Tag: Seh Daeng
Security tight in Bangkok for general’s funeral
Thousands of mourners are expected to attend the funeral of renegade Thai general Khattiya Sawasdipol, who was shot in May as he backed anti-government protesters [Read More…]
Rogue general dies, Thai crisis spreads as death toll reaches 64
The crisis in Bangkok has spread from Bangkok to the provinces outside the capital, worsening the country’s already precarious political crisis and sending reverberations through [Read More…]
Maj-Gen Khattiya dies in hospital
Key red-shirt leader and rogue army officer Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, who was shot in the head immediately after giving an interview to foreign reporters on [Read More…]
Thai troops face stubborn resistance as casualties mount
Thai troops faced stubborn resistance from anti-government protesters in Bangkok and several northern provinces Monday as the death toll from four days of clashes in [Read More…]
Clashes with red shirt protesters create ‘war zone’ in downtown Bangkok
Red shirt protesters clashed with Bangkok police after a renegade general who supported the opposition was shot Thursday. Two months of violence have now killed [Read More…]
Thai Troops Clash With Protesters
BANGKOK — Sporadic violence continued in the Thai capital on Friday as protesters challenged soldiers deployed around their encampment and fired homemade rockets at hovering [Read More…]
Thai Army says it did not shoot protest leader
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Thailand’s army had nothing to do with the shooting of an opposition leader in downtown Bangkok, a military spokesman said Friday. [Read More…]
Explosions Rock Bangkok After Shooting of Dissident Thai General
A dissident Thai General has been shot and seriously wounded, along with several other people at the site of an anti-government protest in Bangkok. VOA’s [Read More…]