Articles in the Politics Category
Bittersweet market trip for premier
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva got verbal abuse from locals yesterday while campaigning for a Democrat Party candidate ahead of today's by-election in Nonthaburi.
Red-shirts take over PAD rally site
Some 2,000 red-shirt supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday stormed through a security cordon of nearly 1,000 police officers to seize the stage of People's Alliance for Democracy ...
House panel to set up to avoid abrupt closing of House meeting
Government whips agreed yesterday to set up a coordination committee charged with ensuring that abrupt adjournment of House meetings due to a lack of a quorum does not happen again. ...
British man murdered in Thailand
A British man killed in Thailand has been named by police as David Crisp.
Red shirt protesters call for Singapore and Burma to boycott Asean Summit
Red shirt protesters who are loyal to ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra called for leaders of Singapore and Burma to boycott the upcoming Asean Summit in Thailand. They rallied in front of ...
PM to Laos on first official visit abroad
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva headed to Laos Friday for his first official foreign visit as part of a familiarisation tour of Asean countries for newly elected leaders. Abhisit said he ...
Thailand Asks Neighbors to Cooperate on Illegal Immigration
Call comes after hundreds of Rohingya boat people washed up on shores in Thailand, Indonesia, and India with stories of abuse by Thai military
Thailand defies UN over migrants
Thailand admits it has sent scores more asylum-seekers back out to sea, having ignored a UN request for information.
Thai detainees ‘sent back to sea’
Thailand admits it has sent 126 Burmese asylum-seekers back out to sea, amid a scandal over its treatment of immigrants.
Quorum count ends fiery parliamentary session
A lack of quorum brought yesterday's House meeting to an abrupt end, although two earlier checks of attending members on the previous day failed to force such a premature adjournment. ...





