Tag: Thailand
Thai PM rules out resigning
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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday ruled out resigning despite a series of deadly attacks heaping pressure on her administration.
Yingluck is currently in...
Thai protesters vow to storm PM’s crisis HQ
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Defiant Thai opposition protesters threatened to storm Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's crisis headquarters Wednesday, stepping up their campaign a day after dramatic street clashes...
Three dead in Bangkok while PM at risk of impeachment
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Violence broke out in Bangkok, as Thai police began clearing protest sites in the capital, leaving three dead. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is...
No deal reached with Thai protesters
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Thai police and a prominent protest leader failed to reach a deal on Sunday to reopen state offices and roads in Bangkok that have...
Thai protesters vow to continue with campaign
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Anti-government protesters vowed on Saturday to maintain their campaign to unseat Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra despite dwindling numbers on the streets and a...
Thai riot police reclaim Bangkok protest site
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Thai riot police reclaimed a main Bangkok thoroughfare on Friday that has been occupied for months by demonstrators seeking to topple Prime Minister Yingluck...
Protesters disrupt voting in tense Thai election
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Anti-government protesters blocked voting Sunday in dozens of constituencies in a Thai election that was overshadowed by pre-poll bloodshed, an opposition boycott and fears...
Bangkok’s anti govt protest leader dead as protestors disrupt early voting...
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One of the leaders of anti-government protests in Thailand was shot dead on Sunday when violence erupted as demonstrators in Bangkok tried to block...
Bangkok under emergency as pro-government leader is wounded
A leading pro-government activist was shot and wounded on Wednesday in Thailand's northeast, a stronghold of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, as a state...
Thai farmers add to government woes with rice scheme protests
Some Thai rice farmers have threatened to switch sides and join protesters trying to topple the government if they do not get paid for...
Blasts injure 30 anti-govt protestors in Thailand
Explosions wounded almost 30 people in central Bangkok on Sunday during a continuing "shutdown" protest aimed at ousting the Thai government, an emergency centre...
Thai protesters march on, defiant after grenade attack
Anti-government protesters marched defiantly through Thailand's capital on Saturday, with one group entering a police compound, undeterred by a grenade explosion the day before...
28 Anti-govt protestors wounded in blast in Thailand
An explosive device injured 28 anti-government demonstrators in the Thai capital on Friday and other violence was reported after several days of relative calm...
Thai Govt stays firm on February elections despite protests
Despite growing pressure from protesters who have brought parts of Bangkok to a near-standstill, Thailand's government on Wednesday stuck to a plan for a...
Thai anti-government protester shot dead: hospital official
A Thai protester was killed and four others were wounded after an unidentified gunman opened fire on demonstrators, an emergency official said on Saturday.
The...
Thai government seeks military help to protect poll
The Thai government said on Friday it will ask the military to help protect candidates and voters in a February election after clashes between...
Thai protestors clash with police
Thai police fired teargas and rubber bullets at anti-government protesters in Bangkok on Thursday after activists tried to upset arrangements for a February election,...