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Don't risk tourists' lives, warns Royal Thai Navy
Phuket Gazette

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The HTMS Pattani took on board 87 tourists who were stranded overnight at the Similan Islands, north of Phuket. Photo: Royal Thai Navy

PHUKET: -- The Royal Thai Navy has warned all tour operators to obey orders to stay in port during dangerous weather conditions following navy ships being dispatched to rescue tourists stranded at Koh Racha and the Similan Islands over the weekend.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/684171-dont-risk-tourists-lives-warns-royal-thai-navy/

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Thai PM extends olive branch to anti-govt protesters
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BANGKOK, Nov 25 – Embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today called on protesters to jointly find a resolution for Thailand but insisted she will neither resign nor dissolve Parliament.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/684177-thai-pm-extends-olive-branch-to-anti-govt-protesters/

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Luxury car sales expected to drop 20 per cent this year
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BANGKOK, Nov 25 – Luxury car imports this year are expected to decrease markedly to less than 100,000 units, down 20 per cent due to changes in the tariff structure and a lack of clarity in auto verification procedures.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/684178-luxury-car-sales-expected-to-drop-20-per-cent-this-year/

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Thailand, protests, red shirts, Yingluck Shinawatra, Thaksin, Bangkok, Finance Ministry

An anti-government protester blows a whistle and holds a placard during a rally at Thailand’s Finance Ministry in central Bangkok on Nov. 25, 2013. (Photo: Reuters / Chaiwat Subprasom)

BANGKOK — Protesters in Thailand’s capital entered the Finance Ministry compound Monday in an escalating campaign to topple the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

A crowd of protesters swarmed into the compound’s courtyard and then entered buildings, including the ministry itself and the Budget Bureau, in the boldest act yet of opposition-led protests that started last month. The intrusion was one of several tense encounters on a day when protesters fanned out to 13 locations across Bangkok, snarling traffic and raising concerns of violence in Thailand’s ongoing political crisis.

Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, a former deputy prime minister and opposition lawmaker, urged the crowd to enter the Budget Bureau and to cut electricity and water to pressure the agency to stop financing government projects.

“Go up to every floor, go into every room, but do not destroy anything,†Suthep told the crowd, standing on a truck and speaking through a megaphone. “Make them see this is people’s power.â€

Protesters say they want Yingluck to step down amid claims that her government is controlled by her older brother, ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra. Monday’s rally came a day after about 100,000 people marched in Bangkok, staging the largest rally Thailand has seen in years.

More than two dozen Bangkok schools along the protest route were closed Monday and police tightened security at the protest destinations, which included the military and police headquarters and the five television stations controlled by the military or the government.

Despite the heavy police presence at most protest sites, there was limited security at the Finance Ministry, which allowed protesters easy access. There was no immediate report of clashes or moves to evict the protesters.

Many fear that clashes could erupt between the anti-government protesters and Thaksin’s supporters, who are staging their own rally at a Bangkok stadium and have vowed to stay put until the opposition calls off its demonstration.

Thaksin’s supporters and opponents have battled for power since a 2006 military coup ousted the former prime minister, who was toppled following street protests accusing him of corruption and disrespect for the country’s constitutional monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Thaksin has lived in self-imposed exile for the past five years to avoid a prison sentence on a corruption conviction.

The post Thai Protesters Enter Finance Ministry Compound appeared first on The Irrawaddy Magazine.



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Protesters call for the army to take side

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Protesters rallied on Monday at the Royal Thai Police headquarters, before heading to the Siam BTS station on Rama 1 Road. The crowds then handed jasmine garlands to the 15 companies of policemen, who had been mobilised from Bangkok and upcountry to maintain peace.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/684198-tens-of-thousands-of-protesters-join-13-marches-bangkok-police/#entry7080175

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Govt postponed mobile cabinet meeting due to take place Nov.28,29 in Songkhla;citing need to provide flood relief,aids to the South /The Nation

Anti-government protesters occupied area outside Govt Public Relations Dept in Phayathai district /The Nation

Anti-govt protest leader,Suthep threatened to occupy head offices of all ministries tomorrow if govt still does not respond to their demands /The Nation

Anti-govt protest leader,Suthep to stay overnight with protesters until they overthrow Thaksin Regime within in 3 days /The Nation

Protesters cut all electricity,water supply systems to stop govt from proceeding with budgetary functions /The Nation

PM urged anti-govt protesters not seize govt offices;CAPO will take legal action against Suthep for invading/occupying Budget Bureau /The Nation

Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban declared the Finance Ministry another protest site besides the Democracy Monument. /Bangkok Post

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Thai opposition protesters storm foreign ministry

BANGKOK, November 25, 2013 (AFP) - Hundreds of Thai opposition protesters on Monday forced their way into the foreign ministry compound in Bangkok, occupying a second major government building, a ministry spokesman said.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/684248-thai-opposition-protesters-storm-foreign-ministry/

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RT @tulsathit: What happens during no-confidence debate starting tmrrw will tell a lot about unity among Democrats. (1)


RT @tulsathit: If protesters try to "steal the show" or besiege Parliament, the tide may turn against Democrats. (2)


RT @tulsathit: What Democrats need is to prove their parliamentary worth, after Suthep's street campaign has divided opinions. (3)


RT @tulsathit: Censure can either soften up Yingluck, or make Democrats look like fools. (end)

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PM Yingluck calls on intruders to withdraw from state building


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BANGKOK, Nov 25 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today pleaded with anti-government protesters not to intrude into government buildings, an act which is detrimental to tourism and the international community’s confidence in Thailand.



Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/684158-anti-government-protesters-enter-thai-finance-ministry/page-5?p=7081106#entry7081106


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Suthep urges people to seize government offices

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BANGKOK: -- Protest leader Suthep Thuagsuban has urged people throughout the country to seize government officials with their bare hands in a bid to overthrow the Thaksin regime.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/684261-suthep-urges-people-to-seize-government-offices/

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Govt to restore control
The Nation

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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in the live broadcast

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced in the live broadcast today that the government would enforce the national security law in Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Bang Phli in Samut Prakan and Lad Lumkaew in Pathum Thani.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/684284-govt-to-restore-control/

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