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02 Sep 08
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One Killed in Thai Protests; Emergency Is Declared The Thai government declared a state of emergency in Bangkok after violence with protesters escalated. |
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02 Sep 08
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Ex-Premier of Thailand Sells Team in Britain Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thai prime minister, has agreed to sell the Manchester City soccer club, a sign that the fugitive Mr. Thaksin, whose assets Thai authorities have frozen, may need cash. |
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30 Aug 08
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Thai Protest of Premier Stops Trains and Planes Protesters in Thailand ratcheted up their campaign to oust the government, stopping trains and blocking provincial airports, as well as waging an attack on police headquarters. |
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27 Aug 08
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Protesters Face Police in Thailand Thousands of protesters blockaded the prime minister’s office, and their leaders challenged police to arrest them. |
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26 Aug 08
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Huge Government Protest in Thailand Thousands of protesters besieged government offices in Bangkok and briefly shut down a television station. |
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18 Aug 08
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Death Toll Mounting as Rivers Overflow Across Southeast Asia At least 130 people have been killed in Vietnam and flooding has also hit Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, which is still recovering from a major cyclone. |
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17 Aug 08
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World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Sentencing in Pedophile Case A Thai court on Friday sentenced a teacher from British Columbia to three years and three months in jail after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy. |
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15 Aug 08
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World Briefing | Asia: Progress in Temple Standoff Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to withdraw most of their troops in a few days from territory each claims at a hilltop temple, Cambodian officials say. |
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11 Aug 08
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Thai Leader Flees to Britain Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that he was seeking refuge in London, far from the political battles that have wracked this country since his ouster in a military coup two years ago. |
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07 Aug 08
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Bush Criticizes China and Myanmar in Thailand Visit In Bangkok during his final tour of Asia, President Bush delivered a message on human rights and democracy. |
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05 Aug 08
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Arts, Briefly: Sale of Grand Theft Is Halted in Thailand Sales of the video game were halted in Thailand after a teenager said he had killed a taxi driver while trying to recreate a scene from the game, The Times of London reported. |
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01 Aug 08
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Thaksin’s Wife Guilty of Tax Evasion In the first verdict in a series of corruption cases that target the former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, his wife was given three years in prison. |
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24 Jul 08
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Thailand Assails Cambodia in Dispute Over Temple Thailand’s ambassador to the United Nations accused Cambodia of employing diplomatic “guerrilla tactics” in a dispute over a temple to try to redraw the shared border. |
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22 Jul 08
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Cambodia Asks U.N. for Help in Dispute With Thailand Cambodia called the border confrontation with Thailand on the grounds of a disputed temple “an imminent state of war.” |
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21 Jul 08
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Thailand’s Standoff With Cambodia Over Temple Is Mixed Up With Politics Thai and Cambodian soldiers faced off at the ruins of an ancient Hindu temple for a sixth straight day on Sunday, in a modern-day echo of the age-old clash of empires across Indochina. |
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12 Jul 08
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Court Cases and Demonstrations Put a New Government to the Test in Thailand A dispute with Cambodia dispute has become a vehicle for growing pressure on Thailand’s government as the divisions that led to a coup in September 2006 have begun to resurface. |
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04 Jun 08
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Protests Strain Thai Coalition and Put Focus on Deadlock Protesters are in the streets for many of the same reasons that they were two years ago: they want to see the former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, tried on corruption charges. |
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02 Jun 08
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Protests Shake a Divided Thailand The protesters are distrustful of the coalition government and want to see the former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, put on trial for corruption. |
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24 Apr 08
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World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Moviegoer Faces Prison for Sitting During Anthem A 27-year-old Thai man who refused to stand up when the royal anthem was played in a movie theater has been charged with lèse majesté, offending the dignity of the monarch, the police said. |
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16 Apr 08
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U.N. Panel Urges Changes to Feed Poor While Saving Environment The price of basic food like rice, wheat and corn has been rising sharply, setting off violent protests in Haiti Egypt, Uzbekistan, Yemen, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and even Italy. |
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16 Apr 08
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World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Driver of Death Truck Surrenders After Manhunt The driver of a sealed truck in which 54 migrant workers suffocated on their way from Myanmar to Thailand has surrendered after a seven-day manhunt. |
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10 Apr 08
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Migrants Perish in Truck to Thailand The police said 121 people had been crammed inside an airtight seafood container late Wednesday night that measured just 20 feet long and 7 feet wide. |
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10 Apr 08
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Migrant Workers Suffocated While Being Smuggled Across Thailand The police in Thailand said that 54 migrant workers from Myanmar suffocated in the back of a truck while being smuggled across the country. |
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05 Apr 08
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World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Climate Talks End More than 160 nations agreed on the first step to drafting a new treaty on global warming. |
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03 Apr 08
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World Briefing | Asia: War on Drugs Restarted in Thailand Thailand renewed a war on drugs, reviving a controversial project of the ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. |
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01 Apr 08
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Talks Begin on New International Climate Treaty Representatives from more than 160 countries began formal negotiations in Thailand on Monday on a treaty to address climate change. |
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26 Mar 08
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Thailand Tries to Allay Tourists’ Fears After Killings The Thai police say they will start handing out whistles to foreign women who visit this country after the latest in a long series of periodic sexual assaults and killings. |
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13 Mar 08
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World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Thaksin Pleads Not Guilty on Eve of Trip to Britain Thaksin Shinawatra, the prime minister who was ousted in a military coup in 2006, pleaded not guilty before the Supreme Court in Bangkok in one of two criminal corruption cases against him. |
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10 Mar 08
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Thailand Plans Inquiry on Arms Suspect as U.S. Seeks Custody A Russian businessman regarded as a notorious arms dealer would be held in Thailand for investigation even as the U.S. seeks his extradition. |
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08 Mar 08
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Thai Inquiry Set in Arms Sales Case A Russian businessman regarded as a notorious arms dealer would be held in Thailand for investigation even as the U.S. seeks his extradition. |
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02 Mar 08
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Ousted Premier Returns to Thailand Back home in Thailand from a 17-month voluntary exile following his ouster in a military coup, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on bail. |
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29 Feb 08
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Ousted Thai Premier Returns to Face Charges Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand 17 months after he was ousted in a coup, and will face corruption charges. |
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27 Feb 08
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Ousted Premier Is Set to Return to Thailand, Officials Say Seventeen months ago, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was overthrown in a military coup in Thailand. |
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02 Feb 08
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World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Nose-Holding for the New Leader Sign language interpreters in Thailand have run afoul of supporters among the governing party by holding their noses to refer to the new prime minister, Samak Sundaravej. Thai sign language interpreters often indicate prominent facial features as... |
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31 Jan 08
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Thailand: Nose-Holding for the New Leader Sign language interpreters in Thailand have run afoul of supporters among the governing party by holding their noses to refer to the new prime minister, Samak Sundaravej. Thai sign language interpreters often indicate prominent facial features as... |
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29 Jan 08
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Turbulence Is Predicted for New Chief in Thailand With the selection of Samak Sundaravej as prime minister, Thailand has completed a transition back to democracy, but the bumpy ride may not be over. |
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27 Jan 08
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World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Democracy Returns, and Politics Comes Full Circle Parliament convened for the first time since last month’s election and since Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted as prime minister in a military coup in 2006. |
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25 Jan 08
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World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: The Junta Exits The military council that ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006 disbanded, promising “no more coups.” |
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23 Jan 08
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Thaksin's Wife Faces Charges in Thailand The wife of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that her husband would return home from self-imposed exile in May to face corruption charges. |
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23 Jan 08
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Thailand: The Junta Exits The military council that ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006 disbanded, promising “no more coups.” |
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22 Jan 08
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Thailand: Democracy Returns, and Politics Comes Full Circle Parliament convened for the first time since last month’s election and since Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted as prime minister in a military coup in 2006. |
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20 Jan 08
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Caution: Elephants Brake for Food on Bangkok’s Roads Of all the illegal activities that animate the streets of Bangkok — pirated DVDs and fake watches, brothels that call themselves saunas — roaming Elephants stand out more than others. |
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19 Jan 08
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Court Rejects Challenge to New Thai Government Thailand’s Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the party backed by the ousted prime minister whose return to the country now seems more likely. |
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13 Jan 08
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World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Ex-Premier’s Wife Arrested Pojaman Shinawatra, the wife of the ousted prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, returned to Thailand to fight corruption charges. She was met by the police after her flight arrived from Hong Kong, arrested, quickly released on bail, and ordered not to... |
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11 Jan 08
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Thailand: Ex-Premier’s Wife Arrested Pojaman Shinawatra, the wife of the ousted prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, returned to Thailand to fight corruption charges. She was met by the police after her flight arrived from Hong Kong, arrested, quickly released on bail, and ordered not to... |
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09 Jan 08
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Former Premier’s Wife Arrested on Return to Thailand The wife of the ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned from exile Tuesday to face charges of corruption. |
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30 Dec 07
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Winning Thai Party, Backer of Ousted Prime Minister, Sets Governing Coalition The winning party in Thailand’s general election said Wednesday it had reached agreement with coalition partners to form a government. |
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28 Dec 07
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Ousted Thai Leader Says He’ll Return but Forgo Politics With his backers claiming victory in a parliamentary election, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that he was prepared to return to Thailand. |
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27 Dec 07
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Thai Party Says Coalition Ready The winning party in Thailand’s general election said Wednesday it had reached agreement with coalition partners to form a government. |
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26 Dec 07
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Ousted Thai Leader Says He’ll Return With his backers claiming victory in a parliamentary election, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday that he was prepared to return to Thailand. |
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