BANGKOK - THAI Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat confirmed on Thursday that the government has imposed a state of emergency at Bangkok's two main airports after they were occupied by protesters.

'It is wrong for protesters to take the entire Thai nation hostage,' Mr Somchai said in a televised address to the nation.

BANGKOK - THAILAND is losing about US$7 million (S$10.6 million) a day in tourist revenue as anti-government protests force the ongoing closure of the main international airport, an industry body said on Thursday.

BANGKOK - THAILAND'S ruling party on Thursday called on its supporters to clog Bangkok's streets to prevent a possible coup attempt after Prime MinisterSomchai Wongsawat rejected army demands that he resign, Bloomberg news reported.

'People who have cars and cabbies should drive and block any tanks that may come out if there is a coup,' Mr Suthin Klangsaeng, a deputy spokesman of the People Power Party, said in comments broadcast on Thai PBS channel. 'Anyone opposing a coup should also take to the streets.'