Category: Bangkok shutdown
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BANGKOK BLOCKADED
PROTESTERS CLOSE DOWN THAI CAPITAL Seven hours into the shutdown of the Thai capital Bangkok Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra today was reported to have called for talks with protesters to discuss reform proposals and a delay to the election. With the capital choked, and several ministries and the Stock Exchange either closed or about to…
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THAILAND IN CRISIS – THE GOVERNMENT VIEW
The following briefing by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was tonight issued to the Diplomatic Corps and Foreign Correspondents and international organisations by the News Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before the start of the Bangkok shutdown. It is followed by the MFA chronology of events (unnofficial translation) which has preceded the current volatile…