Bangkok Violence

• Thailand: 'Red Shirts' protest in Bangkok

  Twenty-thousand Red Shirt protesters descended on the streets of Thailand's capital on Sunday, taking over the Bangkok Democracy Monument as they held a peaceful but noisy rally.Marching from the central business district of Ratchaprasong, the anti-government demonstrators arrived at the monument in the afternoon local time and were planning to sta...

• Firing at Bangkok temple, 9 killed

  Nine people were killed in clashes at a temple declared a "safe zone" within a Thai anti- government rally site which was shut down in a military offensive, police said on Thursday."Doctors and medical workers who went to the scene said they saw nine bodies inside the temple," Police Operation Center spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said.The death toll...

• Thailand: Crackdown on protesters to last entire day

  The Thai government says an operation launched at daybreak to clear some 3000 protesters from their barricaded encampment in downtown Bangkok, which they have occupied for weeks, will last throughout the day.Government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said Wednesday's operation is designed "to secure the parameter in several locations in Bangkok."Pa...