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Ayutthaya farmers demand rice pay
Online Reporters, Published on 15/01/2014
» About 70 farmers marched on temporary offices of the Department of Internal Trade (DIT) Wednesday to demand payment for the crops they pledged at the Support Art and Crafts International Centre of Thailand building in Ayutthaya’s Bang sai district on Wednesday.
Rubber farmers rallying in Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 15/11/2013
» About 200 rubber growers from Prachuap Khiri Khan began protesting in front of the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry on Friday afternoon, demanding the government act quickly to tackle the problem of low rubber prices, reports said.
Rubber farmers end rally, open road
Online Reporters, Published on 13/11/2013
» Rubber growers on Wednesday announced the end their rally and the blockade of Phetkasem Highway in Bang Saphan district of Prachuap Khiri Khan province to allow the protesters to join the Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand's rally at Makkhawan Ransan bridge in Bangkok, Thai Rath online reported.
South trains halted by suspected bomb
Online Reporters, Published on 31/10/2013
» All trains between Bangkok to the South were halted on Thursday afternoon after an object suspected to be a bomb was found under a rail track in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Bang Saphan district, reports said.
NSC: All protest groups are linked
Online Reporters, Published on 29/10/2013
» All of the groups protesting against the government, including the rubber growers in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Bang Saphan district, are linked and supporting one another, according to the National Security Council.
Phetkasem highway blockade continues
Online Reporters, Published on 27/10/2013
» Rubber protesters on Sunday continued to block Phetkasem Highway and demanded the government raise the price for raw rubber sheet to 100 baht per kilogramme and for oil palm to 6 baht/kg.
Police, rubber protesters clash in South
Online Reporters, Published on 16/09/2013
» Rubber protesters clashed with police again in Nakhon Si Thammarat on Monday, with one farmer seriously injured as police retaliated with tear gas.
Rubber protesters declare 6 demands
Online Reporters, Published on 15/09/2013
» Rubber farmers protesting in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Cha-uat district on Sunday night issued six demands for the government to settle the low rubber prices problem.
PM Yingluck asks growers to end blockades
Online Reporters, Published on 15/09/2013
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday asked protesting rubber farmers in Nakhon Si Thammarat to end their road blockades, saying their action could damage the economy apart from blocking road traffic.
Mixed feelings on delisting krathom
Online Reporters, Published on 11/09/2013
» A majority of people surveyed in Bangkok believe the legalisation of krathom (Mitragyna speciosa) would not reduce the number of methamphetamine abusers, according to a study by the Research Centre at Bangkok University, or Bangkok Poll.