Tag: Yingluck Shinawatra
Caretaker PM Yingluck shuts option for neutral, non-elected premier
BANGKOK, Feb 7 – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra asserted today that the law did not allow a non-MP to take the helm of...
Yingluck says ulterior power obstructs govt, rice subsidies
BANGKOK, Feb 7 – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has blamed an “ulterior power” for attempting to topple the government and disrupting the rice...
Yingluck admits rice subsidies need revamp if re-introduced
BANGKOK, Feb 6 – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has blamed the House dissolution for disrupting payments to farmers under the rice pledging scheme...
Thai Army told to handle protesters with leniency
BANGKOK, Feb 6 – Thailand's authorities will refrain from using force against protesters even if they break into the Defence headquarters, which has become...
Voting proceeds relatively smoothly, but no end in sight for political...
Thai soldiers stand guard to block anti-government protesters, left, during a rally outside the office of the permanent secretary for defense where Prime Minister...
Auditor General issues stern warnings to caretaker PM, finance minister
BANGKOK, Feb 4 – Thailand’s Office of the Auditor General (OAG) is proposing that the government suspend the rice pledging scheme which has been...
PDRC surrounds cabinet meeting venue for 5 hours, threatening power &...
BANGKOK, 4 February 2014The People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) on Monday surrounded the premises of a building being used to host the weekly Cabinet...
Caretaker PM occupies Defence HQ as office despite intimidation
BANGKOK, Feb 4 - A protesters' blockade at the Defence office yesterday did not deter caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra who insisted on using...
Caretaker PM Yingluck ask protesters not to disrupt tomorrow’s polls
BANGKOK, Feb 1 – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she will cast her ballot on Sunday and called on anti-government protesters to refrain...
Latest Stories
British woman reunited with son after Pattaya Tourist Police help
PATTAYA, Thailand – A British woman who was too intoxicated to return to her accommodation on her own was safely escorted back by Pattaya...
Drunk Russian tourist on hotel sofa helped back to his room
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya Tourist Police were called to a hotel on August 13 after staff found a heavily intoxicated foreign tourist sleeping on...
Rescue volunteers suspended after assaulting taxi driver in Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand – A group of rescue volunteers has been suspended from duty after a video showing several volunteers allegedly assaulting a taxi driver...
Waves erode Krating Lai shoreline, damaging Pattaya beach park
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have inspected damage at Krating Lai Beach Park after waves eroded more than 20 metres of the shoreline,...
Pattaya motorbike taxi driver seeks police help for rescued fruit bat
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police officers and members of the public at Pattaya City Police Station were left puzzled when a motorcycle taxi driver arrived...