BANGKOK — Thailand’s electoral commission recommended Monday the dissolution of the country’s ruling party for allegedly misusing campaign donations, as protesters paraded through the streets of the capital bearing the coffins of comrades killed in violence over the weekend. Pressure has mounted on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign since the army’s failed attempt Saturday […]
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Bangkok’s local government canceled major Thai holiday festivities that were to begin Monday, with officials citing the deadly anti-government protests as the reason. Festivities related to the three-day Thai New Year’s holiday Songkran were dropped, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced. Clashes between anti-government protesters, known as “Red Shirts” for their clothing, […]
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday said there has been a group of “terrorists” who exploited the rally of innocent and unarmed protesters, leading to the tragic situation on April 10. In a TV-pool broadcast, Abhisit said that the government has the clearer picture of what happened during the weekend when the red shirts protesters […]
BANGKOK, April 12 (TNA) – Thailand’s anti-government ‘Red Shirt’ protesters on Monday paraded empty coffins with photos of 14 protesters killed during Saturday’s clashes between government troops and protesters which left 21 persons dead, including five soldiers and more than 800 injured. The motorised red-clad procession of cars, pickups, taxis and motorcycles pushed off from […]
Arisaman Pongruangrong led some 300 motorcyclists to take CAT Telecom CEO Jirayuth Rungsrithong from the CAT Telecom head office at noon Monday. Arisaman led the protesters to the Cat Telecom head office on Chaeng Wattana Road in Bangkok’s Lak Si district at 12:30 pm. The arrival of the red-shirt motorcyclists terrified CAT Telecom officials. Security […]
April 11 (Bloomberg) — Japan urged Thailand to investigate the death last night of a Japanese photojournalist who was covering fighting between troops and protesters in Bangkok, the Foreign Ministry said today in a statement. Hiro Muramoto, a 15-year veteran of Reuters news service, was in the Rajdumnoen Road area of Bangkok when he was […]
PM under pressure to make concessions The government could offer to dissolve the house in six months, three months sooner than its most recent proposal, as it seeks to head off further red shirt protests, sources say. The worst clashes on Thai streets in 18 years on Saturday have raised new questions about whether Prime […]
The messages Thai Government would like to convey to all the tourists who are in Thailand or planning to visit the Kingdom. TAT Fact sheet as of 11th April 2010 GOVERNMENT TO RESTORE NORMALCY IN THE VARIOUS AREAS OF BANGKOK Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva reaffirms that the Government is duty bound to resolve the present […]
