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EC: Southern polls might need to be adjourned to March

BANGKOK, 30 January 2014  Member of the Election Commission (EC) Somchai Srisutthiyakorn has admitted difficulty in holding the general election in the South and...

Court rules today on warrants for arrest of 19 protesters

BANGKOK, Jan 31 – The Criminal Court will decide today on whether a request to issue arrest warrants for 19 protest leaders including former...

Staunch protester Suthep throwing anti-election hook Sunday

BANGKOK, Jan 30 - Thailand's anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) is leading a three-day march in the capital, starting today, as a prelude...

DSI seeks arrest warrants for 16 PDRC leaders

BANGKOK, 27 January 2014  The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is seeking court approval for arrest warrants for 16 core members of the People's...

Cambodian citizens implicated in murder of protester

BANGKOK, Jan 27 – Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban said Cambodian gunmen might be involved in the murder of the fourth anti-government protester in Bang-na...

Protesters undeterred by Emergency Decree, vow harsher disobedience

BANGKOK, Jan 22 – Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, exasperated by the government-invoked Emergency Decree, declared that the anti-government movement will launch civil disobedience against...

Emergency Decree invoked, protesters vow to fight on

BANGKOK, Jan 21 – The Emergency Decree will be invoked in Bangkok and parts of outlying provinces, effective for 60 days starting tomorrow, in...

Suthep says govt fails to secure loans for rice subsidy

BANGKOK, Jan 21 – The government was unsuccessful in getting loans from the Government Savings Bank (GSB) to subsidise the financially-ailing rice pledging scheme,...

Human Rights Watch urges govt protection for protesters

BANGKOK, Jan 21 – The Thai government and police cannot stay put and deny responsibility in light of escalating violence at anti-government rallies, according...

Suthep once again vows to step up rally

BANGKOK, 19 January 2014  Suthep Thaugsuban, the leader of an anti government movement, has called for the closure of government agencies nationwide as a...

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