Tag: Yingluck Shinawatra
Thai civic groups seek dissolution of Pheu Thai Party
BANGKOK, Feb 21 – Two social activist groups have called on Thailand's Election Commission (EC) to recommend dissolution of the Pheu Thai Party following...
PM Yingluck criticises NACC’s charges against her
BANGKOK, Feb 20 – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today deplored the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for hurriedly gathering charges of neglect of duty...
Farmers scale up protest at MOC by not allowing staff to...
BANGKOK, 20 February 2014 Farmers scaled up their protest at the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday by not allowing ministry officials to enter. ...
Farmers blockade Commerce Ministry, push for Yingluck ouster
BANGKOK, Feb 19 – Outraged farmers sealed off all entrances to the Commerce Ministry today and announced an unending demonstration until caretaker Prime Minister...
PDRC to follow PM everywhere she goes
BANGKOK, 19 February 2014 The People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) is planning further mass rallies against the government and has vowed to follow the...
Caretaker PM Yingluck summoned to acknowledge charges in rice subsidies
BANGKOK, Feb 18 – Thailand's National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) unanimously decided today to summon caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to acknowledge charges of neglect...
Suthep declares war on PM, protesters rally at Defence Permanent Secretary’s...
BANGKOK, Feb 19 – Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban is leading demonstrators from all rally sites in Bangkok to the Office of the Defence Permanent...
PM assures rice farmers of govt’s sincerity
BANGKOK, 18 February 2014 The Prime Minister has assured rice farmers of the government’s sincere intention to solve problems in its rice support scheme,...
Suthep leads protesters to Government House
BANGKOK, Feb 18 -- Anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban led People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) supporters to Government House this morning in an attempt...
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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...
Police check on Russian tourist sleeping drunk in Pattaya hotel for safety
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 taxi driver assaulted near Bangkok MRT Station
BANGKOK, Thailand – A group of rescue volunteers has been suspended from duty after a video showing several volunteers allegedly assaulting a taxi driver...
Kating Lai Park off North Pattaya faces erosion threat, safety barriers installed
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have inspected damage at Kating Lai Beach Park after waves eroded more than 20 metres of the shoreline,...
Pattaya motorcycle taxi driver arrives at police station with bat seeking help
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police officers and members of the public at Pattaya City Police Station were left puzzled when a motorcycle taxi driver arrived...