BANGKOK – THE Thai authorities have extended a curfew in Bangkok and 24 provinces for seven days because of concern about possible unrest, an army spokesman said on Monday. ‘We have information that there are groups and individuals who still want to create chaos in some areas,’ Sansern Kaewkamnerd told a news conference. Straits Times
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — The Thai government on Sunday extended a curfew in the capital and nearly a third of the country’s provinces for at least two more nights, but shortened the hours when residents are required to stay off the streets. In his weekly television address, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said officials would extend […]
BANGKOK—Life in Bangkok started returning to normal Thursday as Thailand’s capital began to clean up the mess left by a monthslong protest, but a solution to the country’s deep-seated political problems appeared no closer. While government troops dealt with some remaining pockets of resistance from a small number of militant protesters, and most of the […]
Arsonists, rioters and shooters wreaked havoc in many areas of Bangkok on Wednesday after red shirt leaders announced an end of their 45-day protests at the Rajprasong shopping area. The government’s Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) imposed curfew between 8 am and 6 am in Bangkok and other provinces where the […]
RED protesters are torching Bangkok tonight in a frightening reversal of this afternoon’s apparent ending of a street demonstration that was contained in a small part of the capital. Fire trucks of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation were not able to reach one blaze in a huge shopping mall in Bangkok today because […]
Thailand’s military has canceled plans to impose a curfew in parts of Bangkok, where troops remain locked in a tense confrontation with anti-government protesters. Army officials told reporters Sunday that the government no longer saw a need to enforce a curfew. The army had said earlier it would impose a curfew later in the day. […]
Thai authorities imposed a curfew on a jittery Bangkok after a weekend of violence that has left 25 people dead. The government has also ordered schools to be closed from Monday as anti-government Redshirt protesters continue to battle troops through the streets of the capital. As protesters torched a police traffic post and set fire […]
