BANGKOK, 26 July 2010 (NNT) – The bomb blast in front of Big C Department Store’s Rajdamri branch on Sunday could affect the tourist confidence in Thailand, according the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA). ATTA Advisor Apichart Sankary stated that the recent explosion in front of Big C Rajdamri in the heart of Bangkok […]
Police have identified nine people injured in the bomb explosion in front of Big C Rajdamri Sunday evening. Thawatchai Thongmak, 51, was severely injured and rushed to the Police Hospital. The eight others were identified as Sompatchara Tangsiriphanit, 46, Somchai Iampracha, 37, Somjai Phanwima, 37, Chanu (surname unknown), 24, Puan Pornnithet, 37, and Wirasak Saetae, […]
Four hooded suspects fire rockets at Army fuel tank No 6 after it was apparently selected as their target; Cabinet will take strike into account when it decides today on whether to extend the state of emergency Twin rockets were fired at an empty fuel tank located in an Army installation in Nonthaburi on Sunday […]
Arsonists rampaged in downtown Bangkok on Wednesday afternoon, setting fire to buildings and shopping centres, after the core leaders of the United front for democracy against Dictatorship surrendered and announced an end to the protest rally at Ratchaprasong intersection. Fires were reported at Central World department store in Ratchaprasong, Siam Theatre at Siam Square, the […]
BANGKOK — The Thai military declared a neighborhood of Bangkok a “live-fire zone” on Saturday and said it was calling in reinforcements as fighting spread to several areas in the city and the death toll in a three-day offensive against anti-government protesters rose to 17. Gunfire and a series of explosions shook a neighborhood in […]
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Thailand’s army had nothing to do with the shooting of an opposition leader in downtown Bangkok, a military spokesman said Friday. The Thursday incident is under investigation, said Col. Sansern Kaewkumnerd, an Army spokesman. Downtown Bangkok’s Lumpini Park turned into a mob atmosphere amid gunshots and explosions Thursday as anti-government protesters […]
Thai security forces and anti-government protesters remained in a stand-off in Bangkok after clashes overnight in which one person died. Shots and bangs were heard overnight as security forces moved to cut power and seal off access to the large protest camp in the city centre. Earlier, a renegade general supporting the protesters was shot […]
A dissident Thai General has been shot and seriously wounded, along with several other people at the site of an anti-government protest in Bangkok. VOA’s Daniel Schearf witnessed the shooting which followed a government threat to seal off the protest area to force weeks-long demonstration to end. Major General Khattiya Sawasdipol was shot in the […]
