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Supposedly what this protest is about. It's actually a blatant power grab because the opposition hates not being in power.
Bangkok Protests getting more serious

December 9th 2013
Upper Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, Thailand I was reminded that the protests were back on again at 10am when 55,000 people marched past my street blowing the usual whistles and cheering etc. Naturally, I was out there with my camera within a couple of minutes. It wasn't much different from last time (there was a short hiatus during the King's birthday) except it was bigger and people loo ... read more
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Thai Flag A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more
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