Protesters threaten to cut off water and electricity
Cutting off electricity and water to government offices and the Prime Minister's residence may be the next step in the protest against the Yingluck government. Sunday is 'major battle day' and Monday the demonstrators will march through Bangkok in twelve groups.
The Yingluck government and ruling party Pheu Thai received a sensitive blow from the Constitutional Court yesterday. The proposal to change the composition of the Senate is against the constitution. The bill turns the Senate into a family business that leads to a power monopoly that undermines democracy.
Preah Vihear: Yingluck keeps a low profile
Prime Minister Yingluck emphasized in parliament yesterday that she never said she would accept the judgment of the ICJ [International Court of Justice in The Hague]. "I have emphasized the need to maintain peace and cordial international relations regardless of the Court's ruling."
News from Thailand – November 5, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Capsized ferry captain confesses: I had taken drugs
• Tears well up in Yingluck's eyes: Forgive each other
• Amnesty protest: Business is still holding back
'Tring…tring….tring'
Chris de Boer succeeded in eavesdropping on a telephone conversation between former Prime Minister Thaksin and his sister Yingluck, who has been Prime Minister of Thailand for 2 years (she thinks). Read and cry…
News from Thailand – August 19, 2013
News from Thailand brings today:
• Prime Minister Yingluck: I am not a puppet of (my brother) Thaksin
• Supreme Court is fed up with 'political' declarations
• Most (?) agricultural land is unsuitable for rice cultivation
News from Thailand – August 16, 2013
News from Thailand brings today:
• Criticism of Prime Minister Yingluck's many trips abroad (40).
• Krabi Airport open 24 hours a day
• Tony Blair does not receive a speech fee at the forum
News from Thailand – August 3, 2013
News from Thailand brings today:
• Yingluck proposes broad reconciliation forum
• Kudos to Bangkok Post
• Inflation down for the seventh month
News from Thailand – July 5, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Chalerm: Yingluck is besieged by 'ice cream gang'
• Heavy flooding in the South
• White mask actions in Bangkok are still going ahead
News from Thailand – July 3, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Anti-smokers support larger deterrent pictures on cigarette packs
• Prime Minister Yingluck will be busy, she will also head the PR department
• Top official admits: a lot of corruption in the rice mortgage system
Prime Minister Yingluck steps out of the shadow of brother Thaksin and sister Yaowapa concludes Bangkok Post today. The changed composition of the cabinet indicates that Yingluck has strengthened her grip on power.
News from Thailand – April 30, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Investigation shows: Collapsed bridge was repaired improperly
• Yingluck defends brother Thaksin and red shirt protests
• Second peace talks: BRN must curb violence in South
Tension continues to rise at the Constitutional Court
Tensions escalated around the Constitutional Court yesterday. Yingluck gave an unusually fiery speech, there was a counter-demonstration and there were skirmishes.
News from Thailand – April 8, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Sunthorn was not allowed to go to the draft draw, so she set fire to her boyfriend
• Police climb over rooftops to invade illegal casino
• Yingluck lightning visit to South; Chalerm still hasn't arrived
News from Thailand – April 5, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Yingluck does not have to resign; stock market reacts with relief
• Rural doctors are fed up with performance pay
• Ikea finds horsemeat in meatballs Bang Na store
News from Thailand – March 25, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• DSI unravels exam fraud; headmasters handed out answers
• Suriyasai looks into the crystal ball: Early elections approaching
• 'Yingluck's visit to Papua New Guinea is not pure coffee'
News from Thailand – March 23, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Prime Minister Yingluck: I'm not a very good speaker
• SET index plunges 3,3 percent
• Thirty Karen burnt alive in refugee camp (Update: 35)