Embattled Thai premier off to Laos, Vietnam, New Delhi

Embattled Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has tentative plans to visit Laos, Vietnam, India and Peru next month, officials said.

Supreme Court to monitor Thaksin's speech
The Supreme Court is going to monitor former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's address to his supporters at a gathering today in order to determine whether there is an act in contempt of court, a source said Friday.

I am no traitor: Noppadon
Former Foreign minister Noppadon Pattama Friday released his book "I am no traitor" to defend his record relating to the Preah Vihear Temple controversy.

Two complain of assualt by pad gaurds
Two men have filed complaints that People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) guards physically assaulted them.

Somchai visibly under pressure during grilling by Abhisit
Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat appeared to be stressed while responding to queries from Opposition Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva during yesterday's meeting of the House of Representatives.

Political reality isn't pretty, deal with it
From 2005 to the present, Thailand has been plagued with polarisation, which has brought about unprecedented volatility and a myriad of political woes, the likes of which have never been seen before.
Onus on negotiating teams to settle the border row
After waiting for months, the Thai negotiating teams finally got the mandate from Parliament to enter into talks with Cambodia to settle the border dispute and demarcate the land boundary.

Will making merit save them?
As photographs of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family attending a Buddhist ceremony showed up in people's e-mails last week, many desperately wanted to know what they were up to, where and when.
Thin veil separates daad, govt
Apparently the longer the Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship (DAAD) survives, the more powerful it gets.

Reason to hope for calm tomorrow
How much should we be worried about tomorrow? The planned mass gathering of Thaksin supporters has triggered intense speculation and another red alert for Thai politics.The volatile prelude to the event does not help. And we have crossed many lines on political confrontations.
Winning ugly is name of the game
It almost looked like an anti-climax, didn't it? After Samak Sundaravej was pilloried for doing TV cooking shows that couldn't even pay his petrol bills and Pojaman Shinawatra received a humiliating lecture about moral and ethics, you must have expected Tuesday's court ruling against Thaksin Shinawatra to be the final, most spectacular firework.

Thaksin: A Don Quixote for democracy or a Shylock for power?
What ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra has been doing to rouse the crowds, like his phone-in, is nothing out of the ordinary. Desparate times call for desparate measures.
How can Thailand ride the storm?
"There is no clear map. This is not the same as the 1930s, things are different."