The Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) will advise the government to declare a state of emergency in 15 more provinces to block more red shirts from joining anti-government protests at the Rajprasong shopping area. CRES spokesman Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the new provinces were Chon Buri, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Pathum Thani, […]
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has scrapped an offer to hold an early election this year after anti-government demonstrators refused to end their two-month-old protest, officials confirmed Thursday. Abhisit last week proposed to hold an election Nov 14, in a bid to appease the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), whose supporters are commonly […]
BANGKOK (AP) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has warned protesters who have paralyzed a Bangkok commercial district to leave by Wednesday, dimming chances of a negotiated settlement to Thailand’s two-month political standoff. Abhisit did not elaborate on his apparent ultimatum in remarks late Tuesday but his government spokesman said the prime minister would no longer […]
With temperatures across the country hitting 40 degrees Celsius, the Public Health Ministry yesterday issued a warning advising people to stay indoors and avoid getting a heat stroke – a lifethreatening condition that claimed seven lives over the past two years. Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said exposure to heat could result in abnormally high […]
BANGKOK, May 10 (TNA) – The anti-government ‘Red Shirt’ United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leadership announced Monday evening that their rally in Bangkok’s prime business district of Ratchaprasong will end after Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban turns himself in to the police to acknowledge charges over the deadly April 10 crackdown. UDD leader […]
Thailand’s red-shirt leaders say they are formulating their response to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s road-map proposal to end weeks-long protests. Mr Abhisit had given them a Monday deadline to respond to his plan, which includes November polls. He describes his road-map as a non-negotiable path to national reconciliation, but red-shirt leaders say they doubt his […]
BANGKOK (AP) – Thai protest leaders are meeting to decide whether to accept a government reconciliation plan or remain entrenched behind their barricades in the heart of Bangkok’s commercial district. The so-called Red Shirts say they agree in principle with a proposal by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve Parliament and hold new elections, but […]
Thailand’s prime minister has urged anti-government protesters to accept his peace proposal by today to avoid further violence. A grenade attack and a shooting killed two police officers and injured 12 other police and civilians on the weekend. The incidents occurred near the Red Shirts’ rally site in the centre of Bangkok. The attacks have […]
