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Hundreds Join Anti-Junta Rally In Thailand As Calls For Democracy Grow
Hundreds of pro-democracy Thais rallied in Bangkok on Saturday to skewer the ruling junta with T-shirts, signs and speeches, as activists grow bolder in their defiance of a ban on protests.
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Thai Junta Uneasy About Pokemon Go Craze
Pokemon Go's debut in Thailand has alarmed the country's generals, prompting the kingdom's junta chief to warn youngsters against playing too much and the army to ban the game from barracks.
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Primates Defy Thai Junta Ban On Referendum Monkey Business
A gang of 100 marauding monkeys have become the latest saboteurs to target a referendum trumpeted by the Thai junta as a cure for the nation's political crisis, after they tore down voter lists.
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Thai Junta Shuts Critical TV Channel As Poll Looms
Thai authorities have ordered an anti-junta television channel to stop broadcasting as the kingdom's military rulers tighten the screw on dissent ahead of a controversial referendum vote.
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Thai Journalist Charged Under Draconian Charter Law
A Thai journalist and four activists were charged Monday under a draconian law banning criticism of the junta's new constitution which will be voted on in a referendum next month.
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Thai Activists Plan to Defy Junta Ban With More Marches
A group of pro-democracy activists said on Sunday they plan more marches after staging the largest political demonstration in Thailand's capital since a military government took power in May 2014.
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Thai Police Arrest 14 Students in Anti-Junta Protest
Police in Thailand today arrested 14 students who had been protesting against the ruling junta, in defiance of a ban on public gatherings.
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Thailand Admits 'Urgent' Need to Improve Aviation Safety
Thai authorities Monday said they would use special powers under junta rule to "urgently" improve airline safety as several carriers face bans on new international flights following concerns raised by a UN aviation agency.
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Thai Junta Bans Ex-Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from Travelling Overseas
Thailand's toppled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been banned from travelling overseas because graft charges carrying up to a decade in jail will be formally laid against her later this month, officials said on Monday.
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Thai Court Sentences First Anti-Coup Protester Under Junta Rule
A Thai court on Thursday passed a suspended prison sentence on an anti-coup activist for breaching a ban on political gatherings, his lawyer said, in the first protest-related verdict since the military takeover.
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Hunger Games Salute Becomes Symbol of Thai Resistance
Opponents of Thailand's military coup are risking arrest by flashing the three-finger salute from the "Hunger Games" movies to defy a junta that has banned all public protests.
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Thailand's Junta Bans All Anti-Coup Protests
More than 1,000 Thai troops and police sealed off one of Bangkok's busiest intersections Thursday to prevent a planned protest, as authorities said they would no longer allow any demonstrations against last week's military coup.
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Hundreds Join Anti-Junta Rally In Thailand As Calls For Democracy Grow
Hundreds of pro-democracy Thais rallied in Bangkok on Saturday to skewer the ruling junta with T-shirts, signs and speeches, as activists grow bolder in their defiance of a ban on protests.
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Thai Junta Uneasy About Pokemon Go Craze
Pokemon Go's debut in Thailand has alarmed the country's generals, prompting the kingdom's junta chief to warn youngsters against playing too much and the army to ban the game from barracks.
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Primates Defy Thai Junta Ban On Referendum Monkey Business
A gang of 100 marauding monkeys have become the latest saboteurs to target a referendum trumpeted by the Thai junta as a cure for the nation's political crisis, after they tore down voter lists.
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Thai Junta Shuts Critical TV Channel As Poll Looms
Thai authorities have ordered an anti-junta television channel to stop broadcasting as the kingdom's military rulers tighten the screw on dissent ahead of a controversial referendum vote.
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Thai Journalist Charged Under Draconian Charter Law
A Thai journalist and four activists were charged Monday under a draconian law banning criticism of the junta's new constitution which will be voted on in a referendum next month.
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Thai Activists Plan to Defy Junta Ban With More Marches
A group of pro-democracy activists said on Sunday they plan more marches after staging the largest political demonstration in Thailand's capital since a military government took power in May 2014.
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Thai Police Arrest 14 Students in Anti-Junta Protest
Police in Thailand today arrested 14 students who had been protesting against the ruling junta, in defiance of a ban on public gatherings.
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Thailand Admits 'Urgent' Need to Improve Aviation Safety
Thai authorities Monday said they would use special powers under junta rule to "urgently" improve airline safety as several carriers face bans on new international flights following concerns raised by a UN aviation agency.
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Thai Junta Bans Ex-Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from Travelling Overseas
Thailand's toppled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been banned from travelling overseas because graft charges carrying up to a decade in jail will be formally laid against her later this month, officials said on Monday.
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Thai Court Sentences First Anti-Coup Protester Under Junta Rule
A Thai court on Thursday passed a suspended prison sentence on an anti-coup activist for breaching a ban on political gatherings, his lawyer said, in the first protest-related verdict since the military takeover.
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Hunger Games Salute Becomes Symbol of Thai Resistance
Opponents of Thailand's military coup are risking arrest by flashing the three-finger salute from the "Hunger Games" movies to defy a junta that has banned all public protests.
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Thailand's Junta Bans All Anti-Coup Protests
More than 1,000 Thai troops and police sealed off one of Bangkok's busiest intersections Thursday to prevent a planned protest, as authorities said they would no longer allow any demonstrations against last week's military coup.
