BANGKOK — Several hundred Red Shirt protesters defied a state of emergency in the Thai capital to stage a symbolic protest Sunday, with hundreds of people sprawling on the ground and chanting, “People died here!” The demonstration at the city’s Democracy Monument was peaceful, but it was the latest sign of simmering discontent since the […]
BANGKOK, July 31 (TNA) — Three M79 grenades have been found in a drainage ditch at Government House, Thailand’s seat of government, according to a senior police officer. Metropolitan Police Division 1 commander Pol Maj-Gen Wichai Sangprapai said the bomb squad were called in to retrieve the grenades which have not yet exploded. The explosives […]
A grenade exploded near a Bangkok shopping mall early Friday, wounding one person in the second explosion in a week in the Thai capital still rattled by deadly political clashes and living under emergency rule. Also Friday, a top leader of Thailand’s Red Shirt protest movement, whose street demonstrations were violently suppressed by the army […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – A person was wounded after an explosion in a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. The authorities refuses to comment if the explosion had a connection with the continuing political tension in the capital of Thailand. The grenade was placed inside the garbage bag and left in front of the King Power duty-free […]
Travel + Leisure names Bangkok as World’s “Top City” after 16,000 readers responded to a poll. Bangkok worlds top city by Travel + Leisure magazine. The World’s “Top City” was named by the magazine from travelers who visited Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok has a rough year, and that’s what it’s a big surprise to many that […]
Hundreds of activists led by People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) core member Chamlong Srimuang handed a petition to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) office in Bangkok on Tuesday against the listing of Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage site and against Cambodian efforts to secure management control over the ancient […]
BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Tuesday that the authorities would maintain emergency rule in the capital following a deadly bombing over the weekend. “I think Bangkok will remain under the state of emergency while the government will gradually lift the law in other provinces,” he told reporters after meeting security officials. The […]
Sunday’s by-election in Thailand offer a window on the continuing divide, and hints at the enduring strength of the red shirt opposition. Bangkok, Thailand Two months after security forces put down violent street protests, a by-election held Sunday in Thailand offered a small window into public opinion in a divided nation. The result – an […]
