A grenade exploded near a Bangkok shopping mall early Friday, wounding one person in the second explosion in a week in the Thai capital still rattled by deadly political clashes and living under emergency rule. Also Friday, a top leader of Thailand’s Red Shirt protest movement, whose street demonstrations were violently suppressed by the army in May, was released on [...]

BANGKOK, Thailand – A person was wounded after an explosion in a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. The authorities refuses to comment if the explosion had a connection with the continuing political tension in the capital of Thailand. The grenade was placed inside the garbage bag and left in front of the King Power duty-free shopping center. Allvoices Share var [...]

BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Tuesday that the authorities would maintain emergency rule in the capital following a deadly bombing over the weekend. “I think Bangkok will remain under the state of emergency while the government will gradually lift the law in other provinces,” he told reporters after meeting security officials. The bomb, which killed one person [...]

Sunday’s by-election in Thailand offer a window on the continuing divide, and hints at the enduring strength of the red shirt opposition. Bangkok, Thailand Two months after security forces put down violent street protests, a by-election held Sunday in Thailand offered a small window into public opinion in a divided nation. The result – an incumbent victory over a robust [...]

BANGKOK, July 26 — Senior Thai police officers Monday said they believed a bomb which exploded at a busy bus stop outside Big C department store in the capital was an M67 type and the bomber must have been expert in using it. Pol Gen Panupong Singhara Na Ayutthaya, national police chief adviser, told journalists after chairing an urgent police [...]

Narathiwat – Five rangers were slightly injured when insurgents detonated a road-side bomb to ambush them in this southern border province Monday. The explosion occurred at 11:45 am on a main road in Dohaemae village in Tambon Rico of Sungai Padi district. Police said the five rangers were returning to their base when insurgents detonated the bomb using a mobile [...]

BANGKOK, 26 July 2010 (NNT) – The bomb blast in front of Big C Department Store’s Rajdamri branch on Sunday could affect the tourist confidence in Thailand, according the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA). ATTA Advisor Apichart Sankary stated that the recent explosion in front of Big C Rajdamri in the heart of Bangkok on Sunday was a reflection [...]

The bombing, amid protests and an election, risks a crossfire of finger-pointing. BANGKOK, Thailand — A mysterious bombing has returned unease to Bangkok, still on the mend from wild riots and urban army raids. One man is reported dead and eight wounded after explosives stashed in a trash bag erupted near a bus stop, charring the sidewalk and slicking the [...]

A bomb has exploded at a bus stop in the Thai capital, Bangkok, killing one person and wounding 10 others. The blast occurred in an area occupied by “red-shirt” anti-government protesters for weeks until a crackdown by the security forces in May. It came as voting ended in a closely-watched by-election in the city. Unofficial results suggest the government’s candidate [...]

Police have identified nine people injured in the bomb explosion in front of Big C Rajdamri Sunday evening. Thawatchai Thongmak, 51, was severely injured and rushed to the Police Hospital. The eight others were identified as Sompatchara Tangsiriphanit, 46, Somchai Iampracha, 37, Somjai Phanwima, 37, Chanu (surname unknown), 24, Puan Pornnithet, 37, and Wirasak Saetae, 40. The Nation Share var [...]