THAILAND’S ANTI-GOVERNMENT Red Shirts are planning a major rally tomorrow at Bangkok’s criminal court to demand the release of their detained leaders, highlighting how tensions continue to dog political life in the country. Prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has said there will be elections in the first half of this year if there is no fresh […]
SI SA KET, Feb 12 – Thailand’s Second Army Area Commander Lt Gen Thawatchai Samutsakorn said Saturday he is “90% confident” that clashes at the Thai-Cambodian border would not erupt, at least for the time being. His comment were made following four days of clashes near the disputed ancient Preah Vihear temple which began last […]
Narathiwat – An assistant village head was killed by muslim insurgents in an ambush in this southern border province Saturday. Police said Buaraheng Khader, 43, was killed at 8:30 am on a rural road in Hulu Pareh village in Tambon Tanyongmus of Rangae district. He was the assistant village head for Hulu Pareh village. The […]
No less than 3,000 red-shirts in Chiang Mai will go to join the mass gathering of red-shirts in Bangkok tomorrow, Krissana Prombuengram, core leader of Rak Chiang Mai 51 group, said on Saturday. “Chiang Mai red-shirts will join the mass rallies in front of the Criminal Court and the Democracy Monument by the United front […]
BANGKOK, 12 February 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has turned down the rumor of House dissolution before 18 February while saying ASEAN is welcome to help in the Thai-Cambodian border conflict. Following House Speaker Chai Chidchob’s interview on 11 February, indicating a possibility for the details on House dissolution and the new election […]
BANGKOK, 12 February 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has raised concern over the tendency of Thai teenagers having sex on Valentine’s Day, saying that unprepared sex can lead to the unwanted pregnancy problem. Deputy Public Health Minister Dr Phansiri Kullanartsiri cited a poll as showing that more teenagers attach importance to Valentine’s […]
Man Arrested with Weapons near Yellow Shirts Rally Site The Bangkok Metropolitan Police have arrested a man in possession of a rifle with scope and 150 rounds of ammunition close to the rally site of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD). The man claimed he was going hunting for animals with the rifle. TAN Network
NARATHIWAT, Feb 11 – Two alleged members of a muslim insurgent group on Friday were shot dead in two separate gunfights with government soldiers in this southern Thai province, while three others including a police officer were gunned down in a single day. Harong Ha, 23, believed to be one of the assailants who raided […]
