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.
Thai PM dissolves house of Parliament, calls elections
By Todd Pitman Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Dec. 9 she will dissolve the lower house of Parliament and call elections in an attempt to calm the country’s deepening political crisis.
Thai protesters call for nationwide uprising; gov’t threatens arrests
By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra fought a two-front political war