Thailand’s government and “Red Shirts” protesters on Saturday committed themselves to a faltering peace process despite twin attacks that left two police officers dead. Grenade blasts and a drive-by shooting targeted security forces facing off against the anti-government Red Shirts at their massive rally encampment which has shut down most of Bangkok’s main shopping district. […]
Sirichoke warns reds of ‘action’ if rally goes on The prime minister is expected to dissolve the parliament in the second half of September to pave the way for a general election, a close aide says. Sirichoke Sopha yesterday told a news conference at the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) that […]
A Calgary man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an international pedophile ring he ran from Thailand that involved boys as young as four. John Wrenshall pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in sex tourism and to producing and possessing child pornography in a federal court in Newark, N.J., Wednesday morning. Wrenshall was arrested […]
HM the King on Wednesday returned to Siriraj Hospital after presiding over a ceremony at the Grand Palace to celebrate Coronation Day. Waving national flags and chanting “Long Live the King,” hundreds of people lined up at Siriraj Hospital and along the road from the hospital to the Grand Palace. Upon arriving at the Grand […]
In order to achieve national reconciliation and end the political stalemate with the Red-Shirts, Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has offered to hold a general election on November 14. Abhisit said for the first time that a general election would be held on November 14, but only if five objectives underpinning a national conciliation were […]
Leaders of Thailand’s anti-government protesters say they will consider a new government reconciliation plan. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s proposal to end nearly eight weeks of protests includes holding elections in November. The protest leaders said Tuesday the government proposal needs further consideration and they will decide on a response later. “We welcome this framework,” said […]
BANGKOK (AP) – Leaders of Thailand’s anti-government protesters have asked the government to speak with one voice before they will respond to the prime minister’s new proposal for early elections in exchange for ending their occupation of downtown Bangkok that has crippled the capital for weeks. The leaders, ranging from hardline militants to others seemingly […]
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra made a phone call to the meeting of Pheu Thai Party MPs, saying the timing is good for the red-shirt movement to accept the prime minister’s offer for political reconciliation. But Thaksin quickly added that it would be up to the red-shirt movement itself as to whether it would accept […]
