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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 23, 2014
Schools shut; TV stations silent as Thai Army enforces coup
Schools were shut, international television stations were off the air and channels broadcast military logos and patriotic music on Friday, a day after Thailand's military seized control following a six-month political stalemate that has sapped economic growth.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 23, 2014
Thai army chief summons ousted PM for talks a day after coup
Thailand's army chief, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, will begin to govern a polarized country on Friday, a day after he seized power in a bloodless coup in a bid to end six months of turmoil.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 22, 2014
Thai army takes power in coup after talks between rivals fail
Thailand's army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha seized control of the government in a coup on Thursday, two days after he declared martial law, saying the military had to restore order and push through reforms after six months of turmoil.
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2014
Thailand must stop preferring bullets over votes
There is no military solution to Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Every time soldiers step up to restore order in the short run, they set back Thai democracy in the long run.
EDITORIALS
May 15, 2014
Short-circuiting Thai democracy
Thailand's opposition may be successful in its rear-guard battles against a democratically elected government, but these 'victories' are Pyrrhic, resulting in economic instability.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2014
It's a Thai thing: ditching the new for the old
More than almost any other political crisis on the face of the earth today, it is the crisis in Thailand that saddens American columnist Tom Plate.
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2014
Waiting for a coup that'll install 'good people'
All the street demonstrations and legal obstructionism by Thailand's opposition are ultimately intended to create political paralysis that will provide the pretext for a coup. One problem with that is that a whole generation of Thais has now grown up expecting to have a political voice in their government.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2014
No end in sight to Thailand's political unrest
The crux of the now six-month-long Thai campaign of protests is not just the widespread corruption supposedly committed by the Yingluck government. It's also the seemingly intimate ties between the king's heir apparent and Thaksin Shinawatra, which worry the conservative royalists of the 'network monarchy.'
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2014
Color-coding won't explain mess in Thailand
Recent developments in Thailand may put paid to the international media's tendency to make sense of the protests by describing the 'red shirts' as representing the poor and the 'yellow shirts' as the elite.
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2014
Same old Thai stalemate
The political crisis in Thailand appears set to drag on as vote disruptions in Sunday's general election threaten to push back by several months the establishment of a new parliament.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2014
Thai election ends peacefully; results face protester delay
Thais voted in a controversial general election Sunday that was generally free of violence, but the official results will be delayed by voting difficulties in some parts of the country.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2014
Thailand to court mob rule if opposition boycotts polls
Nothing will be served if Thailand's political opposition continues its campaign to boycott elections. It can only lead to a choice of mob rule or an army takeover, either of which would be disastrous.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2013
Thai opposition prepares a silent coup d'état
The sense that Thailand has seen extreme partisan politics played out in the streets before would be mildly reassuring were it not for a nagging fear that this decent and prosperous society may be set to destroy its democracy.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2013
The tragedy of Thailand's politics
For America, the proper question is what, if any, is its role as thousands of angry protesters in Bangkok march not for democracy but, in effect, for an end to it?
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2013
Right renews its war on democracy in Thailand
In most democracies, government spending on free health care and anti-poverty programs would be seen as part of the normal political process, but in Thailand, it is regarded by many rich opponents of the current 'Thaksin' administration as a form of bribery.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2013
Thai angst and the battle for royal intervention
The battle in Thailand has been redrawn into one between ethical rule centered on the monarchy as the face of moral authority against the supposedly corrupt Yingluck Shinawatra regime.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2013
Thai amnesty bill stirs a new round of unrest
The possibility of political violence will compel the Thai government to shelve an amnesty bill that would allow former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return home.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2013
Thailand opts for stability
Thailand's Senate has rejected an amnesty bill that threatened the country's hard-won stability.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2013
Thailand must overcome obsession with Thaksin
It's frustrating to think where Thailand — Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy — might be today had the nation not squandered the last seven years on all things Thaksin.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2013
Hope for amnesty bill as Thai protests return
The Thai government finds itself beset by renewed street protests as an amnesty bill, for those involved in political violence since 2006, is debated in Parliament.
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Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
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