enlarge Anti-coup protesters rally in Bangkok on Thursday, demanding Council for National Security to step down and return power to people. The rally was organised by PPTV, a controversial satellite television station, that strongly criticised CNS.//Photo by Wanchai Kraisornkhajit
Five detained in connection with latest Hat Yai bomb attacks
Hat Yai - Police arrested five young men from an apartment in Hat Yai on Thursday for questioning over the seven bombings last Sunday in Hat Yai that killed one and injured 12 others.
Exiled Thaksin apologises to supporters over party dissolution
Exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has urged his supporters to accept the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling that disbanded his Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) and revoked voting rights of the party's executives including him.
HISTORICAL RULINGS TRT DISSOLVED
Furious Chaturon: Verdict is power through the barrel of a gun;
Tribunal: TRT acted to advance its leader's fortune
Progressive Democratic Party to be disbanded
In a solemn atmosphere yesterday in the courtroom, the Constitution Tribunal handed down an 89-page verdict explaining its acquittal decision for the Democrat Party before finding the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) guilty of electoral fraud.
Shares rise as foreign investors boost SET
Thai shares gained 1.32 per cent yesterday as foreign and local investors flocked to the market on expectations that no political party would be dissolved.
Groups closed down will lose their 'excess assets'
The financial assets of political parties will be transferred to charity organisations - if the parties are dissolved by the Constitution Tribunal today for electoral fraud.
Rush and Barnes to teach kids
A feast of football will be served up during the weekend's Tesco Lotus Bangkok Masters Football tournament, with two Liverpool legends Ian Rush and John Barnes featuring in the event.