BANGKOK — Thailand’s prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, sought to break the country’s debilitating political deadlock Monday by offering a “reconciliation plan” that includes elections proposed for November. Antigovernment protesters who have shut down a major commercial district have demanded that Mr. Abhisit dissolve Parliament within a month and earlier rejected his offer to call new […]
May 2 (Bloomberg) — Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will hold a special Cabinet meeting today after he said government measures have helped contain protests from spreading outside of Bangkok’s commercial center. The government has worked to stop demonstrators from publicizing their rallies and setting up illegal checkpoints, Abhisit said. Security officials who fail in […]
Thai officials on Saturday called an emergency Cabinet meeting in the face of unrelenting anti-government street protests that have raised fears of broader civil unrest across the country. Thai officials on Saturday called an emergency Cabinet meeting in the face of unrelenting anti-government street protests that have raised fears of broader civil unrest across the […]
ICG says Thailand’s political system has broken down; Rights group HRW warns of escalation if solution not found The prolonged row between the government and red-shirt protesters could deteriorate into an “undeclared civil war”, but mediation help from other countries might avoid a slide into further violence, a top global think tank has suggested. “The […]
BANGKOK, May 1 (TNA) – A rocket-propelled grenade attack on March 20 which hit near the Defence Ministry building here was actually aimed at the revered Temple of the Emerald Buddha and the attackers might face terrorism charges, for which the maximum punishment is a death sentence, according to Tarit Pengdit, director- general of Department […]
Bombs Continue to Rock Silom The glass walls and windows of Mc Donald’s at Silom Center was damaged in what authorities believe to be either a bomb or gunfire attack while a ping pong bomb was thrown at Saladaeng intersection last night. Just off Silom Road, the red-shirt protesters have erected more barricades in front […]
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has failed in its appeal against the Foreign Office’s travel advice for tourists visiting the country, branding it ‘unnecessary’. The FCO this week extended its warning from Bangkok to the whole of Thailand, where at least 27 people have been killed and nearly 1,000 hurt in anti-government clashes. Several […]
Patients have been evacuated from a hospital in the Thai capital, Bangkok, after anti-government demonstrators forced their way into the grounds. The red-shirts, looking for soldiers they thought were hiding there, later apologised for the incident. In a TV address, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has said he will not tolerate further violence by the reds, […]
