Bangkok burns – Tom Vater

Tom Vater in the Daily Telegraph – Red Shirts in Rajaprasong

June 22, 2010June 22, 2010tomLeave a Comment

One of my images of a Red Shirt demonstration in early April, a few days prior to the first serious riots in the nine week show-down between protesters and the Thai government, ran in The Daily Telegraph’s education pages in the UK in early June. At the time, I think it was April 4th, the […]

Apocalypse Now – Bangkok Burns!

May 19, 2010May 21, 2010tom1 Comment

The night is not far away and likely to bring out an army of looters and black guards who have promised to set the city on fire. The battle is over but the war is only just starting. Bangkok, my city, is burning. This morning started with the military moving into the Red Zone with […]