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Police nab student president
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 02/09/2020
» Police arrested a student leader on Tuesday as part of a continued crackdown against political activists who helped organise an anti-government protest in July.
Phnom Penh fears rebels massing in Thai border town
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 06/11/2019
» Cambodia has asked Thailand to keep a close watch on anti-Hun Sen groups mobilising Cambodian labour support in the border town of Aranyaprathet in Sa Kaeo province.
Officials seize protest banners at CU-TU match
Bangkok Post, Published on 07/02/2015
» Soldiers blocked Thammasat University marchers from entering a football stadium and seized their political satire banners on Saturday.
Anti-coup protest gallery
Bangkok Post, Published on 25/05/2014
» The photo gallery captures coup- and political-related events happening in Bangkok on Sunday, May 25, 2014. (Bangkok Post photos)
Out with the old
Bangkok Post, Published on 23/05/2014
» On May 23, armed military officers are the only individuals at protest sites of both the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) and the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) after the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council (NPOMC) told all protesters to go home. Meanwhile, 155 key figures involved with the current political conflict have been summoned by Gen Prayuth Chan-Ocha, the junta leader and head of the NPOMC. Elsewhere, a small group made up mostly of university students took to the streets to protest against the coup. (Video by Jetjaras na Ranong, Chumporn Sangvilert and Nattawat Watanasuwan)
Acting PM, Surachai face up to crisis challenge
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 19/05/2014
» Acting caretaker Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan and acting Senate Speaker Surachai Liangboonlertchai are expected to meet today to discuss ways out of the political quagmire. The challenges are immense, but the results will be crucial, determining the immediate future of the country.
Senate plan to appoint interim premier ‘on track’
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 18/05/2014
» The upper house has vowed to press ahead with plans to install an interim prime minister, saying the process is already "80% complete".
Imprisoned in their ‘palace’
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 22/02/2014
» The Civil Court ruling that bans the caretaker administration from using the state of emergency decree to break up the anti-government protest is a blessing for rally-goers and protest leaders who face arrest warrants for defying the special legal requirements.
Protesters have no right to force their opinions on others
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 25/12/2013
» Anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban's instruction to supporters to stop their blockade of the election candidacy registration process deserves recognition.
'Truth Today' talk show gets relaunch
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 07/12/2013
» Three core leaders of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will host the Truth Today television programme on state-run Channel 11, in a move seen as an attempt to counter the anti-government protests.