Bangkok~Lost in the Flood? by Ace Preston

Latest photos from Bangkok Thailand as city braces for flooding.. The new government administration refuses to call a 'State of Emergency' fearing that would give the military total control of the country. The...

Bangkok: Red Shirts Appeal to EU Amid Growing Chaos

The Red Shirt faction in Bangkok, Thailand has made an appeal to the EU to send observers to help prevent a military crackdown.  The growing chaos in Bangkok and other parts of Thailand has had governments...

Bangkok Crisis: Red Shirts Offer Compromise Military Backs Off

In the aftermath of the bloody grenade explosions Friday in downtown Bangkok, the Red Shirts are offering a compromise.  Weng Tojirakarn, Red Shirt leader, demanded that the government in power stop the...

Thailand: Red Shirts Soldiers Clash, Death and Injuries Result

The standoff between the current Thai government and the Red Shirt protesters has resulted in violent clashes with soldiers resulting in death and injuries.  The capital city of Bangkok has been under seige by...

Bangkok: Red Shirts Dump Blood on Thai PM's Doorstep

Protesters known as Red Shirts collected litres of their blood and poured it onto the pavement in front of Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's home.  This is the second of "blood sacrifices" that ...

Red shirts defiant as “third hand” blamed for Thailand riots

Red shirts defiant as “third hand” blamed for Thailand riots and assassination attempt: Thai tourism plummetsLess than 24-hours after Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva removed the state of emergency...

Monk - I saw Thai army shoot monk and people at Din Daeng

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 are not true and that those shot include a Buddhist monk.The...

Thailand political unrest continues as hundreds of thousands rall

Less than five months after yellow-shirted anti-government protesters seized and closed Bangkok’s two airports stranding hundreds of thousands of international tourists, the country is headed towards further...

Thailand on the edge ahead of mass pro-democracy rally

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 minister Thaksin Shinawatra,...

Thailand PM switches venue for speech

The  siege outside Thailand Parliament continues and it has delayed Parliament business  as MPs and senators refused to walk through a narrow gap in lines of thousands of anti-government United Front...

Thousands protest outside Thai parliament ahead of PM speech

Despite the change of guard in Thailand, Political crisis  is far from over. Thousands of supporters of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra surrounded Thailand's Parliament on Monday, daring...

Thaksin's Money Politics Continue In Thailand

Thaksin Shinawatra is still trying to control Thai politics even though he is a convicted felon and fugitive and living outside of Thailand. It's obvious he will stop at nothing to regain power in some way, even...

"Democracy" At Work In Thailand -- Bangkok

While we’re waiting anxiously here in Thailand for word that a special session of the House will be called so that its members can vote for a new prime minister, I thought I’d add some background on the political scene here so that readers across the world can have a...

Democrats Claim Ability To Form Government In Thailand -- Bangkok

The Democrat party in Thailand is claiming to have enough votes to form a government and elect their leader Abhisit Vejjajiva as Prime Minister. They gained enough votes when Newin Chidchob's faction...

Thaksin Shinawatra - gotcha!

So Thaksin has finally got his come-uppance from Her Britannic Majesty's Government! And a real slap in the chops it is! According to today's Bangkok Post (and probably all the other newspapers in Bangkok...

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