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Thousands of young people, borrowing from Harry Potter and other pop culture touchstones, are calling on the army and its allies to get out of politics. BANGKOK -- Her hair [...]

This appeared in Sunday's Washington Post. - - - Thailand plunged deep into mourning on Thursday following the death of much-revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch. Now the [...]

On Aug. 11 and 12, coordinated bombings and arson attacks in tourist destinations in seven provinces of peninsular Thailand killed four people and injured 35. No group claimed responsibility, and [...]

GENEVA -- The United Nations human rights chief urged Thailand's military rulers on Friday to curtail ''dangerously sweeping'' powers that are set to be enshrined under a draft constitution. He [...]

Byline: Anna Fifield BANGKOK -- For more than a decade, Thailand's Muslim separatists limited their insurgency to the country's south, keeping their guerrilla raids, bombings and beheadings in the provinces [...]

BANGKOK -- Not a single shot has been fired by the military since generals overthrew a democratically elected government here last May. Instead, they have depended on the force of [...]

BANGKOK -- Fifteen billion dollars. That's roughly the price tag of the coup d'tat to date. And it's the difference between the Thai economy, Southeast Asia's second-biggest, stagnating, as it [...]

Byline: Chico Harlan BANGKOK - It's hard in Thailand to have a meaningful discussion about the country's most meaningful institution: the monarchy. Laws ban any criticism of the king. Salacious [...]

Byline: Flora Bagenal The soldier yodeling on stage wears a guitar, a cowboy hat, and army fatigues. Behind him three female soldiers bop to the rhythm with beaming smiles. 'Thailand [...]

After taking power in a coup last week, Thailand's top army general said the military would establish a 'genuine democracy' in the country. But in practice, the military is operating […]

CHIANG YUEN, Thailand -- They emerged flush with cash, the rice farmers who traveled to a state-owned bank here to retrieve the money that Thailand's military junta had ordered they [...]

Byline: Chico Harlan BANGKOK - Thailand's military junta attempted to tighten its grip on this teetering country Friday, summoning members of the ousted government and imposing travel bans on scores [...]

Byline: Chico Harlan On the days when it is functioning normally - no certain thing over the past few years - Thailand has an elected prime minister, a parliament and [...]

The following editorial appeared in Friday's Washington Post: In declaring martial law Tuesday, Thailand's army chief, Gen. Prayuth Chan-Ocha, implicitly asked the Thai people and their friends abroad, especially in [...]

BANGKOK -- The Thai military seized control of the country on Thursday and detained at least 25 leading politicians in a culmination of months of maneuvering by the Bangkok establishment [...]

BANGKOK -- The Thai military removed all doubt about its intentions in declaring martial law earlier this week, and on Thursday officially announced that it was taking control of the [...]

Byline: the Monitor's Editorial Board A military coup in Thailand on Thursday - the country's 11th since 1932 - may seem like a peculiar Thai problem. Will the 'land of [...]

BANGKOK -- Citing a century-old law, the head of Thailand's Army declared what he described as nationwide martial law early Tuesday and urged protesters who have paralyzed the government and […]

BANGKOK -- Questions intensified about the intentions of Thailand's military on Wednesday, a day after the head of the army declared martial law and curbed media freedoms but allowed protesters [...]

BRUSSELS -- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of Thailand acknowledged that a continuing crackdown against the opposition might have led to possible human rights abuses in his country, but he insisted [...]

Byline: KAREN CONNELLY FLASHBACK / FROM MONKS TO MAYHEM In Thai, 'Bangkok' begins with the syllables 'Gloong-tape,' but the full name of the city is several lines long. A small [...]

BANGKOK -- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared on Friday that order had been restored across Thailand and that it was time for reconciliation, even as the country remained under a [...]

Byline: Kantathi Suphamongkhon I have watched Thailand's free fall into the abyss with deep sadness. At this very moment, Thais are killing Thais and the situation is getting worse by [...]

Thailand's political crisis worsened Tuesday when antigovernment protesters trapped lawmakers inside the Parliament building and fought running battles with the police that left one person dead and nearly 400 injured. […]

Thai voters endorsed a new constitution on Sunday as the country eases toward the end of nearly a year of military rule and into the messy politics of a democratic […]

Some are already calling it war, a brutal Muslim separatist insurgency in southern Thailand that has taken as many as 2,000 lives in three years with almost daily bombings, drive-by […]

A string of lethal bombs that disrupted New Year's celebrations here has signaled the start of a difficult year for Thailand as entrenched elites struggle for control of the country's […]

Thailand's junta said Friday that it would not interfere with the workings of the interim government it has promised to appoint. But it said it reserved the right to fire […]

Byline: Agence France-Presse, with files from Adam Bisby Hundreds of travellers have cancelled holidays in Thailand -- especially trips to the country's south -- in the wake of yesterday's military [...]

In Thailand's first coup in 15 years, military leaders seized control of Bangkok on Tuesday night, suspended the Constitution and declared martial law in the capital, effective immediately. There were […]

'Political troubles should be solved by politicians,' the chief of Thailand's army wisely declared last March. 'Military coups are a thing of the past.' Regrettably, Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin changed his […]