Cheering and waving flags, thousands of protesters started moving on Monday towards a military base in Bangkok where the premier has his headquarters.
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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/ 10 October 2009
Bitter delegates say no agreement on money or emissions cuts means a deal at Copenhagen will be weak at best.
Poorer countries’ efforts to fight climate change are being stymied by rich nations’ lack of commitment, the UN said on Thursday.
Whether to tweak, bolster or bury the Kyoto Protocol has become a red-hot issue as UN negotiators try to lay the groundwork for a successor treaty.
UN climate talks in Bangkok are the most constructive since the 2007 launch of negotiations, the climate chief said on Wednesday.
Efforts to convince rich nations to toughen emissions cuts have failed to make much headway at climate talks in Bangkok, the UN said on Friday.
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/ 28 September 2009
The United Nations climate chief warned on Monday that time was running out to break a deadlock on a global warming pact.
Mystery continued to shroud the death of actor David Carradine on Saturday, with rumour and speculation rife about how the star met his demise.
Thai coroners completed an autopsy on the body of David Carradine on Friday, a day after the actor was found hanging dead in his Bangkok hotel room.
David Carradine, who starred as a wandering monk in the television series Kung Fu, has been found dead in his hotel room in Bangkok.
Leaders of anti-government demonstrations that created chaos in the Thai capital, Bangkok, called off their protests on Wednesday.
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
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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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/ 16 February 2009
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe has bought a -million home in Hong Kong, Britain’s Sunday Times reported.
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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
The co-owner of a Bangkok nightclub where 65 people were killed in a blaze early on New Year’s Day handed himself in to police on Tuesday.
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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.
A blaze at a top Bangkok nightclub killed 59 people including a Singaporean celebrating the New Year and injured more than 100 others, police said.
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/ 25 December 2008
From empty sun loungers at luxury hotels to vacant bar stools in dingy fleshpots, tourism in Thailand is going through its worst slump in decades.
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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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/ 5 December 2008
With glossy airline adverts, Thailand started work on Friday on a long battle to win back the confidence of tourists.
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/ 4 December 2008
Thailand’s political crisis shifted focus on Thursday from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport to King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who will address the nation.
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/ 3 December 2008
Anti-government protesters lifted their blockade of Bangkok’s main airport on Wednesday, raising the hopes of 230 000 stranded tourists.
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/ 2 December 2008
Anti-government demonstrators agreed on Tuesday to allow flights to resume from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
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/ 2 December 2008
Thai judges ordered Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat’s ruling People Power Party be disbanded on Tuesday after it was found guilty of vote fraud.
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/ 1 December 2008
Restarting operations at Thailand’s main airport will take at least a week once a sit-in by anti-government protesters ends, officials said on Monday.
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/ 29 November 2008
Anti-government protesters forced Thai riot police to abandon a checkpoint on Saturday as they tightened their siege of the country’s main airport.
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/ 29 November 2008
Bangkok was effectively cut off this week as the city’s second airport was closed after it was stormed by anti-government protesters.
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/ 28 November 2008
Thai protesters prepared to end their three-month occupation of the prime minister’s office on Monday to consolidate their grip on the main airport.