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1 protester killed in new Thai political violence

YoopyaDec 28, 2013December 3, 20230

BANGKOK (AP) — Gunmen killed an anti-government activist and wounded two others in the Thai capital on Saturday while protesters elsewhere blocked candidates from registering

Thai protesters march in bid to oust PM, take aim at U.S.

YoopyaDec 19, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Anti-government protesters marched in Bangkok on Thursday in a bid to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office but their numbers appeared far

Thai protesters resume siege of PM’s offices

YoopyaDec 12, 2013December 31, 20230

BANGKOK (AP) — Protesters in Thailand’s capital cut off electricity to the prime minister’s office compound on Thursday and demanded that police abandon the premises.

Looking for democracy in Thailand’s Democrat Party

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

BANGKOK (AP) — The Democrat Party has seen the enemy. The Democrats, whose veterans are at the forefront of the anti-government protests that have shaken

Tearful Thai PM urges protesters to take part in election

YoopyaDec 10, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Her eyes welling with tears, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleaded on Tuesday for anti-government demonstrators to clear the streets and support a

Thai PM calls snap election, protesters press on

YoopyaDec 9, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved parliament on Monday and called a snap election, but anti-government protest leaders pressed ahead with mass demonstrations

Thai protest leaders refuse to give up, but streets calm

YoopyaDec 6, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Protesters seeking to topple Thailand’s government stayed off the street on Friday after halting their demonstration the day before out of respect for

Four dead as Thai protesters force Yingluck Shinawatra to flee police compound

YoopyaDec 2, 2013December 31, 20230

Thailand’s embattled prime minister was forced to flee crowds of anti-government protestors on Sunday as clashes sparked by an opposition-backed “people’s coup” left four dead.

Analysis: Déjà vu with a difference as Thai PM faces down protesters

YoopyaNov 29, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – The French have the best phrase for Thailand’s turbulent politics: déjà vu. Five years ago, a Thai government led by Somchai Wongsawat, the

Bus crash kills 22 on temple visit in Thailand

YoopyaOct 24, 2013February 14, 20240

BANGKOK (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers home from a temple at the end of Buddhist Lent plunged into a ravine in northern Thailand, killing