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Kan Yuenyong, SIU Executive Director, joined “Komchadluek” TV program in the eve of Thailand’s 2011 General Election.

Reuters has a news story of 19 June 2011 on Thailand’s upcoming general election on 3 July 2011 and the role of Royal Thai Army to this election. Reuters asked Kan Yuenyong, SIU Director for his opinion on the military movement: Kan Yuenyong, an analyst at the Siam Intelligence Unit, said the stakes are high…

Capital Nomura Securities (CNS), Thailand’s branch of Nomura Group, quoted SIU’s opinion on Thailand’s election in its daily analysis report. The report of 16 June 2011 quoted Kan Yuenyong, SIU Director, on his forecast on the election outcome. Kan predicted that while the Pheu Thai Government is likely, it will not last long because of many…

5 June 2011 – SIU and Political Base web site were covered by “มองมุมใหม่” (Mong Moom Mai) program on Thai PBS. The cover story is “Online Political Database” which includes SIU’s partners e.g. TPD and Thaiswatch project. SIU created the Political Base project, as ‘Wikipedia for Thai Political Data’ since 2007. It is a public…

SIU releases a comparison table/scorecard on Thai PM candidates between Yingluck Shinawatra and Abhisit Vejjajiva in both Thai and English version.

24 May 2011 – Kan Yuenyong, SIU Director, joined a discussion in Komchadluek TV program. The topic is Thailand’s general election 2011 and the vote selling issues.

Reuters has a news story about 25-July Bangkok bombing at Ratchaprasong area and Bangkok re-election on district 6.

SIU released an analysis report on the 25-July Bangkok district 6 election, the first major election after political turmoil. This report covers general information for the election and the result of online poll by internet users.