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04 Sep 08
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Prime minister proposes Thai referendum The prime minister of Thailand has proposed a nationwide referendum to seek a resolution to anti-government demonstrations that have paralyzed his government for the past 10 days. |
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04 Sep 08
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Thai leader promises referendum Under pressure from anti-government demonstrators, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej of Thailand said Thursday he would hold a nationwide referendum to let the public decide how the paralyzing standoff should be resolved. |
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04 Sep 08
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Thai Cabinet agrees to hold referendum on crisis Thailand's Cabinet agreed Thursday to hold a referendum on a civic group's street campaign to oust the prime ministerce and economic chaos. |
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03 Sep 08
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Thai leader faces challenges in streets and courts Bangkok braced for another day of confrontation on Wednesday in the face of a threat of widespread labor strikes. |
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03 Sep 08
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Anti-government strike by Thai unions fizzles A strike by public sector workers in Bangkok started slowly on Wednesday, with few services affected in the Thai capital a day after emergency rule was imposed to quash anti-government protests. |
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02 Sep 08
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Thai army chief renounces force Thailand's army chief said Tuesday that the military would not use force against civilians during a state of emergency declared after a fight between pro-government and anti-government groups that left at least one person dead. |
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02 Sep 08
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Emergency is declared in Bangkok Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej imposed a state of emergency Tuesday after demonstrators clashed on the street, but called it "the most gentle way to bring the country back to peace." |
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01 Sep 08
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Thailand faces wide disruption in protests Anti-government protests in Thailand broadened Monday with the announcement of an array of job actions that would affect utilities and transportation. |
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01 Sep 08
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Abu Dhabi group buys Manchester City from former Thai leader After 14 manic months at the helm of the Manchester City soccer club, Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thai prime minister, has sold the club to the Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment. |
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01 Sep 08
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Abu Dhabi group buys Manchester City from former Thai leader, site reports Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thai prime minister, has sold Premier League club Manchester City to an Abu Dhabi group, a Middle East business Web site reported Monday. |
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31 Aug 08
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Both sides in Bangkok take to streets Fears of violence are heightened as supporters of the government face its opponents. |
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31 Aug 08
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Philip Bowring: A high-wire act in Thailand Will mass demonstrations force the resignation of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej? |
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29 Aug 08
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Bangkok police station attacked as Thai protests spread Protesters attacked Bangkok's police headquarters Friday as demonstrations spread from the capital, disrupting rail service and closing the airports at the southern beach resorts of Phuket and Krabi. |
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28 Aug 08
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Protesters face police in Thailand Thousands of protesters refused a civil court's orders to leave the premises on and their leaders challenged the police to enter and arrest them. |
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26 Aug 08
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Protesters storm government offices in Thailand Calling it their "final war" against the government, thousands of demonstrators besieged government offices in Bangkok on Tuesday and briefly shut down a television station. |
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25 Aug 08
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Thai airport to expand to handle more travelers to Bangkok The $2.3 billion expansion will take place between 2009 and 2014, a company executive said in a stock exchange statement. |
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21 Aug 08
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Glitter sent back to Thailand The former rocker Gary Glitter, freed from a Vietnamese prison, has been denied entry by both Thailand and Hong Kong, and may be headed back to Britain. |
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17 Aug 08
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Thai prime minister rejects call from party allies to resign Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej of Thailand said he would not resign over the handling of a court case against Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister now living in exile. |
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17 Aug 08
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An American failure; Meaningful reform in Africa; Thaksin and Thailand An American failure; Meaningful reform in Africa; Thaksin and Thailand |
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13 Aug 08
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Inoculating Thailand against one-man rule Thaksin should be made to answer the charges against him in Thai courts. |
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11 Aug 08
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Thaksin Shinawatra seeks refuge in Britain Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced Monday that he was abandoning his native Thailand and seeking refuge in London. The Supreme Court of Thailand issued an arrest warrant for him. |
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11 Aug 08
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Thaksin, former Thai prime minister, flees to Britain amid court case After skipping a court appearance, the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced Monday that he was abandoning his native Thailand and seeking refuge in London, far from the political battles that have wracked this country since his ouster in a... |
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11 Aug 08
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Deposed PM may seek asylum Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife failed to appear before a high court Monday amid reports they are seeking political asylum in Britain. |
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07 Aug 08
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Bush criticizes China and Myanmar With the first lady, Laura Bush, touring a refugee camp packed with tens of thousands of desperate families, the president railed against "tyranny" in Myanmar, criticized China for its lack of religious freedom and praised Thailand as "the land of the... |
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07 Aug 08
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Remarks by President George W. Bush in Bangkok, Thailand x |
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06 Aug 08
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Bush faults China over rights and detentions The White House on Wednesday released critical remarks about China, which are in a speech President George W. Bush is to give in Bangkok on Thursday before he heads to Beijing. |
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06 Aug 08
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Exiles to ask Bush to engage Myanmar's generals Twenty years after a brutal crackdown by the Burmese military, a small group of activist exiles is scheduled to meet Thursday with President George W. Bush in Bangkok, where they will ask him to ease up on sanctions and start to engage the hard-line... |
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31 Jul 08
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Wife of former Thai leader is convicted of tax evasion Pojaman Shinawatra was sentenced to three years in prison as part of a series of corruption cases against her husband. |
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31 Jul 08
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A gentlemanly invasion Thailand and Cambodia both claim the small area of land surrounding the Preah Vihear temple, and the quarrel has raised nationalist heat in both countries. |
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31 Jul 08
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Thaksin's wife found 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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30 Jul 08
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Thai court accepts another case against Thaksin The Thai Supreme Court accepted Wednesday a lawsuit alleging abuse of power by Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted prime minister, in connection with a government loan to Myanmar. |
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28 Jul 08
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Thailand and Cambodia try again to defuse temple row Thailand's new foreign minister started talks with his Cambodian counterpart on Monday to defuse a row over a 900-year-old temple that has raised fears of a military clash between the southeast Asian neighbors. |
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24 Jul 08
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Cambodia-Thailand talks to proceed without UN Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet Monday to discuss a stretch of disputed land near a historic temple, rather than take the matter to the United Nations immediately, officials from both countries said. |
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23 Jul 08
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Thai says Cambodia using 'guerrilla tactics' in temple dispute Bangkok's envoy to the United Nations said the Cambodians were using a century-old map of the disputed temple in a broader plan to gain more territory. |
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22 Jul 08
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Cambodia asks UN to intervene in 'imminent state of war' with Thailand The Cambodian ambassador to the United Nations submitted the request on Monday for an emergency meeting of the Security Council to find a solution to the temple dispute based on international law. |
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21 Jul 08
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Thailand and Cambodia talks fail to end temple standoff Troops facing each other at the temple for the past week will hold their positions, Thai and Cambodian negotiators said after eight hours of talks. |
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20 Jul 08
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Thai politics ensnared in dispute over temple Thai political insurgents are using a historical dispute over the Preah Vihear temple, on a disputed patch of border with Cambodia, as a weapon against the embattled government in Bangkok. |
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17 Jul 08
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Thai rebel group vows to end violence An previously unknown organization claiming to represent groups involved in southern Thailand's Muslim insurgency announced Thursday that it will end all violence in the region. |
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03 Jul 08
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Bush to attend Olympics opening His stop will be part of a trip to South Korea, Thailand and China |
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30 Jun 08
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Prime minister of Thailand survives no-confidence vote Critics accuse Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's government, which only took office in February, of mismanaging the ailing Thai economy and of being a proxy for Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted prime minister. |
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11 Feb 08
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Thailand: Good news and bad Will the new prime minister in Bangkok be a seat warmer for Thaksin, or something more? |
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27 Dec 07
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Thailand under Thaksin; Two for one?; Lending practices Thailand under Thaksin; Two for one?; Lending practices |
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25 Dec 07
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Thailand's next steps If the military can swallow its pride, there is now a real chance that Thaksin will return to Thailand and either assume the top job again or decide who does. |
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07 Sep 07
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YouTube is back in Thailand; Handbags that aid the enemy YouTube is back in Thailand |
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15 Jul 07
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Philip Bowring: Echoes of Thailand's past Is Thai politics on its way back to elections and normalcy following the August 2006 coup? Or is it headed for a repeat of the events of 1991-92 when popular protest and bloodshed proved to be the painful prelude to the military's return to the barracks? |
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05 Jul 07
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Thailand and due process; Better piano schools; A minor setback; Saving Iraq; U.S. health care Thailand and due process |
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31 May 07
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Two bad decisions For both Malaysia and Thailand, the rulings on Wednesday represent major setbacks. |
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