Situation in Thailand

Thailand's PM Thaksin Shinawatra waves to photographers after a cabinet meeting at the Government House in Bangkok April 4. (Xinhua/Reuters)

Coup d'etat launched in Thailand     BANGKOK, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Thai Royal Army Commander-in-Chief Gen. Sonthi Boonyarataglin staged a coup d'etat Tuesday evening and ousted the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Scheduled Thai prime minister speech at UN General Assembly canceled     UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The scheduled speech by ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday was canceled at the request of the Thai delegation, a Thai diplomatic source told Xinhua.

Privy Counselor General Surayu Zhulanong to be new Thai PM: military source     BANGKOK, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Thai Privy Counselor General Surayu Zhulanong will be the new Thai prime minister, a Thai military source said here early Wednesday morning.

Thai military declares launch of coup     BANGKOK, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- All radio and TV channels broadcast military statement of successful coup late Tuesday and witnesses saw that forces seized the prime minister's office in Bangkok.

Coup rumors widely spread in Thailand     BANGKOK, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) --Coup rumors were widely spread Tuesday night after the Third and Fifth Army areas moved their four battalions out, a military source told Xinhua.

Thai group vows to rally until Thaksin leaves politics     BANGKOK, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) of Thailand, a strong coalition against caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has vowed to continue its anti-Thaksin demonstration planned on Sept. 20 until Thaksin decides to leave politics.

Canadian confirmed dead in Thai bomb blasts     OTTAWA, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- A Canadian was killed in Thailand on Saturday in a series of simultaneous bomb blasts in a busy tourist shopping street, Canada's Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed.

Bombs rock Thai South, killing at least 5     BANGKOK, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and over 70 others were injured in six bomb attacks Saturday night in Thai southern province of Songkhla, a military source told Xinhua.

Thaksin supporters oppose anti-Thaksin rally     BANGKOK, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- In a move to protect their home-born prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, supporters in Thailand's northern capital Chiang Mai, Thaksin's hometown and political stronghold, Wednesday moved forward to obstruct the planned major rally against him at the Chiang Mai University campus.

Thai official: Next poll may be delayed more than 1 month     BANGKOK, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- The new election commissioners will be asked to consider recommendations to delay the date of Thailand's scheduled general election from Oct. 15 to no sooner than Nov. 19, the Thai newspaper the Nation reported on Monday.

Thai Senate selects new Election Commissioners     BANGKOK, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Thai Senate late Friday selected five persons to form a new Election Commission (EC) panel to organize the country's next general election scheduled for October 15, a source close to the parliament told Xinhua.

Thai PM orders answers after southern chained bomb blasts     BANGKOK, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra ordered senior officials to provide answers to possible security lapses after Thursday morning's insurgent bombings in the deep South.

Militants explode banks in southern Thailand     BANGKOK, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Thai southern Muslim militants detonated at least 23 bombs simultaneously at several commercial banks in southernmost province of Yala Thursday morning, killing at least one person and injuring dozens, a military source told Xinhua.

Thai parties prepared for possible rescheduled election day     BANGKOK, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Two rival parties in Thailand, the Democrat and the Thai Rak Thai, have respectively expressed readiness to revise their campaigning plans if the October 15 election is to be delayed.

Fake bomb found near Thaksin's house     BANGKOK, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- A bag made to look like bomb was found on Monday at the back of a bank near the house of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok, according to the webedition of local newspaper the Nation.

Thai caretaker PM "narrowly escaped assassination"      BANGKOK, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Thursday, after police defused explosives in a car roaming near his residence in southern Bangkok in the morning and detained two suspects said to belong to a Thai army institution.

Thai Police defuse bomb near residence of prime minister     BANGKOK, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Thai Police explosive experts defused a bomb hidden in a car near the residence of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and detained a suspect Thursday, police said.

Thaksin yet to decide on political future     BANGKOK, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Tuesday that he has not yet made a final decision on his political future. "I still don't know whether I should retire from politics by the end of this year, or continue my political work in coming years," he said.

Anti-Thaksin group threatens to stage big protest     BANGKOK, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) of Thailand Tuesday demanded the police to take immediate investigation and arrest those who involved in the Monday clash between prime minister's supporters and opponents.

Senator's relative shot injured in Thai South     BANGKOK, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The younger sister of a provincial senator was shot injured by unidentified gunmen in Thai southernmost province of Narathiwat early Tuesday morning, a military official told Xinhua.

New alliance launched to against Thaksin     BANGKOK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Presenting itself as a peaceful social movement against Thai premier's prevailing political, social and economic policies, so-called "Thaksinocracy," a new civil society group has announced its mission to mobilize social sanctions against the supporters of the caretaker prime minister's policies -- without going to the streets.

Resolving southern violence is uphill task: Thai Caretaker PM     BANGKOK, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Thai Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra Sunday expressed his concern over the suspected insurgent shooting of an outgoing senator in Thai deep south Sunday morning, saying that resolving violence in the nation's deep South is an uphill task.

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