'Like water eroding rocks': Thai protesters prepare for long fight
As they paraded through a Bangkok shopping mall in crop tops to mock Thailand's king, protesters made an incongruous sight among the festive decorations. They brought stares, smiles and some muted cheers, but the few dozen activists were far short of the tens of thousands ...
Thai protests target king’s billions of dollars in property investments
Thailand’s royal family has long been the biggest shareholder in two of the country’s most valuable companies as well as vast plots of land in central Bangkok.
Signs of dissent within Thai military as protests grow
Social media is exposing discontent among some soldiers, police and civil servants after months of protests against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha and the monarchy.
Amid Thailand’s protests, a feared tool to protect the monarchy returns
Thailand has transformed from a country where criticism of the monarchy was only whispered to a place where protesters have spray-painted "the king is dead” on Bangkok streets.
LGBTQ support brings a new flavor to Thailand politics amid protests
In demonstrations where the vibe can turn from festive to tense in just a matter of minutes, LGBT people dressed in eye-catching outfits have stood alongside black-clad protesters.
Thailand’s protests shatter taboos but so far produce little change
In unison, anti-government protesters Wednesday called the King of Thailand a giant monitor lizard, one of the worst things that can be said of anyone in Thai, and spray-painted bus stops and pavement in the capital’s central business district with graffiti describing his sexual ...
Thai women use pro-democracy protests to challenge sexism
Napawn Somsak took to the stage in her school uniform, her hair in pigtails, to denounce sexism in Thai society and question the treatment of a royal princess — an act unthinkable before the protests that have roiled the country in recent months. Before a ...
Almost like clockwork, talk of a military coup follows Thai protests
For the protesters, the military’s enduring power in a country that markets itself as a modern democracy is as alarming as it is anachronistic.
Some students at Thailand's Thammasat University posed with cardboard cutouts of well-known critics of the monarchy on Saturday in a protest as King Maha Vajiralongkorn was to present degrees amid growing calls for royal reform. Youth and student-led demonstrations that began in July by demanding ...
Focused on Thai king, protesters vow to persist even if PM quits
Even if Prayut Chan-ocha steps down, protesters say they aren’t going anywhere until the political system engineered by the royalist elite is also gone.
Germany warns of ‘consequences’ if Thai king breached law
Demonstrators are questioning the king’s legal status in the European country and asking Germany to probe whether he has exercised royal authority during his time there.
Thai democracy movement vows fresh protests after prime minister snub
The former military chief who staged the 2014 coup is facing pressure from a student-led movement that has organized massive demonstrations for months.
