Thai PM lifts curfew in Bangkok, 23 provinces BANGKOK — Thailand’s prime minister lifted a nighttime curfew in Bangkok and other areas on Saturday, saying that order has been restored 10 days after violence killed more than a dozen people and left parts of the capital in flames, an aide said. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva […]
The two-month, sometimes violent standoff in Bangkok is over now, with the Thai military having forcibly dispersed the country’s red-shirted protestors. The government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva managed to stamp out the Red Shirts bold display of resistance, in which they occupied the city’s posh commercial centre and fended off initial military movements against […]
THAILAND – Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in a television interview that Interpol would not execute a Thai warrant for his arrest on terrorism charges because it was politically motivated. He told Australian Broadcasting Corp by telephone late Wednesday that he had never supported violent protest. “Interpol have their own criteria to judge, […]
BANGKOK, May 26 (TNA) – The legal team of fugitive ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Wednesday filed an appeal to Thailand’s Criminal Court seeking the withdrawal of an arrest warrant for the ex-premier on terrorism charges, saying the evidence of Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has been fabricated. The move came after the Criminal […]
Tourists can visit safely, political unrest in Thailand is now completely under control and order has been restored in Bangkok and other provinces, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports said in a statement issued on Wednesday. The statement said the ministry attaches high importance to the safety and security of international tourists. “Major tourism destinations […]
Thailand is still shaken from weeks of tension and violence that have sown death and destruction. The theme of 2010, organized in collaboration with the Japanese, focusing on Buddhist “prospects” in world economy. Prayers, meditations and torchlight processions for peace in the country. Bangkok – The festival of Vesak – which celebrates the birth, enlightenment […]
(RTTNews) – Two foreigners, a Briton and an Australian, have been arrested in Thailand on charges of breaching emergency laws, an offense that carries up to two years imprisonment. A state of emergency was enforced in the capital Bangkok and nearby provinces after anti-government demonstrators stormed the country’s Parliament on April 7. Several UDD leaders […]
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A Thai court issued a warrant Tuesday against the country’s ousted prime minister on terrorism charges connected with the violent clashes that crippled Bangkok for weeks, the former prime minister’s lawyer said. Thai investigators claimed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a bloodless military coup in 2006, helped […]
