Bangkok 19 May 2010 – Thai Army and Police, supported by Armoured Combat Vehicles (ACVs) and Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), plus water cannon military vehicles, moved from several directions overnight to assault the barricades and bunkers built around the perimeter of the anti-government Red Shirt protestors’ encampment covering almost four square miles of central Bangkok. [...]

Issued 17 May 2010 by New Zealand Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand The New Zealand Embassy on Wireless Road, Bangkok, is closed until further notice according to the latest travel advice update on their website. The embassy is located on the same street as the UK Embassy, also closed until further notice, and they have issued alternative [...]

Issued 16 May 2010, 20:20 by British Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand Our travel advice has been updated (changes underlined): Tensions between Red Shirt protesters and security personnel remain high in central Bangkok. The situation is unpredictable. Violent clashes between the protestors and security forces have occurred over the past few days in several areas of Bangkok [...]

Issued 14 May 2010, 18:46 by British Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand Our travel advice has been updated: The Government’s Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situations (CRES) is taking measures to increase the pressure on the red shirt demonstrators currently located around the Ratchaprasong intersection, the central business district of Bangkok, close to the British Embassy.  [...]