Thai opposition weighs poll boycott in crunch weekend

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 13:01

Thailand`s opposition is meeting Saturday to mull a possible boycott of snap elections in a crunch weekend for the crisis-gripped kingdom as protesters prepare to ramp up rallies aimed at toppling the government.

Thai protest leaders` bank accounts to be frozen

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 19:02

Thailand`s Department of Special Investigation will freeze the bank accounts of 18 anti-government protest leaders, media reported Thursday.

Thai opposition debates whether to run in February election

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 13:17

Thailand`s main opposition party opened a meeting on Monday to decide whether to take part in a snap election called by the government to defuse street protests but one senior member said reforms demanded by the protesters should be implemented first.

Thai military sees role in ensuring `fair` election

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 03:22

Thailand`s military offered on Sunday to help the politically polarized country hold a "fair and clean" election next year.

Thai man jailed for `attempting` to defame monarchy

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 01:02

Thai man was jailed for six years and eight months for crimes including attempting to defame the monarchy -- an apparently unprecedented charge that deepened concerns about freedom of expression.

Thai PM proposes forum for political reforms after Feb 2 polls

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 23:19

In a bid to calm protesters seeking her resignation, Thailand`s embattled PM Yingluck Shinawatra today proposed a new forum for political reforms to be implemented by the next government after the February 2 general elections.

Ex-Thai PM Abhisit indicted for murder over rally crackdown

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 13:07

Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was indicted for murder Thursday in connection with a deadly military crackdown on mass opposition protests in Bangkok three years ago, prosecutors said.

Will Thailand military side with protesters?

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 10:40

Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, a firebrand veteran politician, has asked police and military chiefs to meet him by Thursday evening and choose their side in the latest crisis engulfing Southeast Asia`s second-biggest economy.

Thai PM sees little risk of coup, protesters appeal to Army

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 21:23

Embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday exuded confidence that the military would not launch another coup to topple her after the anti-government protest leader appealed to the Army to end Thailand`s deepening political crisis.

Thai "red shirts" prepare rally to back PM against protesters

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 14:22

The red-shirted supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Wednesday they could take to the streets to protect the government from protesters.

Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra in emotional plea to protesters, refuses to quit

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 12:22

Urging the protesters to cool down and be fair to her, Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday said that she won`t resign until a fresh government was chosen after February`s snap elections.