| Thai protesters enjoy free food, $3 massage
San Diego Union-Tribune
Bangkok, Thailand – Once open only to the ruling elite, Thailand's stately Government House has turned into a cross between a refugee camp and a village fairground. Thousands of...
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| Little support for referendum plan as crisis in Thailand drags
eTaiwan News
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej found little support yesterday for his proposal to hold a referendum to resolve the stalemate with protesters who have occupied his offices for 11 days.The...
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| Writer arrested on charge of insulting Thai king
The Miami Herald
An Australian writer accused of defaming Thailand's royal family in his 2005 novel was arrested at Bangkok's international airport as he was about to board a flight home, a press freedom organization...
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| Embattled Thai Premier Known For Politics, Cooking
NPR
Thai Prime Pinister Samak Sundaravej refused to resign or call snap elections, and instead launched a verbal offensive against protesters who have besieged his offices for 10 days.
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| Thai PM mulls ending state of emergency
Daily Star
Anti-government protesters stage a demonstration at the Government House in Bangkok yesterday. Anti-government protesters stormed into Thai Government House compound on demanding Thai Prime...
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| Thai voters to decide on stand-off
Financial Times
Thailand’s embattled prime minister plans to hold a referendum to resolve a stand-off between his administration and protesters seeking to oust him and prompt an overhaul of the political system.
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| New guise as defender of Thai democracy
Financial Times
Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej, the 73-year-old veteran conservative battling to cling to power, has characterised himself as fighting to protect democracy against those now seeking to reduce...
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| Political Tensions Put Thai Economy Under Pressure as Tourism Falters
VOA
Thailand's heightened political tensions have sent a shudder through the economy, hitting the share market and the tourism industry. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, industry groups have called...
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| Reid targets World Cup for Thailand
World Soccer News
The former Sunderland, Manchester City and Leeds manager, who signed a four-year contract with Thailand on Friday, has revealed his plans to turn the country into a force at world level. "I...
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| Thousands continue Bangkok protests, reject compromise proposal
One News
Thousands of mostly middle class anti-government protesters braved the midday tropical heat of Thailand's capital to reject a compromise proposal from the embattled prime minister of a referendum...
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| Thai PM buys time with referendum plan
The Star
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has bought some time with a referendum aimed at defusing street protests, but it will do nothing to resolve Thailand's fundamental political...
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| Thai leader refuses to negotiate with protesters
New Jersey Online
Bangkok, Thailand Thailand's prime minister said Friday he won't negotiate with protesters that have occupied his office in a bid to oust him, as a new mediation effort by Parliament ...
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| Thai Parliament asks Senate speaker to mediate
Find Law
Thailand's Parliament on Friday asked the Senate speaker to mediate in a deadlock between the government and a radical protest group whose supporters have mounted an...
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| Thai Senate approves first reading of referendum bill on breaking political deadlock
People's Daily
Thai Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to pass the first reading of a public referendum bill aimed at breaking the current political impasse in the country. After a two-hour debate, the...
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| Thai students wounded during protest rally
IOL
Bangkok - Police warned students on Friday to avoid street protests after a gunman shot and wounded two students demonstrating against Thailand's prime minister, raising new fears of violence in the...
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| Thai Leader Faces Challenge in Streets and Courts
Gadsden Times
Thousands of protesters remained camped on the grounds of the prime minister’s office, where they have been for more than a week, demanding his resignation. But the mood there was no longer...
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| Bangkok Port Resumes Normal Operations As Strike Ends
Morning Star
Bangkok Port, disrupted for several days by strikes in support of antigovernment protesters, has resumed normal operations, port director Chalermchai Meekhun-iam said Friday.
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| Thai PM Plans Talks Next Few Days On Lifting Emergency Decree
Morning Star
Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said Friday he will hold talks over the next few days about lifting the state of emergency imposed...
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| Three Shot Dead In Latest Southern Thailand Violence - Police
Morning Star
Afp --Separatist militants shot dead three men in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, including a man who was in a graveyard mourning the victim of an earlier attack, police said Friday.
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| "Bangkok Dangerous" Kicks off Fall Movie Season
ABC
The fall box-office season gets off to a rather sedate start this weekend, with just one film opening in wide release -- Lionsgate's "Bangkok Dangerous," starring...
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| Court asks SCB for details
Bangkok Post
The Administrative Court wants more information from Siam Commercial Bank before ruling whether the bank must transfer 12 billion baht from the accounts of two of Thaksin Shinawatra's children to the...
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| Not a genuine govt
Bangkok Post
Mr Arnold's plaintive essay (BP, Sept 3) about the PAD misses the forest for the trees. He rails against the possibility of the PAD taking down his so-called "democratically elected government". ...
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| Students shot near Samak
Bangkok Post
Two Ramkhamhaeng University students were shot and injured by unidentified gunmen last night while marching with about 100 other students to Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's residence to call for...
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| Wife, friends pressed Tej to leave, says PM
Bangkok Post
Thanida TANSUBHAPOL Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said yesterday that Tej Bunnag was pressured by people close to him, including his wife, to resign as foreign minister. Mr Samak, addressing the...
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| PPP seeks charges against senators who took the stage
Bangkok Post
A group of People Power party MPs yesterday lodged a petition with the Office of the Attorney-General seeking legal action against senators who took to the anti-government People's Alliance for...
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| UDD decides to shut down its rally sites
Bangkok Post
The pro-government group the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship yesterday resolved to end their demonstrations nationwide in an effort to help the government's handling of the...
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