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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

Thai prime minister, an ex-general, is a millionaire

November 9, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service BANGKOK (AP) — Asset disclosures by members of Thailand’s military-dominated post-coup Cabinet reveal they are quite well-off, a trait shared with the civilian politicians they accused of corruption. The National Anti-Corruption Commission on Friday released the asset declarations of the 33 Cabinet ministers, 25 of whom are millionaires in dollar terms.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, 2014, BMW, Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devekula, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand, Vol 33 No 46 | November 8 - November 14, Yingluck Shinawatra

With martial law, Thai gov’t nearly powerless

May 24, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – The question to Thailand’s army chief was a basic one. After he declared martial law this week, would he be consulting the government? His response encapsulated the increasingly surreal nature of this Southeast Asian country’s political crisis.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Constitutional Court, Human Rights Watch, Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Red Shirt, Southeast Asian, Sunai Phasuk, Suthep Thaugsuban, Thailand, Vol 33 No 22 | May 24 - May 30

Thai police clash with protesters; four dead — Prime minister in jeopardy of impeachment

February 22, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Koksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – Gunbattles broke out Tuesday, Feb. 18, as hundreds of riot police made their strongest attempt to clear anti-government protest sites around Thailand’s capital, leaving at least four people dead and 64 others injured.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul, Civil Court, EFE, Earlier Tuesday, Energy Ministry, Government Savings Bank, Grand Palace, Hong Kong, Interior Ministry, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand, Tharit Pengdit, Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt, Vol 33 No 9 | February 22 - February 28, Wally Santana

Thai Senate kills contentious amnesty bill

November 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – Thailand’s Senate has defeated an amnesty bill that could have led to the return from exile of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, but opponents of the bill vowed to continue their protests against the government.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, Associated Press, Democrat Party, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thai Senate, Thailand, Vol 32 No 47 | November 16 - November 22

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin plans early return from exile

April 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Grant Peck The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra celebrated Thailand’s most important holiday in neighboring Cambodia this weekend, telling thousands of fervent supporters who crossed the border to meet him that he intends to return home soon on his own terms.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, 2012, Cambodia, Chulalongkorn University, Democrat Party, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Straits Times, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Red Shirt, Thai New Year, Thailand, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27, Yellow Shirt

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

Thai riots halt after deaths; leaders face arrest

April 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Michael Casey The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Leaders of demonstrations that plunged the Thai capital into chaos called off their protests on April 14 after rioting killed two and injured more than 120. Police issued warrants for 14 people, including the ousted prime minister at the heart of three years of turmoil.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: CNN, Government House, Jakrapob Penkair, New Year, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Siri Kadmai, Victory Monument

New Thai PM faces deep divisions, poor economy

December 20, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s new prime minister faces the difficult task of unifying a country torn apart by months of violent anti-government protests — demonstrations that battered the key tourism industry just as the global economy was slipping into its worst crisis in decades.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Asia, BANGKOK, Ekamol Khiriwat, England, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand, Vol 27 No 52 | December 20 - December 26

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