The Thai Patriots Network Thursday held a rally outside the Foreign Ministry to demand Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya and Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign. The group alleged that the foreign minister and prime minister had failed to retaliated against Cambodia after it violated Thailand’s sovereignty. Chaiwat Sinsuwong, a leader of the group, said the […]
BANGKOK, Jan. 12 (UPI) — Thailand’s Red Shirts will rally against the government again in Bangkok Jan. 23, a spokesman said Wednesday. Worawut Wichaidit of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship told the Bangkok Post the rally, demanding justice for Red Shirts, opposition political activists known for their red clothing, killed in protests last […]
Walking along Sanphawut Road at around 4.30pm on Thursday, my son and I were stopped by a group of three men, one in uniform, standing opposite the Chinese temple. They nodded at each other then stopped us and asked whether we were Indians. Assuming they were policemen, I answered yes and showed them my driving […]
Department of Special Investigation officers searched five shops for pirated goods at two big shopping centres in Bangkok and seized more than 20,000 items worth about 10 million baht, DSI chief Tharit Pengdit said at a press conference on Wednesday. The search was conducted recently by DSI officials, accompanied by representatives of producers of products […]
An underage driver involved in a tollway crash last month which killed nine van passengers has been released without bail, because she turned herself in to police and had not been arrested – a condition for leniency under the juvenile procedural law. Head of the Department of Juvenile Observation and Protection Thawatchai Thaikheo played down […]
A traffic policeman was hit by one taxi and run over by another in an accident on Asoke-Ratchada road in Watthana district of Bangkok early Tuesday morning. Police colleagues said Pol Sr Sgt-Maj Nathapong Sangkhadit, 54, of Traffic Police Division 2, was on traffic duty in front of the prime minister’s house, which is nearby, […]
BANGKOK—Merchandising is alive and well when it comes to anti-government protests in Thailand. Street vendors of red shirted supporters, or the UDD (United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship), were among the first to set up their stalls around Bangkok’s Democracy Monument where a large-scale protest started on Sunday morning. The vendors were the earliest protesters […]
BANGKOK, Jan 8 — Police in the Thai capital will be able to maintain peace and order during rally planned for tomorrow by anti-government protesters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Saturday. Mr Suthep, who oversees national security affairs, urged the public not to be alarmed […]
