A red-shirt supporter showed up at the 11th Infantry Regiment yesterday with some food for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, but this was by no means a gesture of goodwill. Attached with the noodles, cans of coffee and bottles of water was a message from the Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship, which read: “Let the prime minister […]
THE LATEST political crisis in Thailand is a particularly tragic instance of political blowback. Three times in the past four years, Thais opposed to the populist movement of Thaksin Shinawatra precipitated the downfall of democratically elected governments by creating chaos in the streets of Bangkok. Now the current government, backed by that same alliance of […]
BANGKOK, April 13 (TNA) — The current State of Emergency imposed by the Thai government will be maintained as long as anti-government protesters are occupying Bangkok streets, while legal actions will be taken against the ‘terrorists’ mingling with the protesters, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Tuesday. Mr Suthep, also chief of the Centre […]
BANGKOK — Thailand’s electoral commission recommended Monday the dissolution of the country’s ruling party for allegedly misusing campaign donations, as protesters paraded through the streets of the capital bearing the coffins of comrades killed in violence over the weekend. Pressure has mounted on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign since the army’s failed attempt Saturday […]
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Bangkok’s local government canceled major Thai holiday festivities that were to begin Monday, with officials citing the deadly anti-government protests as the reason. Festivities related to the three-day Thai New Year’s holiday Songkran were dropped, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced. Clashes between anti-government protesters, known as “Red Shirts” for their clothing, […]
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday said there has been a group of “terrorists” who exploited the rally of innocent and unarmed protesters, leading to the tragic situation on April 10. In a TV-pool broadcast, Abhisit said that the government has the clearer picture of what happened during the weekend when the red shirts protesters […]
BANGKOK, April 12 (TNA) – Thailand’s anti-government ‘Red Shirt’ protesters on Monday paraded empty coffins with photos of 14 protesters killed during Saturday’s clashes between government troops and protesters which left 21 persons dead, including five soldiers and more than 800 injured. The motorised red-clad procession of cars, pickups, taxis and motorcycles pushed off from […]
Arisaman Pongruangrong led some 300 motorcyclists to take CAT Telecom CEO Jirayuth Rungsrithong from the CAT Telecom head office at noon Monday. Arisaman led the protesters to the Cat Telecom head office on Chaeng Wattana Road in Bangkok’s Lak Si district at 12:30 pm. The arrival of the red-shirt motorcyclists terrified CAT Telecom officials. Security […]
