The red shirts campaigned for their supporters to write postcards to comrades held in prisons across the country. Postcards and the names and addresses of the detainees were distributed at the rally. Pongthep Thepkanchana, a banned Thai Rak Thai Party executive, wrote some postcards and said national reconciliation would not be realised if the true […]
Thailand ‘s Wildlife Crime Task Force continued its crackdown on exotic animal smugglers by nabbing a Pakistani man alleged to have brought over 1,000 rare tortoises into Bangkok from Bangladesh on Tuesday. Customs and endangered species management officials arrested the suspect after inspecting his baggage off a Thai Airways flight. They claim Saeed Shaikh, 44, […]
PATTAYA, Thailand—Four months after their marathon Bangkok street protests ended in a bloody crackdown, Thailand’s antigovernment Red Shirt protesters are testing the limits of what political and military leaders will allow, with a large fund-raising concert in this bawdy seaside resort and another rally planned for the capital. The movement’s leaders have set themselves a […]
The red shirts will organise a motorcade rally from Bangkok to Chiang Mai along with other activities to mark the fourth anniversary of the September 19 military coup that ousted Thaksin Shinawatra. Other events include a gathering at the Rajprasong intersection in Bangkok to commemorate both the fourth anniversary of the coup and the fourth […]
While Thailand’s reputation as ‘the land of smiles’ is a cliché, the recent images of violence and unrest in Bangkok have been a shocking contrast to its reputation as a stable regional travel and business hub. Bangkok’s streets have been cleaned up and normal life has resumed, but political instability is likely to continue in […]
BANGKOK – THAILAND’S Prime Minister yesterday warned that intelligence had forecast more violent attacks in the kingdom, as police arrested a former soldier suspected of involvement in a string of recent bombings in the capital. ‘There remains a group of people who want to employ violence,’ Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters, adding that there […]
Thailand’s prime minister warned Wednesday of intelligence forecasting more violent attacks as police arrested a former soldier suspected of involvement in a string of recent Bangkok bombings. “There remains a group of people who want to employ violence,” Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters, adding that there was not specific information about where attacks could […]
The Thai government’s new migrant labor policy has seen a rise in police raids on factories that employ migrant workers, especially from Burma, Loas and Cambodia. There are reportedly up to a million unregistered migrant workers in Thailand. Human rights advocates say many workers are now taking steps to meet the new legal requirements to […]
