AN IRISHMAN is under arrest in a Bangkok prison while his role in the recent Red Shirt disturbances in the Thai capital, in which at least 85 people died, is being investigated. Conor David Purcell made regular appearances addressing major Red Shirt rallies in Bangkok’s occupation zone during the weeks of rioting in which some […]
BANGKOK – THOUSANDS gathered across the Thai capital on Wednesday to pray for peace, a week after devastating arson and looting broke out following a deadly military crackdown on anti-government ‘Red Shirts’. Ceremonies were led by 1,000 Buddhist monks at spots around the upscale shopping district that was occupied for several weeks by the protesters, […]
A British man arrested in Thailand after being filmed allegedly inciting people to burn down a Bangkok shopping centre has protested his innocence. Jeff Savage, 48, said he was “wound up after being under sniper fire” during anti-government protests and his comments were meant to be sarcastic. He also denies being involved in the destruction […]
BANGKOK — Armed with brooms, rubber gloves and a torrent of detergent, middle-class Thais took to the streets of central Bangkok on Sunday to remove the detritus of protests, reclaiming the city from their now-banished and despised “red shirt” country cousins. The cleanup crew scoured anti-government graffiti off walls and swept streets clean of reminders […]
The chief public works officer of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said Thursday CentralWorld and two other shopping malls as well as Siam Theatre would have to be demolished. He said Central World, Center One and Big C Rajdamri branch as well as Siam Theatre had been burn for so many hours that they structures were […]
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 […]
