The Thai government has once again shown its fear of the Red Shirts opposition by extending a state of emergency in 19 of the country’s 76 provinces. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, stated Tuesday that there would be a gradual lifting of emergency law but added that “we need to restore order now,” cited by […]
BANGKOK — A baby koala and a young girl are helping move Thailand toward reconciliation after the country’s recent bitter political violence. Four-year-old Lapassarada Mung-opas submitted the winning entry in a contest to name the baby koala at the Chiang Mai Zoo in northern Thailand. Her suggestion, Prong-dong — “Reconciliation” — was picked over 496 […]
Thai military and police have increased their surveillance of people in the country’s north who are suspected to be allied with Red Shirt protesters. Intelligence officials have information suggesting that protesters have moved underground and could be planning violent retaliation in their strongholds, which are in the north and north-east of the country, according to […]
BANGKOK, May 26 (TNA) – The legal team of fugitive ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Wednesday filed an appeal to Thailand’s Criminal Court seeking the withdrawal of an arrest warrant for the ex-premier on terrorism charges, saying the evidence of Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has been fabricated. The move came after the Criminal […]
BANGKOK: The media have become a new target in Thailand’s political turmoil. Since their protest was crushed by troops, furious demonstrators have turned their anger on the most visible messengers in their conflict. Largely drawn from the rural poor of north and north-eastern Thailand, the Red Shirts resent what they regard as the Bangkok-centric Thai […]
Thai troops faced stubborn resistance from anti-government protesters in Bangkok and several northern provinces Monday as the death toll from four days of clashes in the capital rose to 35. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Erawan Emergency Centre said another 244 people had been wounded in the clashes since Thursday night. The shooting Thursday night of […]
BANGKOK — Anti-government protesters shut down parts of the Thai capital on Monday but appeared to be a long way from achieving their goal of forcing the government to step down. Banks, shops and government offices in the northern outskirts of the city closed for the day as convoys of red-shirted protesters converged on a […]
Thousands of red shirts from the North and the Northeast have started their march Friday’s morning, expecting to reach Bangkok by Sunday. Those from the North are expected to converge and stay overnight in Nakhon Sawan while those from the Northeast will spend the night at Nakhon Ratchasima. Before departing their respective hometowns, the red […]
