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The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) or the so-called Yellow Shirts on Tuesday issued a statement, stating its clear stance to refrain from any activities during the planned weekend mass rally of its Red Shirt rivals, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD).
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Asian champions South Korea defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in the men's field hockey World Cup on Wednesday, but still lost out on a semi-final spot to the Dutch.
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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday he may chose to stay in a safehouse during the rally of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) this weekend.
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index on Tuesday lost 1.52 points or 0.21 per cent to close at 718.77 points. The market value was 13.70 billion baht, with 2.54 billion shares traded.
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A 63-year-old woman on Tuesday afternoon started walking from Chiang Mai to Bangkok to call on all parties to refrain from using violent means to end political conflicts.
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The British ambassador, Quinton Quayle, has called on all sides to compromise and avoid violence during the planned red-shirts protest this weekend.
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Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, leaders of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and opposition Puea Thai Party members are violating Article 68 of the 2007 Constitution by trying to incite insurrection, the yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) claimed on Tuesday.
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A man from Nakhon Phanom who tossed a bag of cow dung over the fence of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's house in Sukhumvit Soi 34 on Tuesday morning was sentenced by the Criminal Court to 10 days in detention on Tuesday.
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A charcoal seller was murdered and his body burned in Pattani’s Muang district late on Tuesday morning, police said.
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Police on Sunday arrested two Iranian women with 4.48kg of crystal methamphetamine, or ice, in their possession when they arrived from overseas at Suvarnabhumi airport, the Narcotics Suppression Bureau announced at a press conference on Tuesday.
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Cow dung was thrown at the Bangkok residence of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday morning by a man on a motorcycle only five minutes before Mr Abhisit left for Government House, reports said.
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It is another day and another journey outside of Bangkok for work. However, I do love to mix business with pleasure, so let’s call it a working holiday.
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Science and Technology Minister Kalaya Sophonpanich will go to the southern border provinces on Tuesday to explain the failings of the GT200 bomb scanner to security units who use it.
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It would be difficult for Thai authorities to take legal action against ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra if he does accompany Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to the disputed border region near the Preah Vihear temple this weekend, Justice Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga said on Friday.
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The Tourism Authority of Thailand, Lop Buri, welcomes visitors to join the Phra Narai Maharat Festival, scheduled for February 16-22 at Phra Narai Ratchaniwet.
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An activist group petitioned the Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday seeking an urgent inquiry into and an injunction against a ministerial regulation appointmenting an independent advisory body to solve the problems preventing the suspended Map Ta Phut industrial projects from resuming operation.
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The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will hold a rally at the entrance road to Suvarnabhumi airport next week and call for a progress report on the investigation into the airport’s occupation by yellow-shirt supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy in 2008, Natthawut Saikua said on Tuesday.
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There is a possibility that acting police chief Pateep Tanprasert would forward the resolution of the Police Commission to reinstate three senior police officers dismissed in the wake of two bloody protests in 2008 to the Council of State for a recommendation, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said after meeting with Pol Gen Pateep on Monday.
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The government of Cambodia has officially returned the operation of Cambodia Air Traffic Services (CATS) to its owner, Bangkok-listed Samart Corp Plc, Samart executive vice chairman Sirichai Rasameechan said on Monday.
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Security checks on passengers' baggage have been tightened at Suvarnabhumi airport prior to the New Year festival in the wake of the attempt to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day.
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