4 Years After Coup, Election Promise Still Vague
BANGKOK — Four years after seizing power, Thailand's junta has a singular success it never hoped for: uniting a politically divided nation in growing dissatisfaction with the thin-skinned rule of the generals.
Protest Sound Man Detained Overnight by Army
BANGKOK — A sound equipment vendor was held incommunicado overnight at a military prison for providing his service to pro-election rallies, activists said.
Prayuth’s Staying Power Owes to Fear of Resumed Discord
BANGKOK — Come this Tuesday, junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha will have been in power for four years – longer than any other coup leader since the Cold War. Why?
Police Surround Site of Vigil For Those Killed in 2010 Crackdown
BANGKOK — Some 200 Redshirts gathered at Ratchaprasong Intersection on Saturday to mark the end of a military crackdown in which nearly 100 people died eight years ago.
McDonald’s Shuts its Doors to Coup Protesters
BANGKOK — A McDonald’s branch in downtown Bangkok abruptly closed down Saturday hours before anti-coup protesters were set to converge there on the anniversary of a crackdown that resulted in dozens of deaths.
Police Warn Against March to Gov’t House
BANGKOK — A deputy police commissioner on Saturday said a planned march by pro-democracy activists on the Government House risks violating the law.
Vigils to Mark 2010 Crackdown
BANGKOK — Pro-democracy activists are set on Saturday to join families of those who died in a 2010 military crackdown marking the eighth year since the bloodshed which killed nearly 100 people.
Police Attempt to Detain Pro-Democracy Leader
BANGKOK — Police officers were attempting to take a leader of the pro-democracy movement into custody Friday afternoon in downtown Bangkok.
Pro-Election March on Govt House Set for Coup Anniversary
BANGKOK — A group of pro-democracy activists will camp out on a football field Monday night before marching on the Government House in the morning to mark the fourth anniversary of the 2014 coup.
Pheu Thai Event on Junta Failures Draws Prosecution Threat
BANGKOK — A junta legal rep said Thursday he will file a police complaint against the Pheu Thai Party for violating the Computer Crime Act and political assembly ban.
