REPORT -Thailand’s government will only enter into talks with protesters if anti-government demonstrators end their rally, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday.

IN THE FIELD – A night curfew was imposed in Bangkok and 23 provinces Wednesday after a Thai army crackdown on an anti-government rally ignited a wave of riots and arson in the capital.

THAILAND – Seh Daeng, a renegade army general, has abandoned his allegiance to the Thai government to join the anti-government Red Shirt movement. FRANCE 24’s special correspondent Cyril Payen followed him through the busy streets of Bangkok.

THAILAND – Tensions remain high in Thailand as police confronted “Red Shirt” protesters on Friday at a fortified barricade that forms the protesters’ front line amid fears of new violence after a series of deadly grenade attacks.