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Government Forces Attempt to Regain Control in Bangkok

Events have heated up considerably in Thailand’s capital today as troops attempt to regain control of several key areas. All services have been suspended on the BTS SkyTrain. The big shopping malls around the rally site at Rajprasong intersection had been open earlier but all closed around 2.30pm. Many foreign visitors found themselves essentially trapped at busy tourist areas like Rajprasong intersection and Khao San Road.

A number of key roads and bridges are blocked, either by protesters’ barricades or by troops. It is extremely hot today and is forecast to get even hotter over the next few days.

To keep up with the latest developments, we recommend following our redmarch Twitter list, which will give you access to reports from journalists, Twitter users on the streets of Bangkok and the latest mobile-Tweeted pictures.

Live video news reports can be followed at some of the following (though at the time of this post, all three of these seemed to be avoiding live coverage of the hot spots):

TNN 24 news

NBT, the news TV station of the Thai government’s Public Relations Department is available here and here.

Thai PBS can be seen by following the Live link here.

Posted by nick at 4:34 pm on April 10th, 2010. 3 comments... »
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