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Journalists charged by Thai navy

July 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — Testimony began July 14 in a criminal defamation lawsuit filed by Thailand’s navy against a small news website over a report it posted saying naval forces accepted money to assist or turn a blind eye to the trafficking of refugees from Myanmar by sea. The navy […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Alan Morison, Associated Press, Australia, Chutima Sidasathien, Computer Crime Act, Grant Peck, Human Rights Watch, London-based Media Legal Defense Initiative, Myanmar, PHUKET, Pallop Komalodaka, Phil Robertson, Pulitzer Prize, State Department, Thailand, Vol 34 No 31 | July 25 - July 31

Thai junta links Samui island bombing to political opponents

April 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone BANGKOK (AP) — A car bomb explosion that slightly injured seven people on the popular resort island of Samui in southern Thailand may be linked to the country’s political turmoil, a spokesman for the military government said Saturday. Initial reports indicated that the attack late Friday was carried out by the same […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Associated Press, Central Festival, Chatpong Chatputi, Criminal Court, Grant Peck, Poonsak Sophonpathumrak, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Surat Thani, Thailand, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, Yingluck Shinawatra, parking

Court forces out Thai leader, but crisis continues

May 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – A court ousted Thailand’s prime minister on May 7 for abuse of power, accomplishing what anti-government demonstrators have sought to do for the past six months and further widening the country’s sharp political divide.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Associated Press, Deposed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Deputy Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, Grant Peck, Jocelyn Gecker, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, National Security Council, Pheu Thai, Red Shirts, Southeast Asian, Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, Thongchai Winichakul, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16, Yinkgluck Shinawatra

SE Asia asks China to start Island talks

November 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders decided Sunday, Nov. 18 to ask China to start formal talks “as soon as possible” on crafting a legally binding accord aimed at preventing an outbreak of violence in disputed South China Sea territories, a top diplomat said.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, AEC, ASEAN, Asia, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Cold War, Grant Peck, Philippines, Phnom Penh, South China Sea, Taiwan, Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 48 | November 24 - November 30, Wen Jiabao

Thailand to gets its first female prime minister

July 9, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s military eased concerns of renewed turmoil last Monday by accepting the sweeping electoral win of toppled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra’s party, while his sister vowed to reconcile the deeply divided nation as its first female prime minister. The election marked an extraordinary rebuke of the military-backed […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, Associated Press, Buranaj Smutharaks, Chart Pattana Puea Pandin, Chart Thai Pattana, Defense Minister Gen, Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Giles Ji Ungpakorn, Grant Peck, Neighboring Cambodia, Palang Chon, Pheu Thai, Phnom Penh, Prawit Wongsuwon, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Sinfah Tunsarawuth, Vol 30 No 28 | July 9 - July 15

Sea of protesters demands new elections in Thailand

March 18, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANGKOK (AP) — As many as 100,000 people demonstrated peacefully against Thailand’s government at a rally last Sunday, but the capital was being kept on edge by their threat to continue protesting until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva calls for new elections.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Associated Press, Chao Phraya River, David Longstreath, Grant Peck, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Natthawut Saikua, Panithan Wattanayakorn, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Red Shirts, Thailand, Vol 29 No 12 | March 20 - March 26, attention

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