Tsunami: One Year Later » Thailand

Resources

Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)
TAT's website is interesting for what it does not include; a search for "tsunami" on the homepage, clearly designed to attract tourists, turns few relevant articles. The TAT News Room, however, provides press releases about commemorative events, early warning systems and links to politicians' speeches and messages in English.
UN Agencies in Thailand
A list of the various agencies operating in Thailand, with contact information. The United Nations section also has a special page of photos and articles about Thailand.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand
A more local look at UN activities in Thailand, this UNDP site contains interesting reports about less-covered subjects such as coral reef clean-up (PDF). They also supply a 122-page one-year-later report (PDF).
Amandaman Forum
The Andaman Forum is a consortium of NGOs and government agencies to maintain information on tsunami relief in the southern provinces of Thailand. News can be browsed by region or date. The site appears to be a way for organizations to communicate with each other, though the contact database and notice board are both empty. The strength of the site is that each province and city section list specific needs and damages.

Thailand's Troubled Border: Islamic Insurgency or Criminal Playground?
In this pre-tsunami article from Mar. 2004, Andrew Holt explores the factors that created the political tension and violence in the four Malay Muslim provinces on Thailand's southern border that is the backdrop to tsunami relief.
Press leads the cheers for National Reconciliation Commission
Several prominent dailies approve of the Prime Minister's April approach to dealing with southern separatists and working on reconstruction.
The Bangkok Post, Manila Times and privatization of media in Southeast Asia
The Thai press is sliding down that familiar slope at the bottom of which a familiar clique of business and political partners have their arms -- and mouths -- wide open, writes Roby Alampay.

A new impatience one year on
Jeremy Seabrook takes on the notion of western generosity one year after the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster
In the wake of tsunami coverage, challenges and lessons
The tsunami demonstrated that the modern journalists do more than just bring unfolding stories to the world -- but what happens when the press is not prepared for its responsibilities? asks Roby Alampay
Tsunami survivor copes with ten-day media barrage
Santa Monica resident receives bevy of media inquiries, emphasizes importance of "human contact" and "respect" for journalists covering tsunami survivors