Issued 21 May 2010, 16:00 by British Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand Our travel advice has been updated : We advise against all travel to the city of Bangkok. There were a number of violent incidents in Bangkok on 19 May, after security forces cleared anti-Government Red Shirt protest sites, including a large number of buildings set [...]

Issued 19 May 2010, 22:15 by British Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand Our travel advice will shortly be updated with the following: We advise against all travel to the city of Bangkok. There were a number of violent incidents in Bangkok on 19 May, after security forces cleared anti-Government Red Shirt protest sites.  Following the dispersal of [...]

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 18 May 2010, 15:00 by British Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand Our travel advice has been updated with the following: As a result of the disruption caused by continued unrest in the Ratchaprasong area, the British Embassy is closed to the public until further notice. We are providing a limited service at an alternative location for [...]

Issued 17 May 2010, 15:35 by British Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand Our travel advice will shortly be updated with the following: The Thai Government has declared the area of anti-government protests in Central Bangkok a “dangerous zone” on the expiry of its deadline of 3pm on 17 May for people to leave the protest area.  Given [...]

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 15 May 2010, 18:15 by British Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand Our travel advice is being updated with the following: We expect shooting and intense violence in Ratchaprarop / Din Daeng area and other violent areas.  As a further precaution, please avoid department stores in Bangkok.  If safe to do so, please return home or stay [...]

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.  [...]