U.S. citizens urged to enroll online for latest updates of political tension in

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Thank God for that. 

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Latest from the Embassy:




US Embassy Bangkok, Thailand
 
Security Message
 
Monday, January 20, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
Travel Alert for Thailand - January 20, 2014
 
 
 
The U.S. Department of State alerts U.S. citizens of the potential risks of travel to Thailand, particularly Bangkok, due to ongoing political and social unrest ahead of Thai parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place nationwide on February 2, 2014.  The situation is unpredictable and ongoing demonstration activity, primarily in the greater Bangkok area and occasionally elsewhere in Thailand, is expected to continue.  U.S. citizens are advised to avoid all protests, demonstrations, and large gatherings.  Some protest sites are located near tourist attractions and popular shopping malls, which at times have closed or shortened hours unexpectedly.  Protests may occur in other areas with little or no prior notice.   You should allow extra time when travelling throughout the city or to/from airports.  Consider using public transportation. Although many protest activities have been peaceful, increasingly violent incidents have occurred at or near protest sites.  This Travel Alert expires on February 14, 2014.
 
 
 
Political demonstrations have been taking place in Thailand regularly since early November 2013.  Most protest activity has occurred in the Bangkok area, but on occasion there have also been smaller demonstrations in other areas, including Chiang Mai.  In Bangkok, protests have been mobile throughout the city, with large numbers of demonstrators at times swelling quickly and closing major roads and intersections.  The majority of the demonstrations have occurred in the vicinity of Thai government facilities and at major intersections including Lumpini Park, Democracy Monument, Sala Daeng, Asoke, Ratchaprasong, Pathumwan, Victory Monument, Lat Phrao, and at the Government Center at Chaengwattana.  Beginning on January 13, 2014, protestors took control of these intersections, blocking most vehicular traffic, and occasionally redirecting pedestrian traffic.  These sites draw large crowds, especially in evenings and on weekends. There is often reduced or no police presence at protest sites, where protest "guards" frequently control access.
 
 
 
While demonstrations have been generally peaceful, some have resulted in injury and death.  Violence, including gunshots, was reported on the night of November 30, 2013 in the area of Ramkhamhaeng University in the Bang Kapi district northeast of central Bangkok.  At least four persons were killed and several dozen injured.  On December 26, demonstrations at an official election event at the Thai-Japanese Sports Complex Stadium in Din Daeng in north central Bangkok escalated into clashes with police, resulting in deaths and serious injuries.  On the afternoon of January 17, 2014, an explosive device detonated amid a protest march near the National Stadium and MBK shopping mall at Pathumwan intersection in central Bangkok, which resulted in at least 39 injuries and 1 death.  On the same day, there was a confrontation near the Government Center on Changwattana Road in northwestern Bangkok.  On January 19, an explosive device detonated in a crowd of demonstrators at Victory Monument, resulting in at least 29 casualties.  Throughout the first half of January, additional assaults involving weapons and explosives related to the ongoing political situation occurred at protest sites, both during the day and at night.
 
 
 
The Thai government has invoked its Internal Security Act (ISA) throughout Bangkok, which allows authorities to close roads, make arrests; take action against security threats; and increase police presence around government buildings and at other locations.  Police have used tear gas, rubber bullets, and other measures to protect government facilities at several locations.  In coordination with the government, Thai military personnel have provided additional security at some sites in Bangkok.
 
 
 
U.S. citizens are cautioned that even demonstrations that are meant to be peaceful can turn confrontational and escalate into violence.  You should avoid protest sites, demonstrations, and large gatherings.  Be alert and aware of your surroundings and pay attention to local news media reports.
 
 
 
U.S. citizens who travel to or reside in Thailand are strongly advised to enroll in the State Department's Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) https://step.state.gov/step/.  U.S. citizens without Internet access may enroll directly with the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate.  By enrolling, you make it easier for the U.S. embassy or consulate to contact you in case of an emergency.
 
 
 
Unless otherwise indicated in a public announcement, the U.S. Embassy is open for all routine American Citizens Services by appointment. U.S. citizens needing emergency assistance do not need an appointment. The American Citizen Services Unit of the U.S. Embassy (http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/service.html) is located at 95 Wireless Road in Bangkok, and can be reached by calling 66-2-205-4049, or by e-mailing acsbkk@state.gov. The Embassy's after-hours emergency telephone number is 66- 2-205-4000.
 
 
 
The U.S. Consulate General in Chiang Mai (http://chiangmai.usconsulate.gov/service.html), located at 387 Wichayanond Road in Chiang Mai, is also open unless otherwise indicated.  The American Citizen Services Unit of the Consulate General can be reached by calling 66-53-107- 777 and by e-mail at acschn@state.gov.  The after-hours emergency telephone number is 66-81-881-1878.  You can also follow the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok's American Citizen Services Unit on Twitter for further updates.
 
 
 
Current information on safety and security can also be obtained on travel.state.gov
 
http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english.html or by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States or a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444 for callers from other countries. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S.
 
federal holidays).
 
 
 
U.S. citizens should also consult the Department of State's Country Specific Information for Thailand http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/t hailand.html.  Stay up to date by bookmarking our Bureau of Consular Affairs website http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english.html, which contains the current Travel Warnings and Travel Alerts http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswar nings.html as well as the Worldwide Caution http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswar nings/worldwide-caution.html.  Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/travelgov and the Bureau of Consular Affairs page on facebook https://www.facebook.com/travelgov as well.
 
 

[Admin]

I am of 2 minds about the embassy appointment, one that it is crap.  Have to get DNA verified to prove she is my daughter before they will give her US Citizenship. 

One part of me says, OK I am not a spring chicken anymore, so the Embassy wants proof.  However, there is not doubt in my mind this is a farang baby. 

I would not even be too upset with that policy, but what pisses me off that that you can't do one stop shopping.  You can't coordinate with the embassy to get your baby a passport, Certificate of Foreign Birth, and a DNA Check all at the same time, I have to make 2 trips to the embassy, the first to apply, then once they tell me to get a DNA, I have to coordinate with a company in the US to send a kit, the samples are then taken at the Embassy by a local contracted Thai doctor (for an extra 4200 baht).  If I lived in Bangkok it wouldn't be that bad, but traveling from here sucks.

Hope you other expats get better from your Nation's embassy. 

Wow, beautiful!! Congrats!!
Question: Why the gloves on her hands?

[bart simpson]

U.S. citizens urged to enroll online for latest updates of political tension in Thailand

Date : 18 มกราคม 2557
BANGKOK, 18 January 2014, (NNT) --The U.S. embassy in Bangkok has released an emergency message to inform its citizens residing in or traveling to Thailand of the latest political situation in Bangkok.

The statement was released on the U.S. embassy in Bangkok's website on January 17, providing information on various violence incidents that have taken place so far and the list of areas around protest sites that should be avoided.

Despite peaceful atmosphere in some rally sites, the situation could change and turn violent and confrontational. Therefore, all U.S. citizens should take precaution when entering such premises and pay attention to news and updates.

The embassy has strongly requested that its citizens currently residing in or traveling to Thailand enroll online at www.travel.state.gov, the website which provides the latest security updates. The enrollment will also enable the U.S. embassy or the nearest U.S. consulate to contact them in time of an emergency. In case they don't have access to Internet, they may enroll directly at the U.S. embassy or consulate.

Maybe the US government should do the same in the US,by way of warning it's people of gun crime,rape.gang violence,murder,knife crime,etc.
I would assume that most Americans in the areas of Bangkok would look at this situation with no fear whatsoever,and only wish that they could live in a society as peaceful as the one they are in at the moment.

The murder rate by firearms in Thailand is more than the USA.  http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5/compare?country=th#country=th:us    I feel much safer in the USA. Thailand a peaceful society at the moment?

[urleft]

I am of 2 minds about the embassy appointment, one that it is crap.  Have to get DNA verified to prove she is my daughter before they will give her US Citizenship. 

One part of me says, OK I am not a spring chicken anymore, so the Embassy wants proof.  However, there is not doubt in my mind this is a farang baby. 

I would not even be too upset with that policy, but what pisses me off that that you can't do one stop shopping.  You can't coordinate with the embassy to get your baby a passport, Certificate of Foreign Birth, and a DNA Check all at the same time, I have to make 2 trips to the embassy, the first to apply, then once they tell me to get a DNA, I have to coordinate with a company in the US to send a kit, the samples are then taken at the Embassy by a local contracted Thai doctor (for an extra 4200 baht).  If I lived in Bangkok it wouldn't be that bad, but traveling from here sucks.

Hope you other expats get better from your Nation's embassy. 

Wow, beautiful!! Congrats!!
Question: Why the gloves on her hands?

Because her little arms and hands are going every whichway so she scratches her face and hands with her fingernails.

[LILRTA]

U.S. citizens urged to enroll online for latest updates of political tension in Thailand

Date : 18 มกราคม 2557
BANGKOK, 18 January 2014, (NNT) --The U.S. embassy in Bangkok has released an emergency message to inform its citizens residing in or traveling to Thailand of the latest political situation in Bangkok.

The statement was released on the U.S. embassy in Bangkok's website on January 17, providing information on various violence incidents that have taken place so far and the list of areas around protest sites that should be avoided.

Despite peaceful atmosphere in some rally sites, the situation could change and turn violent and confrontational. Therefore, all U.S. citizens should take precaution when entering such premises and pay attention to news and updates.

The embassy has strongly requested that its citizens currently residing in or traveling to Thailand enroll online at www.travel.state.gov, the website which provides the latest security updates. The enrollment will also enable the U.S. embassy or the nearest U.S. consulate to contact them in time of an emergency. In case they don't have access to Internet, they may enroll directly at the U.S. embassy or consulate.

Maybe the US government should do the same in the US,by way of warning it's people of gun crime,rape.gang violence,murder,knife crime,etc.
I would assume that most Americans in the areas of Bangkok would look at this situation with no fear whatsoever,and only wish that they could live in a society as peaceful as the one they are in at the moment.

The murder rate by firearms in Thailand is more than the USA.  http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5/compare?country=th#country=th:us    I feel much safer in the USA. Thailand a peaceful society at the moment?

Good for you.
Enjoy your life in your safe country.

[bart simpson]

U.S. citizens urged to enroll online for latest updates of political tension in Thailand

Date : 18 มกราคม 2557
BANGKOK, 18 January 2014, (NNT) --The U.S. embassy in Bangkok has released an emergency message to inform its citizens residing in or traveling to Thailand of the latest political situation in Bangkok.

The statement was released on the U.S. embassy in Bangkok's website on January 17, providing information on various violence incidents that have taken place so far and the list of areas around protest sites that should be avoided.

Despite peaceful atmosphere in some rally sites, the situation could change and turn violent and confrontational. Therefore, all U.S. citizens should take precaution when entering such premises and pay attention to news and updates.

The embassy has strongly requested that its citizens currently residing in or traveling to Thailand enroll online at www.travel.state.gov, the website which provides the latest security updates. The enrollment will also enable the U.S. embassy or the nearest U.S. consulate to contact them in time of an emergency. In case they don't have access to Internet, they may enroll directly at the U.S. embassy or consulate.

Maybe the US government should do the same in the US,by way of warning it's people of gun crime,rape.gang violence,murder,knife crime,etc.
I would assume that most Americans in the areas of Bangkok would look at this situation with no fear whatsoever,and only wish that they could live in a society as peaceful as the one they are in at the moment.

The murder rate by firearms in Thailand is more than the USA.  http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5/compare?country=th#country=th:us    I feel much safer in the USA. Thailand a peaceful society at the moment?

Good for you.
Enjoy your life in your safe country.

I happen to live here but would feel safer in a country such as the USA with a lower homicide rate.

[LILRTA]

U.S. citizens urged to enroll online for latest updates of political tension in Thailand

Date : 18 มกราคม 2557
BANGKOK, 18 January 2014, (NNT) --The U.S. embassy in Bangkok has released an emergency message to inform its citizens residing in or traveling to Thailand of the latest political situation in Bangkok.

The statement was released on the U.S. embassy in Bangkok's website on January 17, providing information on various violence incidents that have taken place so far and the list of areas around protest sites that should be avoided.

Despite peaceful atmosphere in some rally sites, the situation could change and turn violent and confrontational. Therefore, all U.S. citizens should take precaution when entering such premises and pay attention to news and updates.

The embassy has strongly requested that its citizens currently residing in or traveling to Thailand enroll online at www.travel.state.gov, the website which provides the latest security updates. The enrollment will also enable the U.S. embassy or the nearest U.S. consulate to contact them in time of an emergency. In case they don't have access to Internet, they may enroll directly at the U.S. embassy or consulate.

Maybe the US government should do the same in the US,by way of warning it's people of gun crime,rape.gang violence,murder,knife crime,etc.
I would assume that most Americans in the areas of Bangkok would look at this situation with no fear whatsoever,and only wish that they could live in a society as peaceful as the one they are in at the moment.

The murder rate by firearms in Thailand is more than the USA.  http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5/compare?country=th#country=th:us    I feel much safer in the USA. Thailand a peaceful society at the moment?

Good for you.
Enjoy your life in your safe country.

I happen to live here but would feel safer in a country such as the USA with a lower homicide rate.

This has to be the quote of the day"I live here but would feel safer in a country such as the USA with a lower homicide rate"
Feeling safe in the US,probably the most hated country in the world.
Ever seen this in Bangkok.

[nookiebear]

 

[Voodoo]

Yep we are the most hated country on the planet... We're also the ones everyone comes to when their ass is in a sling or they want a financial bail out.. That's why the majority of people in the US are now trying to tell the assholes in Washington to bring all of our troops home, no matter where they are.. Tell the UN to take a hike.. Get our asses out of the UN and get the UN out of the US.. The lion's share of the UN's corrupt BS is paid for by the American taxpayer.. The same goes for NATO.. We cover the Lion's share of that one as well.. The whole world hates us but they sure do love our money.. Time for the US to bring all our people, especially our troops home and start taking care of our own.. Then the rest of the world can hate us all they want.. Just don't F**k with us.. Because then you will find out just how nasty and violent we really can be..

[LILRTA]

Yep we are the most hated country on the planet... We're also the ones everyone comes to when their ass is in a sling or they want a financial bail out.. That's why the majority of people in the US are now trying to tell the assholes in Washington to bring all of our troops home, no matter where they are.. Tell the UN to take a hike.. Get our asses out of the UN and get the UN out of the US.. The lion's share of the UN's corrupt BS is paid for by the American taxpayer.. The same goes for NATO.. We cover the Lion's share of that one as well.. The whole world hates us but they sure do love our money.. Time for the US to bring all our people, especially our troops home and start taking care of our own.. Then the rest of the world can hate us all they want.. Just don't F**k with us.. Because then you will find out just how nasty and violent we really can be..

Just don't F**k with us.. Because then you will find out just how nasty and violent we really can be..

[raydee]

i never hear a canadian refer to an american as a foreigner.
ties between canada and the u.s. are deep.
i for one am happy i am a neighbor.

[bart simpson]

U.S. citizens urged to enroll online for latest updates of political tension in Thailand

Date : 18 มกราคม 2557
BANGKOK, 18 January 2014, (NNT) --The U.S. embassy in Bangkok has released an emergency message to inform its citizens residing in or traveling to Thailand of the latest political situation in Bangkok.

The statement was released on the U.S. embassy in Bangkok's website on January 17, providing information on various violence incidents that have taken place so far and the list of areas around protest sites that should be avoided.

Despite peaceful atmosphere in some rally sites, the situation could change and turn violent and confrontational. Therefore, all U.S. citizens should take precaution when entering such premises and pay attention to news and updates.

The embassy has strongly requested that its citizens currently residing in or traveling to Thailand enroll online at www.travel.state.gov, the website which provides the latest security updates. The enrollment will also enable the U.S. embassy or the nearest U.S. consulate to contact them in time of an emergency. In case they don't have access to Internet, they may enroll directly at the U.S. embassy or consulate.

Maybe the US government should do the same in the US,by way of warning it's people of gun crime,rape.gang violence,murder,knife crime,etc.
I would assume that most Americans in the areas of Bangkok would look at this situation with no fear whatsoever,and only wish that they could live in a society as peaceful as the one they are in at the moment.

The murder rate by firearms in Thailand is more than the USA.  http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5/compare?country=th#country=th:us    I feel much safer in the USA. Thailand a peaceful society at the moment?

Good for you.
Enjoy your life in your safe country.

I happen to live here but would feel safer in a country such as the USA with a lower homicide rate.

This has to be the quote of the day"I live here but would feel safer in a country such as the USA with a lower homicide rate"
Feeling safe in the US,probably the most hated country in the world.
Ever seen this in Bangkok.

No but if you were floating around in the Ocean you might have seen this.

[LILRTA]

U.S. citizens urged to enroll online for latest updates of political tension in Thailand

Date : 18 มกราคม 2557
BANGKOK, 18 January 2014, (NNT) --The U.S. embassy in Bangkok has released an emergency message to inform its citizens residing in or traveling to Thailand of the latest political situation in Bangkok.

The statement was released on the U.S. embassy in Bangkok's website on January 17, providing information on various violence incidents that have taken place so far and the list of areas around protest sites that should be avoided.

Despite peaceful atmosphere in some rally sites, the situation could change and turn violent and confrontational. Therefore, all U.S. citizens should take precaution when entering such premises and pay attention to news and updates.

The embassy has strongly requested that its citizens currently residing in or traveling to Thailand enroll online at www.travel.state.gov, the website which provides the latest security updates. The enrollment will also enable the U.S. embassy or the nearest U.S. consulate to contact them in time of an emergency. In case they don't have access to Internet, they may enroll directly at the U.S. embassy or consulate.

Maybe the US government should do the same in the US,by way of warning it's people of gun crime,rape.gang violence,murder,knife crime,etc.
I would assume that most Americans in the areas of Bangkok would look at this situation with no fear whatsoever,and only wish that they could live in a society as peaceful as the one they are in at the moment.

The murder rate by firearms in Thailand is more than the USA.  http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5/compare?country=th#country=th:us    I feel much safer in the USA. Thailand a peaceful society at the moment?

Good for you.
Enjoy your life in your safe country.

I happen to live here but would feel safer in a country such as the USA with a lower homicide rate.

This has to be the quote of the day"I live here but would feel safer in a country such as the USA with a lower homicide rate"
Feeling safe in the US,probably the most hated country in the world.
Ever seen this in Bangkok.

No but if you were floating around in the Ocean you might have seen this.

Please don't tell me you believe that America killed him,and then buried him at sea within hours,and with no photographic evidence to prove it.
One day people will open their eyes and see the truth about the American government,and realise that it's not men in caves in Afghanistan that are the biggest threat to the world,but acknowledge that men in suits in the White House are.