Thai Protesters Maintain Airport Blockades (Published 2008)
Protesters in Bangkok girded themselves for clashes with police as the government vowed to end two airport sieges.
A primer on Thailand's color war: Why red hates yellow
A much criticized Amnesty Bill heads to the Thai Senate next week. If passed, it could clear the way for former Prime Minster Thaksin...
PAD tries a yellow “people’s coup”
Picture 1: Sondhi Limthongkul on the front page of his newspaper, Manager (August 26, 2008). The headline screams, “Beat the enemy!
Ex-Thai PM Suchinda Kraprayoon, who cracked down on 1992 protests, dies at 91
Suchinda Kraprayoon, an army commander in Thailand who in 1992 followed the Southeast Asian nation's tradition of military strongmen assuming the reins of...
BANGKOK ELECTS ASCETIC EX-GENERAL AS MAYOR (Published 1985)
In the first election in a decade to choose the head of government for this sprawling metropolis, Chamlong Srimuang swept to victory with more than half the...
Ex-PAD heads: We won't pay damages
Former yellow-shirt co-leaders say they cannot afford to pay damages worth more than 522 million baht resulting from the People.
Thai police arrest protest leader
PAD figurehead urges anti-government demonstrators to continue their protests.
Thai Nationalists Begin Bangkok Protest Over Cambodia Dispute
Thai nationalists have begun what they call an indefinite protest in Bangkok to urge the government to take a tougher line in its border dispute with Cambodia.
Times when His Majesty had to step in
There were three major political crises where the King stepped in to mediate and help avert further disaster – in 1973, 1992 and 2006.
Riot police surround Bangkok govt building
Thai riot police surrounded the Government House in Bangkok on Wednesday, after thousands of protesters stormed the compound to demand Thai...
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Retired Thai army general and politician, former Bangkok governor and spiritual leader of parts of the PAD/Yellow Shirt movement prominent royalist figure in Thai politics.