Topic: Bangkok

Clashes, fires roil Bangkok despite red-shirt protest leaders' surrender

Protesters burned buildings around Bangkok Wednesday even after troops overran the red-shirt camp and their leaders surrendered. Clashes left five people dead.

The rule of law governs Thailand

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Thailand has a chance if Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva can stop the killings

Former foreign minister of Thailand weighs in on Thailand's crisis.

Thailand protests: Government rejects red-shirt leaders' call for UN cease-fire

More than 29 people have died since Thursday night in clashes between troops and antigovernment 'red-shirt' protesters. Leaders of the Thailand protests are calling for UN intervention, which the government so far rejects.

Thailand king and I: Why the protests in Bangkok put a spotlight on the monarchy

The Thailand protests reveal an open split in the kingdom over the role of the monarchy in a democracy. Is it time for the king to acknowledge it?

Clashes with red shirt protesters create 'war zone' in downtown Bangkok

Red shirt protesters clashed with Bangkok police after a renegade general who supported the opposition was shot Thursday. Two months of violence have now killed 34 people.

Thai general shot while aiding red shirt protesters

Renegade Thai general Khattiya Sawasdipol, suspended from duty for his sympathies toward red shirt protesters, had been helping them secure a protest site. Some red shirts had begun to disavow him.

Thai PM preps snipers, police to seal off red shirt protest site

An agreement between the red shirts and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has broken down, with protesters vowing to continue their Bangkok sit-in and the government ordering armored vehicles and snipers to surround and seal off the protest site.

For some, Thailand's red-shirt protests amplify calls for justice

Though Thailand’s red-shirt protests are dismissed by some as a political ploy by former Thaksin Shinawatra, they have also tapped into desires in the rural northeast for economic and social justice.

Hardline red shirt protesters still seek 'knockout punch' against Thai PM

While red shirt leaders in Bangkok have agreed to a road map to reconciliation with the Thai premier, red shirt protesters from northeast Thailand, a hotbed of antigovernment demonstrations, show no signs of backing down.

Thai red shirts refuse to back down despite PM's reconciliation plan

Thai red shirt protesters met with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday, who offered to hold parliamentary elections in November. Protest leaders say they will not end their Bangkok occupation unless elections are held by September.

The fuel behind Thailand red-shirt protesters' fire

Thailand's red-shirt protesters accepted a government reconciliation roadmap on Tuesday. But they refused to end their demonstrations, which have left 27 people dead.

Thai PM says he will find political solution to Red Shirt problem

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said today he is preparing a 'roadmap' to resolving the two-month standoff between his government and Red Shirt protesters that has claimed 27 lives.