News from Thailand – April 8, 2014
Today in News in Thailand:
• Today again bomb attacks in Yala: no injuries, but a lot of damage
• Concentration of particulate matter in Northern Thailand is falling
• Truck overturns on mountain road: 13 dead, 15 injured
News from Thailand – April 7, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Phaya Thai-Suvarnabhumi metro service will be discontinued for a year
• Hailstones the size of pin-pong balls in Lampang
• Red shirts announce new rally after Court ruling
News from Thailand – April 6, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Environmental organisation: Summit on endangered Mekong was a flop
• Murder of couple and son planned by younger son
• Red shirt rally: not half a million supporters, but 35.000
Red shirts are making a fist today
Today and for the next two days, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) is holding a major rally in Thawi Watthana in western Bangkok. As a protest against the anti-government movement and as a warning to the Constitutional Court and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).
News from Thailand – April 4, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• 58 army companies are ready on the eve of UDD rally
• WWII bomb explosion death toll to 8
• Songkran: tough measures for safe traffic
News from Thailand – April 2, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Request to blog readers because of princess's birthday
• Rally red shirts in Bangkok on Saturday
• Parachute training suspended after fatal fall
Bangkok Post expects chaotic April month
Bangkok Post expects political pressure to rise to a breaking point next month. Two procedures threaten the position of Prime Minister Yingluck and her cabinet. In the worst case, they have to leave the field and a 'political vacuum' is created.
News from Thailand – March 29, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Anti-government movement marches from Lumpini to Royal Plaza
• Ankle bracelet for habitual offenders at Suvarnabhumi
• Red shirts demand the release of four armed colleagues
Army commander fears outbreaks of violence
Army commander Prayuth Chan-ocha fears that the leaders of the UDD (red shirts) and PDRC (anti-government movement) are failing to contain their supporters. "There is a serious risk of violence breaking out," he said, referring to the rallies that will be held on two consecutive Saturdays.
Fifty red shirts yesterday began a blockade of the office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission. They also attacked a monk who was trying to end the beating of a man.
Police and National Security Council are sounding the alarm about the announced rallies of the red shirts and anti-government movement for the next two Saturdays. They fear outbreaks of violence and attacks on the Constitutional Court and the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
• Saturday April 5: three (still) secret missions of red shirts
• Bomb and grenade attacks in Bangkok and Chiang Mai
• Saturday, March 29, anti-government movement protests
News from Thailand – March 19, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Landfill fire continues to proliferate; suffocating smog linger
• Thousands with TB go untreated
• Red shirt chairman Jatuporn afraid of civil war
News from Thailand – March 17, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Farmers in Phichit complain about the drought; water level Yom fell sharply
• Red shirts happy with new chairman Jatuporn Prompan
• Another grenade attack on the home of action leader Suthep Thaugsuban
News from Thailand – March 16, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• 'Havik' Jatuporn takes over the leadership of the red shirts
• Smoke nuisance in Chiang Mai worse than previous years
• Are the 220 refugees Turks or Uighurs from China?
It's business as usual in Bangkok again
As of today, it is back to business as usual in Asok, Pathumwan, Ratchaprasong and Silom, which have been occupied by the protest movement for six weeks. The demonstrators have retreated to the Lumpini Park and continue the fight from there.
The closure of four protest sites in Bangkok should pave the way for talks. But conciliatory reactions are so far lacking from the red shirt movement and the government.