Despite claims of restored order, Thailand remains bitterly divided between rich and poor, writes DAVID McNEILL in Lamphun Thailand IN NORTHERN Thailand, the world has been turned upside down. Men branded terrorists are heroes, the police are the enemy and children wear T-shirts hailing anti-government rebels. Driven from power, branded a criminal and hounded by […]
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 […]
Dozens of impoverished red shirts detained since the May 19 dispersal of the red shirts’ protest have been “virtually abandoned” with no visitors and some without defence lawyers, revealed Nitirat Sapsoomboon, a member of the National Human Rights Commission’s subcommittee on citizen and political rights. At least 10 of them are women and Nitirat said […]
About 1,500 members of a right-wing group ignored a state of emergency by demonstrating in the Thai capital Saturday, but heeded a government warning not to rally outside the prime minister’s office, police said. The number of people participating in the protest at a sports stadium against government policy on a territorial dispute with Cambodia […]
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 […]
Depending on how key players responsible for the political polarisation can tone down their egocentricity for the sake of the greater good next year, when there will be a general election and celebrations for His Majesty’s auspicious 84th birthday, a fresh start could usher in for the country. Since the end of the red-shirt rally […]
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 […]
BANGKOK—Thailand’s prime minister said he won’t call national elections until early next year at the earliest as the government promotes programs intended to bridge the kind of economic divides that fueled deadly protests earlier this year. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s comments, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, came after two separate grenade attacks […]
