Red Shirts

Thailand protests: 3 killed, 24 wounded in attacks

At least three people were killed and 24 wounded in various attacks against anti-government camps near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, said medical services and local media.

Interim Thai PM looks to fix a date for polls as coup fears mount

Six months of anti-government protests have brought sporadic violence to the streets of Bangkok, threatened to tip the economy into recession and even raised fears of civil war.

No question of quitting despite protests, says Thailand PM

Yingluck Shinawatra proposed to meet on Wednesday with various groups — including her opponents — to discuss a proposal from the Election Commission to postpone the February vote

Protests intensify in Bangkok as elections draw closer

The protests centered on seven major intersections, where demonstrators cut roads with walls of sandbags or vans and organized lively sit-ins on mats beneath stages equipped with speaker systems.

For Thaksin Shinawatra, there may never be a grand homecoming to Thailand

His latest attempt to erase a 2008 corruption conviction and come home a free man was a gross miscalculation.

Special security in Thailand as tens of thousands prepare to protest govt

Thailand will deploy 17,000 police officers and has invoked a special security law for what authorities expect will be the largest anti-government protest since Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took office in 2011.

Thai court set for divisive constitutional ruling

Thailand's Constitutional Court will decide on Friday whether the government's plans to amend the constitution are illegal, an outcome that could lead to the dissolution of the ruling party and bring its "red shirt" supporters onto the street. This could lead to another violent chapter in Thailand's history