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Thai protesters urge military rulers to give up power

About400anti-governmentprotestersralliedSaturdayintheThaicapital,callingonthecountry'smilitaryrulerstogiveuppowerandholdelectionstheypromisedsoonafterstagingaco

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Thailand’s enforced calm could collapse after Yingluck trial

OnFriday,formerThaiPrimeMinisterYingluckShinawatrahearedtheverdictinhertrialoverallegedlyneglectingmanagementofamassivericesubsidyplan.Sheoversawthericesubsidyd

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Three years after coup, junta is deeply embedded in Thai life

OnFridayeveningsinThailand,sandwichedbetweentheeveningnewsandapopularsoapopera,isaprime-timeprogramthathasbeenrunningforthreeyears,oreversincethemilitarytookpow

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Thailand charges 19 "red shirt" leaders with violating junta ban

​Thailand's military-appointed attorney-general on Friday charged 19 leaders of the opposition "red shirt" group with violating a junta ban on political gatherings.

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Scores detained by Thai military over tourist town attacks

Thailand's junta on Thursday said more than a dozen suspects are being detained at military barracks on suspicion of launching a string of deadly bomb and arson attacks against tourist resort towns last week.

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“It goes against democracy”: Ex-premier Abhisit turns on Thai junta’s draft charter

A former prime minister whose party supported Thailand’s last coup lambasted the junta’s new constitution on Wednesday before a referendum on it, a rare blow to the army from within its own political camp.

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Htin Kyaw sworn in as Myanmar's first elected civilian president in decades

Mr Htin Kyaw, the man chosen by Aung San Suu Kyi to serve as her proxy, was sworn in as Myanmar’s president on Wednesday (March 30) in a historic power shift away from outright army rule.

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Curfew lifted in more Thai tourist destinations

The Thai military junta on Sunday announced to lift the curfew in Koh Chang of Trat province, Hat Yai of Songkhla province and Koh Pangan of Surat Thani province, all popular tourist destinations.