Policeman charged with reckless driving, causing female doctor’s death in Bangkok

Victory Monument in Bangkok.
Victory Monument in Bangkok. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

A crowd control policeman has surrendered to police and admitted to driving a big bike that hit and killed a female doctor in Bangkok on [Read More…]

Police flush protesters with tear gas, rubber bullets, as clashes in Bangkok resume

A line of policemen and policewomen equipped with riot shields at Naorawat bridge in Chiang Mai
A line of Thai riot policemen and policewomen equipped with riot shields. Photo: Takeaway.

Crowd control police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hardcore protesters this evening, as the demonstrators tried to breach a wall of shipping containers, [Read More…]

Two arrested at Bangkok’s Victory Monument for trying to display an anti-lese-majeste law banner

Taxis at Victory Monument, Bangkok
Taxis at Victory Monument in Bangkok. Photo: Thailand News.

Two anti-establishment protesters were arrested by Thai police, on Saturday afternoon, after they and their colleagues defied police orders to disperse and to refrain from [Read More…]

One woman killed and another injured in shooting at Bangkok mall

Crowded shopping malls and street markets in Ratchathewi District
Crowded shopping malls and street markets in Ratchathewi, near Victory Monument, Bangkok. Photo: Anton Strogonoff / flickr. CC BY 2.0.

Shoppers, at a mall near the Victory Monument in downtown Bangkok, were sent running for cover when a gunman opened fire this afternoon (Tuesday), killing [Read More…]