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August 24, 2010December 6, 2023

DSI: No conclusion on 91 Red Shirt protest deaths, including two foreign journalists

BANGKOK, Aug 23 — Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has not yet concluded its investigation into the deaths of 91 people, including the Italian photographer and Japanese cameraman, killed during the ten-week street protests by anti-government Red Shirt protesters. Pol Col Narat Sawettanant, deputy DSI chief and spokesman, told a news conference on Monday […]

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August 6, 2010December 6, 2023

Thai police: Japanese man faked death for millions

BANGKOK – A Japanese man accused of forging his own death certificate to collect millions of dollars in insurance payments is being held in Thailand on an immigration violation pending other possible charges, Thai police said Friday. Arrested in his Thai girlfriend’s apartment Thursday, Ichiro Ogushi, 35, had been on the run since immigration authorities […]

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July 29, 2010December 6, 2023

Thai Music Label Kamikaze to Open Concert in Japan

Thai music label Kamikaze will hold a concert featuring five popular Thai idols in Japan this Sunday. Following huge demand from Japanese fans through social network sites like Facebook and Twitter, Kamikaze, a music label under RS Promotion, will be organizing a concert called ‘Thai Idol Festival 2010 – Kamikaze Wave Concert’ at Shibuya Duo […]

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May 22, 2010December 6, 2023

Press group saddened by killing of Italian, Japanese journalists

Foreign correspondents in Bangkok expressed concern Saturday about intimidation of journalists and sadness over journalists killed during clashes between anti-government protestors and soldiers. The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) said it was “deeply saddened by the death of Italian freelance photographer Fabio Polenghi on 19 May from gunshot wounds, and extends its condolences to […]

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Bangkok

May 14, 2010May 14, 2010

Bangkok battle: Troops fire on rioting protesters

Associated Press Writer= BANGKOK (AP) — Thai troops fired bullets and tear gas at anti-government protesters rioting near the U.S. and Japanese embassies in an escalation of violence that turned central Bangkok into a virtual war zone after overnight clashes killed one person. The fighting, which has killed 30 people and injured hundreds since the […]

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Bangkok

May 14, 2010October 25, 2012

Thai protesters set fire to police bus

BANGKOK – Anti-government protesters set fire to a police bus down the street from Japanese and U.S. embassies in central Bangkok after troops fired tear gas Friday in a burst of new violence after nightlong clashes left one person dead. The fighting, which so far has claimed 30 lives and injured hundreds since anti-government Red […]

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April 11, 2010December 6, 2023

Japan Urges Investigation of Journalist’s Death in Bangkok

April 11 (Bloomberg) — Japan urged Thailand to investigate the death last night of a Japanese photojournalist who was covering fighting between troops and protesters in Bangkok, the Foreign Ministry said today in a statement. Hiro Muramoto, a 15-year veteran of Reuters news service, was in the Rajdumnoen Road area of Bangkok when he was […]

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Bangkok

April 11, 2010

Government: No live bullets fired

THAI soldiers did not fire live bullets at anti-government protesters in violent clashes in the capital that left 19 people dead and over 800 injured, a government spokesman said on Sunday. ‘There were no live bullets fired at protesters,’ Panitan Wattanayagorn said in press conference shown on national television. Fourteen civilians, including a Japanese TV […]

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