KHON KAEN – The voice on the radio is calm, its message anything but. “Civil war is going to happen,” says the announcer on a...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s stocks plunged more than 5% and the currency sank to its lowest in almost four years as investors braced for a potential full-blown...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s powerful but politicized army sought to ease fears on Monday it might step in to resolve a festering political crisis, while anti-government...
BANGKOK—An antigovernment protester was shot dead and three others wounded after an unidentified gunman opened fire on a demonstration site in central Bangkok early...
BANGKOK – Army Commander-in-Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha reaffirmed the military’s neutral stand in the wake of the current political conflict but stressed that it could...
BANGKOK – A special security law in Thailand has been extended for two more months to cope with opposition protests aimed at overthrowing Prime Minister...
BANGKOK — Buoyed by an election boycott called by Thailand’s main opposition party, the head of the country’s anti-government protest movement, Suthep Thaugsuban vowed Sunday...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s baht fell to a three-year low and stocks dropped on concern prolonged political unrest will damp investment and hurt the economy. More...
BANGKOK – Rarely does a supposedly democratic country find itself in such a mess. Consider the following: at the time of writing Thailand has only...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party said on Saturday that it would boycott February’s general election, deepening the country’s political crisis. The party’s leader,...
BANGKOK – The continuing political unrest should be resolved from the bottom up rather than by putting the entire burden on the country’s administrators, says the...
BANGKOK – Anti-government protesters marched in Bangkok on Thursday in a bid to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office, but their numbers appeared far...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party reappointed former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva as its leader on Tuesday but members could not agree on whether...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s powerful military has declared its support for elections set for February in a blow to the country’s protest movement that has crippled...
BANGKOK – Suthep Thaugsuban’s whistle-tooting crowds of supporters are dwindling. His threats against Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra veer from the bold to the...
BANGKOK – Acting Foreign Minister Surapong Towichakchaikul has reported that more than 40 countries have expressed support for the planned general election in Thailand on Feb...
BANGKOK — Thai government supporters yesterday threw their support behind upcoming elections in the crisis-hit nation, warning that calls by opposition protesters to suspend the...
BANGKOK – On Monday, after weeks of mass demonstrations in Bangkok calling for her resignation, the prime minister dissolved Parliament and announced early elections to...
NORTH KOREA – The uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been executed for trying to overthrow the government, the Korean Central News...
BANGKOK – Anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban pinned his hopes on winning support from the powerful security forces on Thursday to take forward a campaign...