Tom Vater

The Times (UK) published a two page image spread of mine on May 20th. I took the image of a woman in front of the Red Shirt stage in Bangkok’s Rajaprasong area minutes after the capitulation of the red Shirt leaders following the movement’s two month demonstration in the Thai capital.
As the Red Shirt leaders [...]

May 28th, 2010 | Tags: 19th of May, Bangkok, crisis, Demonstration, fighting, May 19th, Rajaprasong, red shirts, Richard Lloyd Parry, riot, Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, The Times, Tom Vater, unrest, violence | Category: Thailand | Leave a comment

My friend’s wife Puk just gave birth to her second child, a son. His name is Duncan. Duncan was born in Vajira Hospital, the same clinic major general ‘Sae Daeng’ Khattiya, one of the most divisive figures in Thailand’s political crisis, now lies in, after being shot in the head by a sniper two days [...]

May 15th, 2010 | Tags: assassination, Bangkok, Demonstration, Dusit Thani Hotel, farmer, game show, James Bond, killing, non-fiction by Tom Vater, Protest, quiz show, Red, red shirts, Sae Daeng, Sala Daeng, Thailand, Thailand human rights, Thailand member of UN Human Rights Council, Thaksin Shinawatra, The Nation, Tom Vater, UN Human Rights Council | Category: Thailand | Comments (1)

It´s not easy to write about war. Harder still to write about war at home. Bangkok is my home and tonight, parts of the city were on the verge of giving way to total chaos. After eight weeks of street protests by the so-called Red Shirts aiming to force the Thai government to resign and [...]

May 13th, 2010 | Tags: Bangkok, Bangkok Dangerous, Demonstration, demonstration ratchaprasong, Major General Sae Daeng, Protest, protesters, red shirts, Sae Daeng shooting, Sala Daeng, Thailand, Thailand conflict, Thailand politics, Thailand struggle, Thaksin Shinawatra, Tom Vater, unrest, Vinai Dithajohn, violence | Category: Thailand | Comments (1)

Yesterday, the tense, month long stand-off between the Thai government and the Red shirts, supporters of international fugitive and former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, fought pitched battles around Khao San Road, the backpacker mile in Bangkok, Thailand. Several friends of mine were on site in the Banglamphu area, where more than two million budget tourists [...]

April 11th, 2010 | Tags: Bangkok, BBC and Thaksin, BBC bias, BBC Thailand, conflict, Demonstration, fighting, Khao San Road, media on Thailand, OnAsia, red shirts, Thailand, Thaksin, Thaksin Shinawatra, Tom Vater, tourism, unrest, Vinai Dithajohn, violence | Category: Thailand | Comments (1)