Fresh claims in The Washington Post that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ran secret interrogation cells in Thailand have been denied by the country’s Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, ahead of US Secretary of State Hillary […]
Bangkok’s notorious nightlife district of Patpong was turned into a battle ground last night (May 6, 2009) as hundreds of night-market traders rioted against Thai police. The angry scene erupted when Thai police and government […]
Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has targeted the Thailand tourism industry as a priority for reviving the Thai economy in 2009, in a speech to members of the National Economic and Social Advisory Council (Nesac). […]
Less than 24-hours after Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva removed the state of emergency decree for Bangkok and five other Thai provinces, red-shirt pro-democracy supporters have rallied at Sanam Luang, a traditional political rallying ground […]
One week after Thai soldiers clashed with rioting pro-democracy “red shirt” protesters on the streets of Bangkok the country is still governed under the state of emergency decree imposed by Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. […]
A Bangkok monk says claims by the Thailand government that the army only fired blanks at red-shirted pro-democracy supporters at Din Daeng last Monday (April 13) are not true and that those shot include a […]
For five days in April 2009 the “red-shirt” pro-democracy movement under the umbrella of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) besieged Thailand’s Government House, demanding the resignation of Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit […]
The ongoing political protests in Thailand and the hasty cancellation of the 14th Asean Economic Summit yesterday (April 11) that saw 14 heads of state hurriedly evacuated from a Pattaya hotel rooftop by helicopter will […]
Day two of the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship’s (UDD’s) rally aimed at ousting the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and forcing a general election saw taxi drivers block access to the […]
An estimated 100,000 anti-government red-shirt protesters yesterday (April 8) began their latest campaign to oust the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, with a mass rally surrounding Thailand’s Government House and the nearby Royal Plaza. […]
Less than five months after yellow-shirted anti-government protesters seized and closed Bangkok two airports stranding hundreds of thousands of international tourists, the country is headed towards further political unrest after more than 150,000 pro-democracy red […]
Tonight Thailand sits on the edge. After weeks of small-scale pro-democracy rallies throughout the country, a mass march and the surrounding of Government House by red-shirted pro-democracy protesters, and nightly video calls from deposed prime […]