BANGKOK (AFP) – THAILAND’S embattled prime minister vowed to clear Bangkok’s commercial heart of anti-government Red Shirt protesters as he appeared on television on Sunday in a show of unity with his army chief. But Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva did not say when security forces would retake the Red Shirts’ vast protest site, occupied for […]
Increasing threat of a bloody showdown is raising concerns about major damage to country’s economic standing BANGKOK—Fears are growing that Thailand’s political crisis could cause lasting damage to its economy and international reputation as the country edges closer to a potentially bloody showdown. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva rejected a proposal from antigovernment protesters to […]
Red shirts protesters broke soldiers’ barricades and entered ThaiCom uplink station’s compound and were trying to enter the staton’s buildings in Lat Lum Kaew, Pathum Thani province at about 2.40pm. The protesters managed to raid the site although the soldiers threw smoke bombs to stop them. The protesters threw objects at soldiers and the buildings, […]
Thailand protesters try to oust army from streets BANGKOK — Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters threatened to force soldiers from the historic heart of Thailand’s capital Saturday, raising tensions in what so far has been a nonviolent bid to bring down the government. Riding on motorcycles and in pickup trucks, the protesters traveled in […]
Thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand have boarded motorcycles and trucks for a mass rally in Bangkok in the latest stage of their campaign. The “red-shirt” movement, many of them supporters of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, wants the government to step down and call new elections. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has admitted his country is […]
Red-shirts of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) began to gather in front of the Defence Ministry shortly before noon on Tuesday. Their intention was to ask the military to clarify rumours of a pending a coup and demand action against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for allegedly dodging the draft. They earlier announced […]
