Thailand last held a successful election in 2011
A symbol of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s opposition party has landed a Facebook user and journalist in hot water with the ruling junta.
After six months of political unrest and a day after the caretaker prime minister refused to stand down, Thailand’s army has declared martial law.
Questions have been raised over Thai prime minister’s appointment of Nalinee Taveesin to Cabinet, who counts Zimbabwe’s president as a friend.
The SABC’s new boss chaired a mining company that went into meltdown, in which controversial Thai billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra played a role.
Authorities in the Thai capital are repairing a damaged flood gate that has become the focus of anger, fear and rivalry between arms of government.
Yingluck Shinawatra has become politically turbulent Thailand’s first female prime minister after Parliament endorsed her crushing election victory.
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/ 21 December 2010
Thailand said it would lift a state of emergency in Bangkok and three neighbouring areas, seven months after a bloody military crackdown.
No business was discussed with the fugitive Thai politician, says foundation.
Fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has appeared in Africa, where he says he is dealing in diamonds and visiting Nelson Mandela.
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 Sunday ruled out negotiations with the government and said they would not give up their fight for early elections.
Red-shirted protesters emptied bottles of their blood outside the home of Thailand’s prime minister on Wednesday in a symbolic sacrifice.
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.
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 December 2009
Thousands of supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra rallied in Bangkok on Thursday, turning up the heat on Thailand’s embattled government.
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/ 12 November 2009
Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra accused his country’s rulers of ”false patriotism” on Thursday.
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/ 9 November 2009
Thailand on Monday accused Thaksin Shinawatra of offending the monarchy, stepping up pressure on the tycoon as he prepares for a trip to Cambodia.
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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.
Supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra rallied in Bangkok on Monday, seeking a royal pardon for the fugitive billionaire.
Thailand’s army chief admitted on Thursday that bullets used in last week’s assassination attempt on Sondhi Limthongkul came from a military arsenal.
Thailand’s fugitive ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra now has a Nicaraguan passport, which complicates efforts to extradite him.
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
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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 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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/ 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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/ 12 December 2008
Thai anti-government protesters on Friday threatened to resume street demonstrations if a new prime minister is chosen from the former ruling party.