well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Actually, it's in reference to stories of "red shirt villages" created in Issan. Yes, the article could have used more background but then perhaps the writers assume people read the news regularly. Google is your friend if you are unaware of the background. Reuters was the news that started this article and it was about villages a long way from Chiang Mai. I was being playful which is an emotion a lot of readers here seemed to have forgotten. Now smile I guess those in Isaan (North East by any government document I have ever seen) should feel some kind of pride that they have been associated with the North. They are obviously on the way up in the world. 20 Km North, East and West is Isaan as far as Bangkok is concerned. The elite do not travel well. I equate Ayuttaya with the Watford gap. North of that they get a nose bleed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChangers Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I equate Ayuttaya with the Watford gap. North of that they get a nose bleed Watford Gap is the end of the world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throatwobbler Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Well with every tuk tuk and sorngtow having red flags, all the Chiang Mai market stalls the same I'm surprised there was any more red cloth to be found for the villages. Do you think anyone who wanted to show any other colour would be allowed, By the way I live in Chiang Mai and there is a lot of red but not as much as you insinuate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throatwobbler Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Actually, it's in reference to stories of "red shirt villages" created in Issan. Yes, the article could have used more background but then perhaps the writers assume people read the news regularly. Google is your friend if you are unaware of the background. Reuters was the news that started this article and it was about villages a long way from Chiang Mai. I was being playful which is an emotion a lot of readers here seemed to have forgotten. Now smile I guess those in Isaan (North East by any government document I have ever seen) should feel some kind of pride that they have been associated with the North. They are obviously on the way up in the world. 20 Km North, East and West is Isaan as far as Bangkok is concerned. The elite do not travel well. So ther's no elite in Chiang Mai? Is that what you are saying. Get out more is my advice to you. By the way I live in Chiang Mai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throatwobbler Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 (edited) I equate Ayuttaya with the Watford gap. North of that they get a nose bleed Watford Gap is the end of the world! No South of Sheffield is the end of the world. Edited June 23, 2011 by Throatwobbler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I equate Ayuttaya with the Watford gap. North of that they get a nose bleed Watford Gap is the end of the world! No South of Sheffield is the end of the world. Went to Sheffield once, up near Scotland somewhere isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I equate Ayuttaya with the Watford gap. North of that they get a nose bleed Watford Gap is the end of the world! To a south-Londoner, the North bank of the Thames is 'Up North', except for a couple of trading-enclaves in the City-of-London & Westminster, to which we commute by train Mondays-to-Fridays ! ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyinasia Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 The Thai army could not find a tank in a battle field, all the generals are good at finding is ways to line their pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaka Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I equate Ayuttaya with the Watford gap. North of that they get a nose bleed Watford Gap is the end of the world! No South of Sheffield is the end of the world. Same same. Watford Gap is south of Sheffield! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Actually, it's in reference to stories of "red shirt villages" created in Issan. Yes, the article could have used more background but then perhaps the writers assume people read the news regularly. Google is your friend if you are unaware of the background. Reuters was the news that started this article and it was about villages a long way from Chiang Mai. I was being playful which is an emotion a lot of readers here seemed to have forgotten. Now smile I guess those in Isaan (North East by any government document I have ever seen) should feel some kind of pride that they have been associated with the North. They are obviously on the way up in the world. 20 Km North, East and West is Isaan as far as Bangkok is concerned. The elite do not travel well. Who do you think runs the Puea Thai Paty in Isaan & Chiang Mai? It sure as hell ain't the rice farmers. Yingluck is about as elite as you can get. I doubt she's ever seen the inside of a BIG C store! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Who do you think runs the Puea Thai Paty in Isaan & Chiang Mai? It sure as hell ain't the rice farmers. Yingluck is about as elite as you can get. I doubt she's ever seen the inside of a BIG C store! Yep, the regional-elites deliver their power-block votes, and TRT put enough of them together to form a majority. And it's not the rice-farmers who will get (most of) the benefit, from the promised high-subsidies for rice, but the middle-men, who just happen to be the regional-elites. Same as it ever was ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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