Tag: Thailand

Thai army declares martial law to quell unrest, insists it is...

BANGKOK- Thailand's army declared martial law across the deeply divided kingdom Tuesday to restore order after months of deadly anti-government protests, deploying armed troops in...

Interim Thai PM rules out resigning as protesters move to oust...

Thailand's acting prime minister on Monday ruled out resigning as a way out of a protracted political crisis that is stunting economic growth, as...

Thailand’s pro-govt protesters warn against unelected PM

BANGKOK — Supporters of Thailand's embattled government warned the country's judiciary and senators against any attempt to install an unelected prime minister, saying it...

Thai PM dismissed from office by court

  BANGKOK-  Thailand´s Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office, ruling that she abused her power, deepening the kingdom´s political uncertainty.   "The judges...

Thai PM likely to face ousting by court

BANGKOK- Thailand's Constitutional Court is almost certain to rule against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on abuse of power charges on Wednesday, forcing her from office...

Supporters of Thai PM converge to counter anti-government protests

BANGKOK- Thousands of supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra traveled by bus, pickup truck and train on Saturday to join a three-day rally on...

Bus crash kills 30 people in western Thailand

BANGKOK- A double-decker bus carrying municipal workers on a field trip in western Thailand plunged off a steep road and into a ravine, killing at...

Thai PM supporters ready for defence

BANGKOK- Supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra say they will take to the streets as moves to impeach her gather pace, raising the spectre...

Thailand in limbo after election annulled

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday annulled last month's general election, leaving the country in political limbo without a full government and further undermining a...

Thai radar saw ‘unknown aircraft’ after MH370 vanished

BANGKOK- Thai radar picked up an “unknown aircraft”minutes after flight MH370 last transmitted its location but officials failed to report the findings earlier as the...

Thailand faces calls not to deport Uighurs

BANGKOK- Thailand said Saturday it suspected a group of 200 people recently rescued from a human trafficking camp were ethnic Uighur Muslims, as calls mounted...

Teacher shot and burned in Thai south

BANGKOK- Gunmen shot dead a female teacher in insurgency-riven southern Thailand on Friday and set her body on fire, police said, in the latest attack...

Thailand to lift state of emergency as business suffers

Thailand is expected to lift a state of emergency in Bangkok, almost two months after it was imposed to quell anti-government protests, because of...

Thailand may extend state of emergency despite scaled-back protest

BANGKOK- A state of emergency in Bangkok could be extended until anti-government protests end completely, Thailand's foreign minister said on Tuesday, adding that he feared...

Thai vote goes smoothly as protesters regroup near Bangkok lakes

-BANGKOK Thailand held re-run elections in five provinces where voting was disrupted in last month's poll by anti-government protesters who decamped from a main Bangkok...

Thai minister rejects proposal for talks from protest leader

BANGKOK- A senior Thai minister rejected a proposal for talks from the leader of an anti-government protest movement on Friday as demonstrators rallied at ministries...

11 killed as under construction hospital collapses in Thailand

BANGKOK- A hospital under construction just east of Bangkok's main airport collapsed on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people and injuring 16, police said. "The building...