Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva defied the demands of his opponents Monday morning, telling the country in a televised statement that he would neither resign nor dissolve the House of Representatives, as tens of thousands of red-shirted demonstrators laid siege to the army base where government and security officials are monitoring the protests. “I cannot […]
Red-shirt protesters will gather outside a military barracks on Monday to demand the government’s answer on their ultimatum that the government dissolve the House by noon or face mass demonstrations in the capital. United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) co-leader Natthawut Saikua said on Sunday evening that the protesters will go to the 11th […]
Tens of thousands of Thai opposition supporters have rallied in Bangkok to press the government to step down. They gave Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva until Monday to call fresh polls and vowed to demonstrate across the capital if he refuses to do so. The government insists it will not stand down and has tightened security. […]
BANGKOK–Tens of thousands of protesters flowed into Bangkok over the weekend, setting up what organizers say will be several days of protests to force Thailand’s army-backed government to call fresh elections and vividly demonstrating the continuing pull of Thailand’s ousted leader, former telecommunications billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra. Thrown out of power in a military coup in […]
Thousands of protesters from rural northern Thailand have begun arriving in Bangkok for a rally aimed at toppling the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajhiva. Trucks and other vehicles filled highways into the capital city Saturday as security forces searched them, ahead of a protest scheduled for Sunday to restore ousted Prime Minister Thaksin […]
SPECIAL REPORT: The city is on a knife’s edge as tens of thousands of protesters gather in a bid to overthrow the government Expectation hangs thick in the air as the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship begins its protest today – with security forces not predicting any increase in tensions until the red […]
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 […]
SURAT THANI, March 12 (TNA) – Five bombs rocked the southern province of Surat Thani Friday morning as the anti-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) began moving to the capital for the mass gathering aimed to topple the government. No one was wounded in the five incidents. Late police reports said demolitions experts […]
