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Red Shirts Deny Threatening Abhisit Chiang Mai’s red-shirts have no plan to assassinate Prime Minister Abhisit, the group’s leaders Kanyaphak Maneechak maintained on Saturday. Mrs Kanyaphak asserted that a DJ of the red-shirts’ community radio station, Petcharawat Watthanapong, was only joking when he said he would bomb Mr. Abhisit during an upcoming visit to Chiang [...]

Abhisit Will Visit Chiang Mai Despite Threats Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will visit Chiang Mai on Nov 29 to attend the Thai Chamber of Commerce meeting, even though he has been threatened. A local Chiang Mai radio station reported threats to use bombs against the prime Minister. Chiang Mai is the home town of [...]

Thai Political Veteran Sick and Tired of the Whole Mess Thailand’s Pracharaj Party leader Sanoh Thienthong said on Sunday that he is weary of political affairs and is in preparation to leave the political stage, claiming to be sickened by the entire mess. While speaking about former Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh’s return to politics by [...]

Typhoon Approaches Thailand The Thai government has created a 50 million baht emergency fund for all provinces soon to be hit by typhoon Ketsana, currently on course towards Thailand, Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul told reporters on Tuesday. The number of deaths from Ketsana in the Philippines has increased to more than 240 people. more than [...]

Fraud Calling Chinese and Taiwanese organized crime is operating call centre scams throughout Southeast Asia including Thailand. “A call centre set up in Thailand makes random calls to victims in Taiwan, Korea, China, Singapore and Malaysia using the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system,” Pol Maj Gen Panya stated to reporters. The victims are told [...]

Abhisit to Visit Red-Shirt Area of Chiang Mai In keeping with his role as Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva maintained on Saturday afternoon that he will take a trip to the northern province of Chiang Mai to scrutinize the realization of the Thai Khem Kaeng (Strong Thailand) system even though he is aware that the red-shirts [...]

Baby Panda in Chiang Mai Names Narrowed to Four A committee made up of members of the Zoological Park Organisation of Thailand has chosen four names from thousands of suggestions submitted from throughout the kingdom for the new female baby panda recently born at the Chiang Mai Zoo. The four possible names making up the [...]

Attn: Red Shirts and Yellow Shirts of Thailand If we divide into two camps, even into violent and the nonviolent, and stand in one camp while attacking the other, the world will never have peace. We will always blame and condemn those we feel are responsible for wars and social injustice, without recognizing the degree [...]

Security is being increased at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi international airport and Chiang Mai International Airport due to PAD protesters. Many passengers are stranded. Others fearful of booking flights that they might not be able to board at Thai airports. All flights to and from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport and Thailand’s Chiang Mai International Airport have been [...]