"Red Shirts" mark their protest on the roads of Bangkok
Submitted by Medha Sood on Sat, 03/20/2010 - 23:11According to the authorities, thousands of red-shirted anti-government protesters snarled traffic in Bangkok Saturday with a motor convoy through the city.
A leader of the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship said, the convoy contained as many as 30,000 protesters on motorcycles and in trucks and cars.
UN urges delegates to speed up climate pact talks
Submitted by Justin Sorkin on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 11:45The two-week long climate talks, which began on Monday in Bangkok, had the United Nations cautioning the world leaders to speed up to the streamlining of a draft legal text to help reach a new pact about limiting global warming, as the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
Thailand's main airport resumes service
Submitted by Harish Das on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 14:15BANGKOK, Dec. 5 -- Thailand's main airport resumed operations Friday with a festive atmosphere after having been closed for several days by anti-government protesters.
Dancers and musicians greeted passengers at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, which has been under siege since Wednesday, Thai News Service reported.
Thai airports reopen after week of protest
Submitted by Harish Das on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 13:11Bangkok's two airports resumed operations Wednesday after Thai anti-government protesters ended a weeklong occupation, officials said.
A court order dissolving the current ruling government coalition reportedly cleared the way for an end to the takeover.
Thai court orders coalition dissolved
Submitted by Harish Das on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 13:01A Thai court Tuesday ordered Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's ruling coalition dissolved even as the country reeled under anti-government protests.
Thai protesters allow some flights
Submitted by Harish Das on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 14:16BANGKOK, Dec. 1 -- Anti-government protesters let 37 empty planes fly out of Bangkok's main airport Monday, bound for other airports to pick up passengers stranded in Thailand.
Police: Thai protesters must leave airport
Submitted by Harish Das on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 14:11
BANGKOK, Nov. 29 -- Thai police say they will use force to eject thousands of anti-government protesters from Bangkok's two major airports if they don't disperse.
Thailand aiding stranded tourists
Submitted by Harish Das on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 14:07
BANGKOK, Nov. 29 -- Thailand has chosen six Bangkok hotels as check-ins for tourists left stranded by the takeover the city's commercial airports by protesters, officials said.
Thai protesters, police talk at airports
Submitted by Harish Das on Fri, 11/28/2008 - 12:45
BANGKOK, Nov. 28 -- Thai police said Friday they are negotiating with protesters occupying Bangkok's two major airports for the fourth straight day.












