After the Coup
October 3, 2006
Yuli Ismartono
A SEMBLANCE of normalcy has returned to Bangkok two weeks after a military coup led by Thai Army Chief General Sonthi Boonyaratklin deposed the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The elated crowds bringing flowers and food to the soldiers guarding the tanks have gone, so have the camera-toting tourists who felt they were witnessing his