by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 22, 2017 | World
A small bomb blast at a military hospital in the Thai capital, Bangkok, wounded 24 people on Monday, three years to the day since the army seized power in the country. There was no claim of responsibility for the blast at the Phramongkutklao Hospital, which is popular...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 30, 2014 | World
Bangkok, Reuters—Thailand’s military government said on Monday it had begun an overhaul of the electoral system following an announcement by junta leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha that polls could take place by late 2015. The military took power on May 22 in a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 27, 2014 | Media
Bangkok, Reuters—Thailand’s military authorities are setting up a network of panels to closely monitor domestic and international media and crackdown on criticism of what the junta sees as its efforts to right the country, a senior officer said on Thursday....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 8, 2014 | World
Bangkok, Reuters—Thailand’s junta kept many of the thousands of troops and police it readied to deal with protests in Bangkok on Sunday off the streets as the number of people making a public show of dissent to the May 22 coup dwindled. The military has cracked...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 28, 2014 | World
Bangkok, Reuters—Thailand’s junta has appointed as advisers two retired generals with palace connections, putting powerful establishment figures hostile towards former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra firmly in the ascendant in the country’s long-running...
