Red Day in Bangkok
The Thai Red Shirts turned out in Bangkok this morning for the first show of strength since the bloody crackdown by government forces in May. Several thousand gathered at the Ratchaprasong intersection to mark the fourth anniversary of the coup that ousted former PM Thaksin. A shrine was also set up to honour those shot [...]
Keep Bangkok Tidy
This morning, in need of a distraction, I took a walk around the Ratchaprasong site in the heart of Bangkok’s main shopping district. The Red Shirts continue to make themselves at home. Despite a heavy military and police presence in the surrounding area they have failed to prevent protesters spreading further down the Ratchaprasong intersection [...]
Reds Remain Defiant
The Red Shirt protests continue at Ratchaprasong and the rhetoric from both sides grows increasingly hard line. The last few days, however, have been more peaceful than usual. It’s hard not to believe that it is just the calm before a storm. Today, a group of hardcore Red Shirts gathered behind the Silom- Radjadamri barricade [...]
Violence at Silom
Last night the situation turned nasty and blood was spilled with several grenade attacks in the Silom Road area. One person was killed and many injured. The attacks are suspected to have been carried out by hardcore elements within the Red Shirt camp. Over the past few weeks there have been many grenade attacks across [...]
Army Braced for Trouble
Tension is running pretty high in Bangkok at the moment with the redshirts continuing to defy calls to abandon the city centre site they have occupied for several weeks. A barricade of sharpened bamboo poles erected at the Silom-Radjadamri Road intersection is growing daily as car and truck tryes are piled against it. Bricks and [...]
