Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A “massive firefight” broke out between Thai security forces and crowds of anti-government protesters Wednesday, as tensions flared in the latest round of confrontations between the two groups just outside the capital, Bangkok. The fighting broke out after riot police and government troops massed along a major highway to stop the […]
BANGKOK, April 27 (TNA) – A provincial court on Tuesday sentenced 11 Red Shirt activists, who led protesters to block inbound Phaholyothin Road, to 15 days in jail without suspending their terms. The Thanyaburi Court judges found all 11 defendants guilty of violating the Emergency Decree which bans gatherings of five or more people to […]
Thailand’s neighbors are watching the political unrest in Bangkok with growing concern. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has said the protests there could spread economic and political instability throughout the region. ASEAN has called on the Thai government and the anti-government demonstrators to exercise restraint and to seek a settlement through dialogue and […]
Bangkok’s office of Asian Trails is just in the midst of the action. Offices of one of Thailand’s top inbound tour operators are located next to Ratchadamri Boulevard, just a block away from the Four Seasons Hotel and consequently the camp of the Red Shirts rioters. Asked if he comes to the office by helicopter […]
Protesters threatened to block one of Bangkok’s elevated railways lines on Tuesday, forcing the operators to close it as a precaution while the government warned that it was running out of patience with the weeks-long anti-government demonstration. “We have been patient for two months,” said Suthep Thaugsuban, deputy prime minister. “But we will use decisive […]
At least 26 people have been killed and nearly 1,000 injured in Thailand’s seven-week stand-off WEARING black T-shirts and red scarves, the young men picked up sharpened bamboo sticks and ran to the barricade of tyres, bamboo and blue netting that divides the opposition to the government from the soldiers and riot police across the […]
Rogue soldiers, active and retired, are supporting Thailand’s ‘red-shirt’ protesters, the Army chief said Sunday. Bangkok, Thailand As Thailand’s ‘red-shirt’ protesters continue to occupy a swath of downtown Bangkok, defying authorities and occasionally clashing violently with them, concerns are rising over the alleged participation of pro-red disgruntled soldiers. The presence of these rogue soldiers complicates […]
People could sue red shirts if they violate their rights, National Human Rights Commission chairwoman Amara Pongsapich said Monday. They could also lodge a complaint against local police for failing to carry out their duty to protect people. In the previous weeks, the red shirts set up checkpoints to block and search vehicles in many […]
