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Thailand: Yingluck Shinawatra Fled to Dubai

Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra fled to Dubai ahead of the verdict in her trial over a rice subsidy scheme,…

7 years ago

Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra Flees Country Ahead of Verdict

Border controls have been tightened in Thailand after former PM Yingluck Shinawatra failed to show up for the verdict in…

7 years ago

Thailand’s Draft Constitution Rejected by Junta-Backed Council

A Thailand's junta-backed council has rejected the controversial new constitution drafted after last year's coup. A new committee must now…

9 years ago

Yingluck Shinawatra’s Trial Begins in Thailand

Thailand’s ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra has pleaded not guilty in a brief hearing at the start of her trial on charges…

10 years ago

Yingluck Shinawatra given permission to travel abroad

Thailand’s ousted PM Yingluck Shinawatra has received approval to travel abroad for the first time since the military coup. A…

10 years ago

Thailand elections 2014: Constitutional court rejects opposition request to annul vote

Thai constitutional court has rejected an opposition request to annul the February 2 election, citing insufficient grounds. The Democrat Party…

11 years ago

Thailand elections 2014: Yingluck Shinawatra’s party expected to win after opposition boycott

The Thai polling has now ended in a general election boycotted by the opposition and blighted by protests. Anti-government activists…

11 years ago

Thailand elections 2014: Violent clashes in Bangkok ahead of Sunday’s poll

Violent clashes involving anti-government protesters have erupted ahead of Sunday's elections in Thai capital, Bangkok. According to local media, several…

11 years ago

Thai protesters surround polling stations blocking early election vote

Thai protesters have surrounded polling stations, blocking early voting ahead of next week's general election, officials say. One of their…

11 years ago

Kwanchai Praipana: Thai red-shirt leader shot in Udon Thani

Thailand's pro-government "red-shirt" leader Kwanchai Praipana has been shot, as the 60-day state of emergency came into effect in Bangkok…

11 years ago

Thai protesters begin Bangkok shutdown

Thai protesters are blocking roads in parts of Bangkok in a bid to oust Yingluck Shinawatra’s government before snap elections…

11 years ago

Bangkok protesters clash with police at Thai-Japanese stadium

Thai riot police have fired teargas at protesters trying to prevent political parties from registering for February's elections at Bangkok’s…

11 years ago

Thailand: Protesters surround poll registration stadium

Thai anti-government protesters have surrounded the stadium where candidates were due to register to stand in February's elections. They say…

11 years ago

Thailand: Opposition holds mass rally in Bangkok

Thailand’s opposition is to hold a mass rally in the capital Bangkok as its campaign to bring down the government…

11 years ago

Yingluck Shinawatra rejects resignation call

Thailand’s PM Yingluck Shinawatra has rejected protesters' demands that she resign before February's snap elections. Demonstrators have been calling for…

11 years ago

Yingluck Shinawatra to dissolve Thai parliament after opposition resignation

Thailand’s PM Yingluck Shinawatra has announced she will dissolve parliament and call an election, after sustained protests in the capital,…

11 years ago

Yingluck Shinawatra given two-day ultimatum

Thailand’s protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban says he has met Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and given her two days to "return…

11 years ago

Thailand protests: Troops deployed amid Bangkok clashes

Thailand’s government has decided to deploy troops in Bangkok to support riot police shielding official buildings from anti-government protesters. Tear…

11 years ago

Bangkok protests: At least one killed and three wounded by gunfire

Clashes broke out in Bangkok between rival protesters killing at least one person and wounding other three. People heading to…

11 years ago

Thai protesters target army headquarters in Bangkok

Hundreds of Thai protesters forced their way into the army headquarters in Bangkok, on the sixth day of anti-government rallies.…

11 years ago

Yingluck Shinawatra wins no-confidence vote in Thai parliament

Thailand’s PM Yingluck Shinawatra has survived a no-confidence vote in parliament, amid major street protests in Bangkok. The motion was…

11 years ago

Thailand: Protesters force Department of Special Investigations’ evacuation

Thai protesters have forced the evacuation of the government's top crime-fighting agency, on the fourth day of street demonstrations in…

11 years ago

Thailand: PM Yingluck Shinawatra imposes curfews as protesters surround more ministries

Thai protesters have surrounded several more ministries, as street demonstrations continue in Bangkok. The protesters want Yingluck Shinawatra's government to…

11 years ago

Bangkok protests: Tens of thousands of Thai demonstrators ask PM Yingluck Shinawatra to step down

Tens of thousands of protesters marched on Bangkok streets for a second day of anti-government demonstrations in Thailand, forcing their…

11 years ago

Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Thai PM, charged with murder

Abhisit Vejjajiva, the former Thai prime minister, has been charged with murder over the death of a taxi driver shot…

12 years ago