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Bombing the latest of many challenges for Thailand’s junta

August 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Denis D. Gray Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — When a military coup last year ended months of political turmoil and violence in Thailand, even some democracy advocates welcomed the junta’s promise to restore stability and return “happiness to the people.” But 15 months later, a deadly bomb that ripped through a venerated shrine in […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, China, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, English-language Bangkok Post, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Crisis Group, Matthew Wheeler, Muslim Uighur, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Red Shirt, Reporters Without Borders, Songkran Grachangnetara, Southeast Asian, Thailand, Thongchai Winichakul, United Nations, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, World Bank

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

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

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