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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 [...]

Government Offers Debt Relief to Appease Farmers The Thai government is initiating a debt suspension scheme for farmers worth 80 billion baht which is seen as a plan to mollify grass roots organizers as political divisions persist in worsening. The plan was made public as tension mounted after a second round of give and take [...]

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Thai Troops Withdrawn form Area of Red Shirt Demonstration Thai Troops were withdrawn from eight stand-by bivouacks in the inner locale of Bangkok on Saturday under increasing demands from the red-shirts, who had threatened to move in to the camps. The soldiers’ extraction came after the red-shirts rallied at the eight places in the morning [...]

Local administration associations are planning to stage a protest if the government declines to give them enough money to manage rising cost in the 2011 fiscal year. Local municipalities, provincial administration groups and tambon management organizations, say they will scrutinize state subsidy allotments to see whether the government gives them 25% of tax collected as [...]

Principles of Righteousness for Thailand Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced on Monday morning he could not agree to the red-shirts’ demand that he concur to disband the House of Representatives by noon today, but he left the door open to reflect on their views. In a countrywide broadcast subsequent to a special meeting of [...]

Thai Economy Could Expand 5% Thailand’s economy has a likelihood of growing more than five per cent this year if the political doubt and the postponement of industrial projects in Map Ta Phut are decided, former finance minister Pridiyathorn Devakula said on Monday. “If the political problems subside and the Map Ta Phut impasse is [...]

Red Shirts Rally The red shirted United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship on Sunday issued an official declaration from the main stage at Phan Fa bridge insisting that the government disband the House of Representatives within 24 hours or expect giant street demonstrations. The statement, read by UDD leader Veera Musikhapong, said that from the [...]

Rumor of Thaksin Trouble in Dubai Thailand’s Foreign Ministry is examining a story that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been force out of the United Arab Emirates and is en route to Siem Reap, Cambodia, according to Chavanont Intarakomalsut. Mr Chavanont who is escritoire to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, announced on Friday that the [...]