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Red Shirts Flex Muscle, Call for End to Dictatorship, Demand Elections
Thai Red-shirt activists will congregate outside a military garrison on Monday to demand the government’s reply on their demands that the government disband the House by noon or face mass protests in the capital.
United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) co-leader Natthawut Saikua said on [...]

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 time when [...]

Red Shirts on the March to Bangkok
Thai Red-shirt followers of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) from all over the nation are departing their places of origin to come together in the Bangkok and unite with the giant anti-government gathering on Sunday.
Many Thousands of motor vehicles carrying UDD followers from the Northeast and [...]

Internal Security Act to be Enforced in Bangkok
The Thai Prime Minister’s cabinet on Tuesday concurred on a decision to bring into play the Internal Security Act (ISA) from March 11-23 to deal with with the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship’s (UDD) giant protest assembly, as advocated by the security monitoring commission, acting government spokesman [...]

Chiang Mai Woman Walks for Peace in Thailand
A 63-year-old Thai lady on Tuesday afternoon began walking from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, to call on all groups to renounce the use of violent ways to end social conflicts.
Fahngam Kham-asoke initiated her long-distance hike for peace from Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep locality.
She has stated that she will [...]

Mekong River Suffers
The Thai government is closely keeping an eye on the declining water levels in the Mekong River with China and is prepared to talk about this predicament with the Chinese government, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Sunday.
China has built dams along the Mekong River which could be depriving the downstream stretches of [...]

Hot, Dry, in Thailand During Hot Dry Season
Thailand’s dry period is anticipated to be harsher and last longer than normal this year, the chairman of the Foundation for National Disaster Warning System of Thailand (NDWST) Smith Dharmasaroja told reporters on Friday.
Mr Smith held that the effects would be felt all over the country. He attributed [...]

Visitors to Chiang Mai and Phukett are being warned of the existence of vacation club scams where tourists agree to attend a 90 minute presentation by a “vacation club” where they are given presentation offering to save them money on future hotel and resort bookings. The sales people seek to get the tourists to immediately [...]

Thai Army and Police Being Mobilized Against Red-Shirts
A Combined force of Thai police, armed forces and civilian forces will be posted to 38 prefectures starting Feb 15, where the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) is anticipated to step up actions in the lead-up to Feb 26 verdict on whether to confiscate the 76 [...]