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Red Shirt Rally Riles Retailers Many thousands of Thai red-shirt protesters blocked a major crossroads in the capital’s business area on Saturday, stopping traffic and closing shopping malls, as they persisted in their crusade to force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to immediately disband the House of Representatives. Leaders of the United Front for Democracy against [...]

Abhisit Offers to Disband House and Hold Elections in Nine Months The Thai government’s offer for a House disbanding in nine months is open to discussion, but there must be an improved political climate and clear election regulations before the country goes to the polls, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters on Thursday. He maintained [...]

Democrat Party Warns of Red Shirt Violence Thai Democrat Party deputy spokesman Warong Dejkijvikrom said on Wednesday afternoon that there is a strong likelihood of violent behavior during the red-shirt mass gathering against the Democrat-led administration on Saturday, Mr Warong said he based his forecast on a report that key members of the pro-Thaksin United [...]

Red Shirts Getting Rowdier, Invade Government Buildings Red-shirt demonstrators forced their way into the building where the Election Commission has its offices in the government compound on Chaeng Wattana Road on Monday afternoon after their demand to convene with EC secretary-general Apichart Sukkhakanont was not met by their 2pm time limit. They later left the [...]

Civilized Talks Mark Thai government Negotiations The second day of talks between the Thai government and the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) finished in a deadlock on Monday night as they could not agree on the timeframe for disbanding the House of Representatives. The two-hour confrontation began around 6.20pm at King Prachadipok’s [...]

Thai Soldiers Will not Return to Barracks Thai Soldiers camped at support locations in Bangkok cannot meet the terms of the anti-government demonstrators’ request to return to their barracks, mediation operations centre spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Saturday. “It’s not possible for the troops to leave their stations, because their job is to prevent violence. [...]

Abhisit, Red-Shirts Willing to Talk Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva stated once more on Friday that he is prepared for direct talks with organizers of the red-shirts without a go-between, on the stipulation that the gathering stays peaceful and no threats are issued. “I am willing to talk but it should not be under this [...]

Thai Stock Exchange Rises The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index on Tuesday increased 17.37 points or 2.36 per cent to end the day up at 752.20 points. The share value was 27.39 billion baht, with 4.54 billion shares traded. The SET100 index closed the session at 1,142.48 points, up 28.08 points or 2.52 [...]

Abhisit Voices Willingness to Listen to Protesters Thailand’s government says it is willing to listen to views and suggestions of the red-shirt people group, but they must not be the hostile demands, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told journalists at the 11th Infantry Regiment on Tuesday morning. “Mr Veera (Musikhapong, a UDD core leader), is a [...]