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Times Online
| almost 3 years ago
From The Times May 22, 2010 Detained in my Bangkok hotel but when people are dying, that's no big deal Our correspondent is questioned for 2½ hours and discovers how the political crisis in Bangkok has changed a once free society Richard Lloyd Parry...
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BBC
| almost 3 years ago
In the immediate aftermath of the military's move on the anti-government red-shirt protest camp, worrying talk sprang up of a threat of civil war and widespread insurrection. People spoke of the burning hatred and division now marking Thai society...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| almost 3 years ago
Soldiers patrolled across central Bangkok to crush the last pockets of resistance from militants in the "Red Shirts" movement, who went on the rampage after their leaders surrendered and ended their campaign of street rallies. But across central...
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SF Gate
| almost 3 years ago
AP A plainclothes Thai soldier calls for help as he pulls his colleague who was injured by a grenade during an operation to crackdown on anti-government protesters Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai troops opened fire Wednesday into...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| almost 3 years ago
The government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva should call for national elections, create policies that directly benefit the underprivileged and avoid overly harsh punishment for the leaders of the so-called Red Shirt movement, they said. » Don't...
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Epoch Times
| almost 3 years ago
Two construction vehicles made further inroads to reduce the barricade so Thai soldiers could make their way towards the massive red shirt camp a half a mile ahead. The 100-or-so soldiers were relatively relaxed; leaders of the protest red shirt...
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Canada.com
| 3 years ago
Bangkok emerged from an overnight curfew on Thursday after the Thai capital was plunged into a day of rioting and fires in the aftermath of military action to disperse a camp of antigovernment protesters. The capital, in the grip of protests by "red...
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Kyodo News
| 3 years ago
A Thai government crackdown by troops on thousands of protesters in Bangkok on Wednesday left parts of the city center ablaze and triggered arson attacks on government building across much of Thailand's northeast. Protest leaders, after guiding...
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The Nation
| 3 years ago
At least 29 places in the city became targets of arsonist attacks, more than 10 of the Bangkok Bank branches, according to Thanom Onketphon, an adviser to the Bangkok governor. Most of the targeted buildings are located near the protest site or not...
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Toronto Star
| 3 years ago
Thai military overran the anti-government Red Shirts protest site, set protestors scattering and took custody of all of the movement's main leaders after they surrendered. As a government-ordered curfew was set to begin at 8 p.m. local time (9 a.m.
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Macleans
| 3 years ago
A Canadian living in Bangkok says the clashes between anti-government protesters and Thailand's military have left the country torn, but he has no plans to leave. Bruce Saunders, who has lived in Bangkok for four years, told The Canadian Press...
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AP Online
| 3 years ago
Downtown Bangkok became a raging battleground Wednesday as the army stormed a barricaded protest camp and toppled the Red Shirt leadership, enraging demonstrators who fired grenades and set fires that cloaked the skyline in a black haze.
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Kyodo News
| 3 years ago
Thai protest leaders turned themselves into police Wednesday after calling off their crippling antigovernment rallies in Bangkok in the wake of a crackdown by troops earlier in the day that resulted in at least four dead and 40 injured. Seven...
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Times Online
| 3 years ago
From Times Online May 19, 2010 Thai Red Shirts call off protest as Thai government troops storm barricades Times Online and Richard Lloyd Parry Thai protest leaders formally called off their anti-government sit-in and surrendered to police today...
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Voice of America
| 3 years ago
Articles The Thai government says security forces have successfully retaken a major part of Bangkok's upscale commercial district from anti-government protesters in a military operation that left at least four people dead, including a Western...
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Press TV
| 3 years ago
At least four people have died in clashes between Thai troops and anti-government protesters in Bangkok, where the latest confrontations continue on a sixth consecutive day. Four people died and many were wounded on Wednesday after after troops...
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Epoch Times
| 3 years ago
May 18, 2010 An anti-government red shirt protester throws a molotov cocktail on to burning tyres on May 18, in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai government rejected on Tuesday an offer made by red-shirt protest leaders for talks mediated by a group of...
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France24
| 3 years ago
Red Shirt barricades are water-cannoned in Bangkok on May 19. Thai security forces have launched an offensive against anti-government protesters in the Thai capital, using armoured vehicles to smash down towering homemade barricades. A Thai armoured...
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Leader Post Online
| 3 years ago
Thai troops massed in Bangkok's main business district and fired warning shots into the air ahead of a possible operation to evict anti-government protesters from their encampment, local television reported. A reporter from Channel 9 television said...
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The Australian
| 3 years ago
Thai soldiers looking through their gunsights as a protester reaches out to steady him. This image shows the clearly terrified boy being used as a human shield by Red Shirt protesters besieged in the heart of Bangkok. The video of the child was...
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Leader Post Online
| 3 years ago
The Thai government dismissed proposed peace talks on Tuesday to end a nine-week crisis that has killed 67 people and threatened to tear the country apart, calling on thousands of anti-government protesters to disperse. As the prospects for official...
