BANGKOK, Jan 19 (TNA) – The Red Shirt anti-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) announced Tuesday it is considering a protest at the entrance of Suvarnabhumi Airport as part of its movement against the government. Thepthai Senpong, spokesman for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, said there is a high possibility of violence during the […]
BANGKOK – THAILAND’S ‘red shirt’ movement will hold a week-long protest in Bangkok from mid-February, one of its leader said on Thursday, taking aim at unelected elites it says have long dominated the country’s political landscape. Although the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) would continue targeting advisers to the country’s revered monarchy, it […]
BANGKOK, Jan 11 (TNA) – The numbers of the supporters of the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD)–the Red Shirts—are growing early Monday at the vacation residence of Privy Councillor Gen Surayud Chulanont at Khao Yai Thiang in Nakhon Ratchasima, but the protesters vow that they will neither use violence nor trespass into […]
Thousands of supporters of deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have held a rally in the capital, Bangkok, calling for fresh elections. Mr Thaksin addressed them by video-link, describing democracy in Thailand as weak and unstable. His supporters are also calling for the return of the Thai constitution that existed before a military coup three […]
BANGKOK – THAILAND’S prime minister announced on Thursday that he had cancelled a visit to a northern stronghold of his rival, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, owing to security concerns. Abhisit Vejjajiva was set to travel to the northern city of Chiang Mai for a commerce meeting on Sunday, but decided against the trip after receiving […]
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) on Sunday expressed its concerned that the planned anti-government rally of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) in Chiang Mai would lower the number of foreign tourist arrivals in the northern province. The red-shirt UDD planned to stage another protest when Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will visit […]
BANGKOK : Thousands of “Red Shirt” demonstrators loyal to Thailand’s fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra gathered in Bangkok on Sunday to rally against the current government, police said. Crowds of red-clad protesters arrived mid-afternoon in the city’s historic quarter, where a 1,500-strong police force was on hand to prevent violence, although they said they were […]
BANGKOK – Thailand announced plans Friday to mobilise a 18,000-strong security force at a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders this month to prevent anti-government protests. The summit of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and six dialogue partners – China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand – takes place in the […]
