Thai ex-PM faces corruption charge, as Red Shirts head for Bangkok
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre Thailand’s anti-graft agency indicted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for negligence on Thursday, a ruling that came a day after a court threw...
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Thai PM in court over abuse of power (Updated)
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre Thailand’s Constitutional Court is almost certain to rule against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on abuse of power charges on Wednesday, forcing her...
Grenade attack on Thai anti-graft office ahead of PM hearing
By Panarat Thepgumpanat Grenades were thrown at the offices of Thailand‘s anti-corruption agency, which has summoned the prime minister to answer charges of dereliction of duty...
Opponents resume protests as Thai PM risks impeachment
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand resumed street protests on Monday after lying low for weeks, piling pressure on increasingly beleaguered Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who...
Thai PM leaves Bangkok as bombs, gunfire punctuate unrest
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the target of anti-government protesters who have blocked parts of Bangkok for weeks, has left the city and is staying...
Thai court warns against using emergency powers to disperse protests
A Thai court endorsed on Wednesday Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s declaration of a state of emergency, a day after five people were killed in gun battles in Bangkok, but...
Three killed in Bangkok clashes; PM to face charges over rice scheme
Gun battles erupted between Thai police and anti-government protesters in Bangkok on Tuesday and three people were killed and dozens wounded as authorities made their most determined...
Thai vote goes peacefully, but political paralysis looms
Elections in Thailand passed off peacefully on Sunday but the country was no nearer to ending its intractable political conflict, with the government facing the...
Gunshots, explosions rock Thai protest on eve of polls
Dozens of gunshots and at least two explosions raised tension amid anti-government protests in Thailand’s capital on Saturday, a day ahead of a general election...
Thai ‘red-shirt’ protest leader shot
A leading pro-government activist was shot and wounded on Wednesday in Thailand’s northeast, a stronghold of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, as a state of emergency began...
