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All Bangkok rally sites but one close March 3
In a speech in the evening of February 28, Thailand's anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban said that all Bangkok rally sites except the one...
More explosions, gunfire in Bangkok
New explosions and gunfire occurred near an anti-government protest site in Thailand's capital early on February 25 after the protesters' leader warned that government...
Yingluck promises rice payments ‘next week’
Long-overdue government subsidy payments to farmers under the rice-pledging scheme will begin next week, Thaialnd's caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on February 13,...
Thai ex-finance minister harshly attacks government (see full letter)
Thailand's ex-finance minister, ex-foreign minister and former head of the Bank of Thailand, Pridiyathorn Devakula, in an open letter issued on February 6 to...
Yingluck to run in election again – baht declines
Despite massive protests against her, Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been named the No 1 party-list MP candidate of the ruling Pheu...
Bangkok faces biggest gridlock ever
Mass protests on December 22 are likely to cause the biggest gridlock that Bangkok has ever seen. In the morning, tens of thousands of...
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The Philippines is in need of 1.56 trillion pesos (approximately $32 billion) to kickstart a recovery from...
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