Channel News Asia has some great coverage in English now

Thank you.

well, it might be peace for a while, but the whole thing will start again with next elections, when PTP will win again. Will they never learn????

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just love it when the thaksin lovers start putting down anyone trying to sort all the sh*t he caused out. If the army can get rid of the corruption and shins Thailand will be a much greater country for it. Now we may well see thaksin dragged back in chains to face all of his other criminal acts, the ptp dragged before the courts as well as the yellows and reds. If done right this will end all the sh*t

God you really are not the brightest.

If the army couldnt curb corruption in their previous 13 coups why would this one be different?

Thaskin lives in a different country over which the Thai army has no control. Unless you are suggessting some kind of Thai invasion of the UAE?

So sad people like yourself are just too dim to realise what this is really about

Sorry, don't get that point at all.

Since when has it been up to the army to curb corruption? That is not part of their job description. The army are currently leveling the playing fields as neither side can agree on any points.

When adults act like children they need to be controlled. And just to keep this viewpoint neutral, it may have started with Thaksin (the initial protests achieved their goal by dismissing the proposed amnesty bill) but Suthep in his arrogance has done an equal (?) amount of damage here by increasing demands at every juncture.

The curbing of corruption comes from the government (whatever colour) and the RTP. Don't hold your breath.................

If Thailand wants this to go away they need to adopt the psychological warfare tactics of the western shadow government...


Behind the scenes control of all political parties (fake left/ right divide)

Total control of the mainstream media, blending fact with fiction in the news

Propaganda & mind manipulation through TV/ film/ media/ music/ publications

Use of pressure groups and think tanks to assist in the manipulation of public opinion

Wide spread use of psychotropic drugs both prescription and "illegal"

Fluoridation of the water (dumb down the host population)

Total intelligence spy grid monitoring all internet, emails/ phone conversations

Paid SHILLS to control/ hijack on-line decent

Use of weaponized cancer, plane crashes, accidents, fake suicides and other techniques to eliminate potential threats.

Use of divide and conquer tactics i.e. mass immigration, promotion of "rights" groups

It was likely inevitable. Prayuth wanted to see if a consensus could be found. As Dr. Weng for the UDD said today, he didn't see anything that they and the PDRC could agree on, which was actually a pretty sound assessment. And then of course Thaksin today had to immediately put his foot down on all three proposals Prayuth made. ( Great timing, Thaksin, as usual. It likely that was the only reminder needed of a back to the future moment ). So the slate looks like it has been cleared, and a resolution through the Senate seems more and more likely.

Agreed.

I also think that Prayuth was trying gauge the mood yesterday, sent them all home to have a think how they wanted to proceed, then the acting caretaker paper-clip counter stamped his feet and said he wouldn't come and play and would only send his friend, Thaksin just couldn't resist mouthing off, they all threw their toys out of the pram, THEN these UDD weapons arsenals were found in a trice, so Prayuth lost his rag.

Where the idiots have been taken, I do not know but I doubt they have been arrested and imprisoned. More likely they will be detained until such time they have had time to reflect on things (may take a while for a few of them) but I suspect they will be back round the table soon enough, unless they continue to play silly billies.

Prayuth strikes me as an intelligent moderate person and as the most senior military person in Thailand, I doubt he will faff about letting people play games. Would you? The whole idea of being a military officer is to get things done, quickly and efficiently, and that's what he's done.

Good show, sir!

Oh dear, 10pm curfew.

What does that mean for the airport? Any news on that?

All Thai TV & Radio stations shut down

Satellite of BBC & News Asia still working & all are reporting Thailand

And so Thailand again demonstrates to the world how completely useless they are when it comes to politics. But of course, those that stand to benefit from a military coup simply don't care what the rest of the world thinks. They are not Thai, they will never be Thai, and so therefore do not understand. What a pathetic show. Carry on idiots.

Great my 1 yo Thai daughter has a country to be proud of....Australia.

Well done for getting her out. Wish I could do the same.

Sit tight mate, if it gets that bad, find a way.

Amazing how many posters are in favor of the coup. If you don't remember how it was living here during the last one you will change your tune in a couple of weeks.

I was here all through the last one. Had a great time. What are you talking about?

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Just what my two cents in a Thai bank need

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I'm looking forward to 75 baht to the pound again, as it was 10 years ago ...

The apprenticeship of the art of negociation and conflict resolution happens before the age 6.

Was either going back in time, or a coup...

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Yippee!

(About bl**dy time.)

Oh dear, now there may well be even bigger problems

I don't think that this makes anything worse. Despite the martial law, both sides continued to try and defeat the other side, which never would have solved any problem. Therefore, sooner or later things would have gotten ugly in any case. The coup does not really make matters worse. It is the leaders on both sides who are to blame, not the military

Boom tish! I guess they had to do this.

No wonder the acting PM did not attend the meetings yesterday & today - someone must have tipped him off that the participants might be detained.

Does it matter? It's a coup! The armed forces have assumed power! As of this day on, PTP is out as the ruling government. Military is in.

What we are looking at now is interim government-reform-election. Time table? election might take place soonest in at least 1 year to two years.

Great my 1 yo Thai daughter has a country to be proud of....Australia.

Well done for getting her out. Wish I could do the same.

Sit tight mate, if it gets that bad, find a way.

Think I need to find a way.

Thanks to God!

I've been asking and waiting for this for a lo-o-ong time.

WHY? What did the last coup achieve (that basically brought us where we are now) ?

It's only just begun the baht will nose dive the economy will be in crisis the tourists will go elsewhere what a sad day for Thailand .

The Army promised not to get involved another broken promise my heart goes out to those who thought they had voted for a Government to bring stability to there country sadly were back to where we started in 2006 with the Army taking control . One step forward 10 steps back same same nothing changes !!

Reported by News Asia....

Have not cut internet & phone yet but it

could be a possibility as many are reporting live via internet to News Asia & BBC now

May not be a bad idea to use an ATM & have some cash on hand for next few days as things settle

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Great my 1 yo Thai daughter has a country to be proud of....Australia.

Well done for getting her out. Wish I could do the same.

Sit tight mate, if it gets that bad, find a way.

Think I need to find a way.

There always is if you really want to find it.

Thailand has become only a holiday destination since she was born.

Amazing how many posters are in favor of the coup. If you don't remember how it was living here during the last one you will change your tune in a couple of weeks.

and exactly how was it for you? I recall people smiling and giving our soldiers flowers and food...now let's compare that to the red terrorist sieges 2009 and 2010...

I guess it did not take the military long to realise all sides were so far apart that meetings were a waste if time

Gonna be interesting to see PTP and PDRC next moves

The bottom line is: I now feel much safer. Thank you, army!

If anyone is out there taking votes, count me in the "Not one bit surprised" category...it as a coup set-up from about January, when the tanks rolled in...

What an utter disaster. Now we have thousands of wannabe Napoleon's trying to run the country better than all those posers that sat in Parliament watching porn on their smart phones. Now we have a military government whose most memorable action in administration was the discipling of a Thai actress, then suspending her from university because the split in her skirt was to long when she went on stage. God help us!

You have to ask yourself why the government were so unwilling to allow any kind of reform process. I expect Thaksin's order to his employees at Pheu-Thai to fight the Martial Law with every means possible is what triggered it.

They had their chance and they blew it. I expect Teppichfresser Thaksin is face down on the floor lunching on some axminster now.

9 pm cease of BTS) curfew 10pm -5am

The bottom line is: I now feel much safer. Thank you, army!

feeling safe is a very subjective matter as we all know ;-)

A post calling names and a reply deleted.

Please remember the situation and behave accordingly....

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It's only just begun the baht will nose dive the economy will be in crisis the tourists will go elsewhere what a sad day for Thailand .
The Army promised not to get involved another broken promise my heart goes out to those who thought they had voted for a Government to bring stability to there country sadly were back to where we started in 2006 with the Army taking control . One step forward 10 steps back same same nothing changes !!

Get over it - happened before - didnt hurt much then, wont hurt much now.