BANGKOK—Life in Bangkok started returning to normal Thursday as Thailand’s capital began to clean up the mess left by a monthslong protest, but a solution to the country’s deep-seated political problems appeared no closer. While government troops dealt with some remaining pockets of resistance from a small number of militant protesters, and most of the […]
BANGKOK: The media have become a new target in Thailand’s political turmoil. Since their protest was crushed by troops, furious demonstrators have turned their anger on the most visible messengers in their conflict. Largely drawn from the rural poor of north and north-eastern Thailand, the Red Shirts resent what they regard as the Bangkok-centric Thai […]
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Some Bangkok residents ventured out on Thursday to shop and take stock of the damage done to their city one day after the government evicted thousands of anti-government protesters from a downtown district, triggering fires, riots and intense street battles. Some shoppers at the Emporium mall — which was not set […]
Arsonists, rioters and shooters wreaked havoc in many areas of Bangkok on Wednesday after red shirt leaders announced an end of their 45-day protests at the Rajprasong shopping area. The government’s Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) imposed curfew between 8 am and 6 am in Bangkok and other provinces where the […]
Red shirts protesters went berserk on Wednesday after their leaders surrendered to police and ended Rajprasong rally. They attacked by setting fire on TV 3 Channel and library of Stock Exchange of Thailand. One staffer said cars parked outside the building were set on fire and protesters then entered the Channel 3 building. The fire […]
Arsonists rampaged in downtown Bangkok on Wednesday afternoon, setting fire to buildings and shopping centres, after the core leaders of the United front for democracy against Dictatorship surrendered and announced an end to the protest rally at Ratchaprasong intersection. Fires were reported at Central World department store in Ratchaprasong, Siam Theatre at Siam Square, the […]
RED protesters are torching Bangkok tonight in a frightening reversal of this afternoon’s apparent ending of a street demonstration that was contained in a small part of the capital. Fire trucks of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation were not able to reach one blaze in a huge shopping mall in Bangkok today because […]
Thailand’s anti-government ‘Red Shirts’ have ended their street protest campaign as leaders surrendered to police after a military offensive against their rally base. Grenades exploded nearby as the leaders announced their decision this afternoon. At least four Red Shirt leaders turned themselves in, after an overwhelming operation by troops who punched through the barricades of […]
