Thai "stealth coup" threatens pro-Thaksin victory
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Fears of a post-election dirty tricks campaign by Thailand's old guard appear to be coming true.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra heads for an unprecedented win in the general election.
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Thailand's new military rulers complained Saturday about what they consider inaccurate foreign news reports on the coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thai coup leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin said Saturday the country's ruling junta will respect the outcome of this month's elections, the first since last year's bloodless coup.
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Authorities in Bangkok stepped up security across the capital Wednesday as Thailand braced for a court ruling on whether to dissolve the kingdom&#39;s two main political parties.
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The sudden, well-orchestrated bloodless coup in Thailand has sparked criticism, concern, unease and uncertainty in the international community.
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Thailand on Wednesday announced it would hold general elections on November 25, earlier than expected in a bid to speed up the return to democracy in the kingdom after last year&#39;s coup.
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Thailand's military looks set to loom   large over an interim civilian government despite pledging it   would step back two weeks after ousting Prime Minister Thaksin   Shinawatra in a bloodless coup.
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not dare return from exile because he could be assassinated by his opponents, the general who removed him in a bloodless coup last year said on Wednesday.
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Slowly but it seems surely, the party backing ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is shaping up to form Thailand's next government, a stunning reversal of fortune after last year's military coup.
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Thailand's roller-coaster politics of the past year and a half, which saw a popular civilian government toppled by a military coup, heads for another treacherous turn Wednesday, when a court considers whether to disband the country's two largest parties.
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The Thai armed forces launched a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra today while he was attending the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York.
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Thailand's military coup leaders faced   international calls for a swift return to democracy on   Wednesday, after vowing to choose a new prime minister within   two weeks to replace ousted Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be arrested if he returns home from a self-imposed exile as planned, even if his victorious allies form a government following last weekend's general election
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The coup in Thailand will not   affect its foreign policy, a Thai diplomat assured world   governments on Wednesday, saying a new constitution and elected   government would be in place within a year.
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Thailand made an uneasy return to democracy Wednesday with the swearing-in of a Cabinet dominated by loyalists to the prime minister ousted 19 months ago in a military coup.
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Reader comments The Thai army seized control of Bangkok last night in a bloodless military coup while controversial Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was thousands of miles away at the United Nations in New ...