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BANGKOK — The Thai government has insisted that there were no protests against junta leader and Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth during his visit to Italy, despite numerous international media reports and photographs that suggest otherwise.

BANGKOK — Junta leader and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is enjoying the limelight as he attends an international conference in Italy, his first trip outside of Southeast Asia since seizing power in a coup on 22 May.

BANGKOK — The youngest daughter of His Majesty the King has been advised to refrain from performing official palace duties as she recovers from a recent bout of illness caused by her auto-immune disease, the palace said in a statement.

BANGKOK — Thai police say they have perfected the case file accusing two Burmese migrant workers of murdering British tourists in southern Thailand, after prosecutors initially rejected the case for being “incomplete.”

BANGKOK — A famous Thai actor has publicly apologised for making a controversial comment about a transgender actress on social media.

BANGKOK — A famous Thai actor has publicly apologised for making a controversial comment about a transgender actress on social media.

BANGKOK — The chairman of Thailand’s military junta and his deputy have suggested that the date of the next national election may be postponed from October 2015 to early 2016.

BANGKOK — A severely indebted Thai rice farmer set herself on fire among a crowd of other petitioners inside the government complaint centre in Bangkok today.

BANGKOK — Dozens of police officers surrounded Democracy Monument last night to prevent a group of Redshirt supporters from picnicking on the monument's steps.

BANGKOK — The five suspects accused by Thai police of acting as armed militants in the 2010 Redshirt protests have recanted their confessions, their lawyer says.