Yingluck Shinawatra has become politically turbulent Thailand’s first female prime minister after Parliament endorsed her crushing election victory.
Thailand’s premier easily survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote Wednesday over his handling of deadly street protests.
Thailand picked up the pieces on Friday after violence triggered by a crackdown on anti-government protests, as the focus swung to recovery.
As Thai troops staged a bloody operation to disperse red shirt protesters on Wednesday, thousands of demonstrators in a fortified camp appeared calm.
Bangkok braced on Sunday for more unrest a day after the Thai government rejected a peace overture from demonstrators.
Thailand’s anti-government protesters on Wednesday started to congregate at a ritzy Bangkok shopping district, preparing for a "final battleground".
Thai "red shirt" protesters on Tuesday threatened to march on an army barracks where Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has been based.
Thai "red shirt" protesters on Sunday ruled out negotiations with the government and said they would not give up their fight for early elections.
Protesters pressed ahead with a rally in Bangkok on Tuesday, some expressing frustration that protests had failed to force elections.
Tens of thousands of protesters pressed ahead with a rally on Monday after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva rebuffed their demand for elections.
More than 100 000 protesters converged in Bangkok on Sunday and gave Thailand’s government an ultimatum to call elections within 24 hours.
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/ 16 September 2009
Thailand’s premier urged lawmakers on Wednesday to resolve a seemingly intractable political crisis in a debate on constitutional reforms.
Thailand revoked the passport of Thaksin Shinawatra on Wednesday, escalating a campaign against the fugitive former premier and his allies for alleged
Anti-government protesters began streaming out of the grounds of Government House in Bangkok on Tuesday, ending a siege of the prime minister’s office
Thai protesters disrupted a summit of Asian leaders on Friday, forcing their campaign to topple Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva into the spotlight.
Thailand’s opposition accused Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday of abusing the Constitution and tabled an impeachment motion against him.
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/ 24 February 2009
Thousands of supporters of ousted Thaksin Shinawatra surrounded the seat of government on Tuesday, reigniting the kingdom’s political turmoil.
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/ 13 February 2009
Abhisit Vejjajiva has admitted that authorities set boat people from Burma adrift, following weeks of allegations of cruelty against the migrants.
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/ 21 January 2009
Thailand on Wednesday denied UN experts access to 126 boat people from Burma, following allegations that its army had left them to die on open seas.
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/ 13 January 2009
Thai premier on Tuesday defended his decision to appoint as adviser to government a member of a group that was behind a siege of Bangkok’s airports.
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/ 17 December 2008
New Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Wednesday his Cabinet would tackle the country’s political and economic woes.
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/ 16 December 2008
Thailand’s new prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva began working on his Cabinet line-up on Tuesday as police stood guard against angry protesters.
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/ 8 December 2008
Thailand’s opposition party has called a special Parliament session to prove it can form a government, but the former ruling party won’t back down.
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/ 28 January 2008
Thai lawmakers elected Samak Sundaravej, an ally of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra, as the nation’s new Prime Minister on Monday, restoring civilian leadership after 16 months of military rule. Samak, a veteran politician in his own right, is widely expected to try to clear the way for Thaksin to return to Thailand.