Junta Leader Tells Dissidents To "Come Home"
BANGKOK — Thai junta leader and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is urging all dissidents of his military regime to return from exile and face prosecution in Thailand.
Govt Insists Images of Milan Anti-Prayuth Protest Are Fake
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.
Thai Coup Leader Makes International Debut In Italy
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.
Thai Student Activists Look to HK Protests For Lessons
BANGKOK — Thai student activists are closely following the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, drawing lessons from the pro-democracy movement abroad as they struggle to find space for political expression in junta-ruled Thailand back home.
Post-Coup Election May Be Delayed To 2016
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.
Police Thwart Redshirts' Democracy Monument 'Picnic'
BANGKOK — Dozens of police officers surrounded Democracy Monument last night to prevent a group of Redshirt supporters from picnicking on the monument's steps.
Junta Sends Representative To Mark 1973 Student Uprising
BANGKOK — Junta chairman and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha sent a close aide to represent him at this morning's commemoration of the 41st anniversary of the student uprising against Thailand's military government in 1973.
Southern Insurgency: Six Public Schools Torched Overnight
PATTANI — Six public schools in were severely damaged in a coordinated arson attack in the restive Southern province of Pattani last night, though no one was killed or injured in the incident.
Thai Reformer Calls For Shrinking Parliament To Combat Corruption
BANGKOK — A prominent member of the junta’s National Reform Council (NRC) has called for downsizing Thailand’s parliament to one fifth of its current size in an effort to limit the influence of political parties.
Former Anti-Government Protest Guards Arrested For Weapons
BANGKOK — Police say they have arrested two security guards affiliated with the pre-coup protest movement on suspicion of possessing military-grade weapons.
