The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Thailand is urging the government to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions even as it celebrated the convention becoming international law on Aug. 1. More than 100 people gathered that day at Xavier Hall, the Jesuits’ residence in Bangkok, to celebrate the coming into effect of the convention, which […]
BANGKOK, Aug 2 – A Myanmar man was arrested for smuggling 20 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ‘ice,’ worth Bt60 million (over US$1.8 million) together with two bombs in Chiang Mai, while a Filipino woman was detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport with four kilos of cocaine, Thai police said on Monday. Laota Yang, a […]
BANGKOK, August 1 – Police revealed photographs of several men suspected of involvement in the bombing at a bus stop at Big C department store in Ratchadamri Road last Sunday evening saying they are close aides of the late Red Shirt military strategist army Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol. The suspects are believed to be linked to […]
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, 1 August 2010 (NNT) – A series of bomb explosions in Bangkok might negatively affect the Thai economy despite the current global economic recovery, said former Deputy Prime Minister and Ruam Chart Pattana Party core leader, Suwat Liptapanlop. According to Mr Suwat, the Thai economic condition has improved after the prolonged rallies of […]
A grenade exploded near a Bangkok shopping mall early Friday, wounding one person in the second explosion in a week in the Thai capital still rattled by deadly political clashes and living under emergency rule. Also Friday, a top leader of Thailand’s Red Shirt protest movement, whose street demonstrations were violently suppressed by the army […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – A person was wounded after an explosion in a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. The authorities refuses to comment if the explosion had a connection with the continuing political tension in the capital of Thailand. The grenade was placed inside the garbage bag and left in front of the King Power duty-free […]
BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Tuesday that the authorities would maintain emergency rule in the capital following a deadly bombing over the weekend. “I think Bangkok will remain under the state of emergency while the government will gradually lift the law in other provinces,” he told reporters after meeting security officials. The […]
Sunday’s by-election in Thailand offer a window on the continuing divide, and hints at the enduring strength of the red shirt opposition. Bangkok, Thailand Two months after security forces put down violent street protests, a by-election held Sunday in Thailand offered a small window into public opinion in a divided nation. The result – an […]
