Tourist authorities of Thailand have urged travelers from Britain to not cancel their vacation plans in wake of the state emergency being declared in Bangkok, post anti-Government demonstrators ended up briefly storming the Parliament during this week. “This is an internal and domestic issue and is not aimed at tourists, who are not in any […]
“Red Shirt” protesters in Bangkok refused to back down Sunday after at least 20 people died in clashes Saturday when security forces tried to quell the Thailand protests. The government’s failure to disperse the protesters from their encampments may have hardened the red shirts’ position and deepened the crisis that is now the deadliest political […]
THAI soldiers did not fire live bullets at anti-government protesters in violent clashes in the capital that left 19 people dead and over 800 injured, a government spokesman said on Sunday. ‘There were no live bullets fired at protesters,’ Panitan Wattanayagorn said in press conference shown on national television. Fourteen civilians, including a Japanese TV […]
Red-shirt demonstrators on Sunday vowed to continue their protests on Sunday, after clashes between soldiers and protesters resulted in 21 dead and more than 800 injured. Red-shirt leader Natthawut Saikua said the red-shirt protesters will continue to occupy the Ratchaprasong intersection and Phan Fa Bridge until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolves the House of Representatives […]
BANGKOK — Savage clashes between protesters and Thai soldiers killed at least 18 people and injured hundreds before both sides retreated, no closer to ending a monthlong occupation of parts of the capital by demonstrators demanding new elections. Hopes were expressed for negotiations Sunday. Bullet casings, rocks and pools of blood littered the streets where […]
According to latest report from Narenthorn Medical Centre, there are 678 injuries and 15 deaths: 4 soldiers and 11 civilians. All the road intersections leading to the UDD protest site at Phan Fa bridge are being manned by securities personnel as reported by a TV late news. Bangkok Post
A Reuters cameraman was shot and killed Saturday during protests in Bangkok, Thailand, the news agency’s bureau there told CNN. He was Japanese, the bureau said. Further details of his death were not immediately clear. He was not identified. CNN
Eight people, including a foreign photographer, were killed as red shirts protesters battled with combined forces of police and soldiers. Erawan Rescue Center’s chief Phetpong Kamjornkitjakarn said a total of eight people were killed during the clashes. At least 486 people, soldiers and red shirts protesters were wounded. He confirmed that one victim was a […]
