Thai General Dies

Former Thai prime minister and influential royal adviser General Prem Tinsulanonda died on Sunday morning at age 98 in a Bangkok hospital, a palace official told Reuters.

A general election will take place in Thailand next year as planned by the ruling junta, local media reported on Monday, while Thais grieved over the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej who died last week after seven decades on the throne.

Nine people were killed in clashes at a temple declared a "safe zone" within a Thai anti- government rally site which was shut down in a military offensive, police said on Thursday."Doctors and medical workers who went to the scene said they saw nine bodies inside the temple," Police Operation Center spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said.The death toll...

The Thai government says an operation launched at daybreak to clear some 3000 protesters from their barricaded encampment in downtown Bangkok, which they have occupied for weeks, will last throughout the day.Government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said Wednesday's operation is designed "to secure the parameter in several locations in Bangkok."Pa...

Thai troops opened fire at a fortified encampment of anti-government protesters in central Bangkok on Wednesday.

A rogue Thai general who aided anti-government protesters and was shot by an unidentified sniper died Monday from his wounds, raising fears of new violence after five days of street battles that have killed 36 people in downtown Bangkok.Thai news reports said that Major General Khattiya Sawasdiphol, a renegade army officer accused of creating a par...

Former Thai prime minister and influential royal adviser General Prem Tinsulanonda died on Sunday morning at age 98 in a Bangkok hospital, a palace official told Reuters.

A general election will take place in Thailand next year as planned by the ruling junta, local media reported on Monday, while Thais grieved over the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej who died last week after seven decades on the throne.

Nine people were killed in clashes at a temple declared a "safe zone" within a Thai anti- government rally site which was shut down in a military offensive, police said on Thursday."Doctors and medical workers who went to the scene said they saw nine bodies inside the temple," Police Operation Center spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said.The death toll...

The Thai government says an operation launched at daybreak to clear some 3000 protesters from their barricaded encampment in downtown Bangkok, which they have occupied for weeks, will last throughout the day.Government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said Wednesday's operation is designed "to secure the parameter in several locations in Bangkok."Pa...

Thai troops opened fire at a fortified encampment of anti-government protesters in central Bangkok on Wednesday.

A rogue Thai general who aided anti-government protesters and was shot by an unidentified sniper died Monday from his wounds, raising fears of new violence after five days of street battles that have killed 36 people in downtown Bangkok.Thai news reports said that Major General Khattiya Sawasdiphol, a renegade army officer accused of creating a par...