Thailand’s Election Commission has reportedly ordered the dissolution of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s Democrat party over charges of encouraging illegal donations. The electoral commission’s ruling relates to a donation of 258 million Baht (five million pounds) from cement manufacturer TPI Polene in 2005 when Vejjajiva was the deputy leader of the Democrats. Donations are limited […]
BANGKOK (AP) – Thais are taking break from weeks of political mayhem and have picked up water guns to soak each other at the start of the traditional New Year holiday, but anti-government protesters warned that the respite won’t last long. Red Shirt protesters, who are campaigning to bring down the government, threatened to unleash […]
BANGKOK, April 13 (TNA) — The current State of Emergency imposed by the Thai government will be maintained as long as anti-government protesters are occupying Bangkok streets, while legal actions will be taken against the ‘terrorists’ mingling with the protesters, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Tuesday. Mr Suthep, also chief of the Centre […]
BANGKOK — Thailand’s electoral commission recommended Monday the dissolution of the country’s ruling party for allegedly misusing campaign donations, as protesters paraded through the streets of the capital bearing the coffins of comrades killed in violence over the weekend. Pressure has mounted on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign since the army’s failed attempt Saturday […]
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Bangkok’s local government canceled major Thai holiday festivities that were to begin Monday, with officials citing the deadly anti-government protests as the reason. Festivities related to the three-day Thai New Year’s holiday Songkran were dropped, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced. Clashes between anti-government protesters, known as “Red Shirts” for their clothing, […]
April 11 (Bloomberg) — Japan urged Thailand to investigate the death last night of a Japanese photojournalist who was covering fighting between troops and protesters in Bangkok, the Foreign Ministry said today in a statement. Hiro Muramoto, a 15-year veteran of Reuters news service, was in the Rajdumnoen Road area of Bangkok when he was […]
PM under pressure to make concessions The government could offer to dissolve the house in six months, three months sooner than its most recent proposal, as it seeks to head off further red shirt protests, sources say. The worst clashes on Thai streets in 18 years on Saturday have raised new questions about whether Prime […]
The messages Thai Government would like to convey to all the tourists who are in Thailand or planning to visit the Kingdom. TAT Fact sheet as of 11th April 2010 GOVERNMENT TO RESTORE NORMALCY IN THE VARIOUS AREAS OF BANGKOK Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva reaffirms that the Government is duty bound to resolve the present […]
