Thailand

thai villagers
Thai special operations troops are pulling out of Thailand's mostly Muslim southern provinces, signaling a shift in tactics from "search and destroy" to "hearts and minds." [more]
Thai rice farmers harvest rice in Narathiwat province April 26
Despite the Thai prime minister's assertion that a rice cartel may soon take off, the plan is unlikely to function as planned. [more]
Thaksin Shinawatra
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's controversial anti-drug campaign is slated to be revived April 2. [more]
Thai Soldiers on Patrol in Pattani Province
Thailand's military announced that it plans to construct three bases and training camps in the restive southern provinces. (With Stratfor map) [more]
Myanmar--Aung San Suu Kyi in May 1999
February 20, 2008 0721 GMT
Myanmar's increasingly confident military regime has barred imprisoned opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running in the proposed 2010 elections. [more]
CHART -- GDP Growth and Power Generation (9 countries)
February 1, 2008 0159 GMT
As businesses turn their attention to emerging markets in Africa, Southeast Asia and other regions, rapid growth rates threaten to outstrip fragile or underdeveloped energy grids. Marla Dial and Davis Cherry investigate. [more]
January 14, 2008 1423 GMT
Thailand's military regime has failed to quell the Islamist insurgency in the country's south. But, says Colin Chapman, the problems are complex and go beyond ethnic grievances. [more]
Thai People Power Party leader Samak Sundaravej
Thailand's People Power Party on Jan. 4 reconfirmed that it is still on track to form Thailand's next government, despite the Election Commission's Jan. 3 decision to investigate 65 of the party's members for election fraud. [more]
Thailand - Elections
December 28, 2007 2001 GMT
With less than a week left before Thailand’s newly elected government is announced, current interim regime Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas emphasized that he cannot rule out chances of a coup in 2008. [more]
Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont
December 19, 2007 1941 GMT
Millions of Thais are expected to turn out for Thailand's first election since the September 2006 coup that ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. [more]
Women wearing hats with pictures of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej
December 5, 2007 2051 GMT
Thailand's revered king has stopped the country from toppling into chaos numerous times, and elections are coming up. [more]
Thailand Coup Leader Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin Surveys Troops, Smiling
September 30, 2007 2052 GMT
Hours after Thailand's outgoing military chief, Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin, said he will to accept the post of deputy prime minister in charge of security affairs in the Thai Cabinet, a bomb exploded near the army headquarters Sept. 30. [more]
July 23, 2007 1923 GMT
An anti-government protest in Bangkok, Thailand, organized by the United Front of Democracy... [more]
July 10, 2007 2312 GMT
Thai army intelligence suggests militant insurgents from the country's restive south could be... [more]
June 27, 2007 0230 GMT
Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin, during an interview on Thai army-run TV station Channel 5 on Tuesday,... [more]
June 13, 2007 1537 GMT
Rumors of another coup in Thailand are again spreading through Bangkok, eliciting government... [more]
June 4, 2007 2050 GMT
Thai coup leader and military chief Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin hinted June 2 at a possible... [more]
May 30, 2007 2214 GMT
The Thai Constitutional Tribunal, Thailand's highest court, found the Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT)... [more]
May 25, 2007 1836 GMT
Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej said May 25 the restoration of democracy in Thailand remains on... [more]
May 7, 2007 2111 GMT
A small bomb exploded in a phone booth outside Chitralada Palace in Bangkok late May 5. The... [more]