Politics

BANGKOK – An anti-coup march that was supposed to last three days ended an hour after it began this morning when police intervened and detained one of the organizers.

BANGKOK — Thailand's military junta has asked Redshirts to call off a religious ceremony scheduled for 10 April that would mark the fifth anniversary of a deadly military crackdown on Redshirt protesters in 2010.

BANGKOK — One was a 65-year-old activist opposed to the military’s eviction of his fishing community; two others were his colleagues. Another led a campaign against a power plant the military government wants to build north of the capital.

(19 February) After several days of delay, the Royal Thai Army finally delivered suspects accused of shooting a Redshirts leader to the police.

BANGKOK — A Redshirt-run television station has been permanently canceled after Thai authorities decided its news coverage was politically divisive and could "incite unrest."

BANGKOK — Thailand's military leader said he is personally troubled by the arrests and imprisonment of fourteen pro-democracy activists, but insisted that the investigation must go on.

NAKHON PATHOM — A gunman opened fire on the temple where an ultra-royalist activist monk was sleeping last night.

BANGKOK — Activists today canceled daily protests demanding the release of Pheu Thai politico Watana Muangsook from military detention after a martial court released him on bail this afternoon.

BANGKOK — Politicians from both the Democrat and Pheu Thai parties said the junta’s decision yesterday to lift ban on overseas travel currently imposed on more than 100 people is a positive step toward reconciliation.

BANGKOK - Supporters of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra rally in front of Thai Rath newspaper headquarters today to protest its cartoonist who compared her to a prostitute.