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Thai Military Push Against Muslim Guerrillas Fails
Friday, 15 December 2006, 10:49 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After staging a bloodless, right-wing coup to expand their political and economic control, Thailand's U.S.-trained military has been unable to crush Muslim guerrillas in the south, resulting in hundreds of Buddhists fleeing ... More >>
Thai's Coup Leaders Face A Southern Insurgency
Monday, 6 November 2006, 8:27 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The horror of 78 Muslim men who were forcibly tied up, laid out like logs in army trucks, crushed until their eyes bled and they suffocated to death, has not been forgotten despite the coup regime's apology. More >>
PM Shinawatra Willing To Stand Trial In Thailand
Monday, 6 November 2006, 2:10 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is willing to stand trial for corruption and extrajudicial murders allegedly committed during his reign, and wants to return from self-exile when martial law is lifted, his lawyer said in ... More >>
Squabbling Erupts Among Thailand's Coup Plotters
Thursday, 2 November 2006, 3:51 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Six weeks after a bloodless military coup destroyed Thailand's democracy, squabbling has erupted among supporters of the putsch, amid worries that corrupt politicians are hiding illegal loot while the ruling junta dithers without ... More >>
Thai Junta Warns Of Risks Of Lifting Martial Law
Friday, 6 October 2006, 3:11 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The American Embassy on Wednesday (October 4) pressured Thailand's military junta to lift martial law within 10 days, but coup leader Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratkalin warned of problems "if martial law is lifted too soon." More >>
Thai Coup Leaders Promise Corruption Investigation
Friday, 29 September 2006, 9:38 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The military coup leaders promised to investigate alleged corruption committed during ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's reign, including his family's 1.9 billion U.S. dollar telecommunications sale, Thailand's purchase of ... More >>
Thailand's Coup Plotters Award Themselves Immunity
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 11:20 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The military junta unveiled on Wednesday (September 27) a draft constitution awarding themselves "complete immunity" after they toppled Thailand's elected government in a bloodless coup, declared martial law, shredded the previous ... More >>
Post Coup Fears Keep US Troops From Thailand R&R
Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 11:28 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The U.S. military in South Korea warned its troops not to travel to Thailand because the aftermath of Bangkok's coup could turn anti-American, but about 60 Thais defied martial law on Monday (September 25) and denounced the new ... More >>
Thailand's New Constitution May Open Up Democracy
Monday, 25 September 2006, 9:35 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's new constitution should boost the right to strike and form unions, end discrimination against politicians without Bachelor's degrees, nationalize public and security infrastructure, and allow people to vote from any ... More >>
Thailand Coup Protests, Petitions & Prosecutions
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 12:13 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The wife of self-exiled billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, and two of their adult children, did not flee abroad after a bloodless military coup toppled his elected government, paving the way for possible prosecution of his family ... More >>
Thai Coup Leaders Pursue Shinawatra Collaborators
Friday, 22 September 2006, 11:34 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Military coup leaders on Thursday (September 21) hunted for politicians, officials and other collaborators of the toppled elected government and hauled some in for questioning, after the billionaire prime minister, his family, ... More >>
Ehrlich: Thailand's Coup Junta's First Moves
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 11:30 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The six highest-ranking, U.S.-trained, military and police officers in this Southeast Asian nation presented themselves on Wednesday (September 20) as Thailand's new self-appointed coup leaders, warning people not to destabilize ... More >>
Thailand US Trained Military Mount Bloodless Coup
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 8:45 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Troops from Thailand's U.S.-trained military, backed by tanks and armored personnel carriers, seized the prime minister's office on Tuesday (September 19) night and filled TV screens with propaganda, in a bloodless coup led by a "revolutionary ... More >>
Burma Boasts At UN Of Big Northern Friends
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 12:38 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Dragged by the U.S. into the United Nations Security Council for critical examination, Burma responded on Tuesday (September 19) by boasting that China, Russia and other "friendly nations" will protect Burma's military ... More >>
Thai Counter-Insurgency Officials Coup Plotters?
Saturday, 9 September 2006, 9:16 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After surviving an alleged car bomb assassination plot, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra now faces about 10 military counter-insurgency officials charged with attempting to murder him, including a sergeant who confessed to planning ... More >>
22 Simultaneous Bank Bombs Explode In Thailand
Friday, 1 September 2006, 11:41 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- In a bloody, stunning display of discipline, suspected Muslim insurgents exploded 22 time-bombs in 22 banks on Thursday (August 31) killing one person, a week after an apparently unrelated car bomb "assassination plot" against ... More >>
Thai PM Says Assassination Attempt Part Of A Coup
Monday, 28 August 2006, 11:40 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After surviving what he described as an assassination attempt, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Friday (August 25) a car bomb, packed with explosives near his house, was a plot by military officers to stage a coup. More >>
American Embassy In Burma Attracts Junta's Ire
Friday, 25 August 2006, 10:29 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The military regime in Burma has targeted the American Embassy in Rangoon, and one of the embassy's female Burmese staffers, because U.S. and British diplomats met opposition politicians whose leader is the world's most famous political ... More >>
Assassination Attempt On Thai PM Shinawatra
Friday, 25 August 2006, 10:15 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- An assassination attempt against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra almost succeeded on Thursday (August 24), but he "left an hour earlier than usual" from home, while police seized a potential car bomb and an army officer who drove ... More >>
Ehrlich: John Mark Karr's Last Night In Bangkok
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 11:00 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Accused murderer John Mark Karr's last hours in Bangkok on Sunday (August 20) were spent dressing up and discussing Chopin and classical music, while listening to his Thai jailer serenade him with a personal, impromptu version ... More >>
