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Australian journalist Alan Morison faces up to seven years’ jail if convicted over story about rights abuses against Rohingya refugees ...

Opposition to Yingluck Shinawatra brings supporters on to the streets of Bangkok again after announcing it would boycott election ...

s main opposition party announced on Saturday it would boycott an election in February, deepening uncertainty about the poll and fuelling a campaign to overthrow Yingluck Shinawatra's government. Yingluck called a snap election on 9 December to try to ease simmering tensions but the movement against her is planning mass rallies across Bangkok on Sunday as part of a "people's coup" to force her and...

s opposition leader and former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has been formally charged with murder amid political upheaval that analysts say could see current anti-government protests lead to violence. Abhisit, 49, stands charged with the deaths of a 43-year-old man and 14-year-old girl during a military crackdown against protests in 2010, when 90 people were killed and 2,000 injured during violent...

s opposition leader and previous prime minister, has been formally charged with murder in a development that has the potential to further inflame protests by his supporters demanding the resignation of the current government. Abhisit stands charged over the deaths of a 43-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl during a crackdown on anti-government protests during 2010 when he was in power. The Red Shirt...

people's council', raising fears for democracy The Thai prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, said on Tuesday she would not resign before national elections due on 2 February, her voice filling with emotion as she discussed her family's role in Thai politics. After weeks of sometimes violent street rallies, protesters rejected her call on Monday for a general election and said she should be replaced...

s embattled prime minister, to dissolve parliament and call a snap general election seems unlikely to cure the latest violent spasm gripping the Bangkok body politic, stemming from more than a decade of indigestible north-south, rich-poor social divisions and visceral personality politics. Despite the PM's ostensibly placatory announcement, protest leaders and opposition parties vowed to continue...

The Thai prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has dissolved parliament and called a snap election, but anti-government protest leaders pressed ahead with mass demonstrations seeking to overthrow her ...

people's council' to replace Yingluck Shinawatra's government Thailand's prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, dissolved parliament on Monday and called a snap election, but anti-government protest leaders pressed ahead with mass demonstrations in Bangkok in an attempt to install an unelected body to run the country. Police estimated that about 160,000 protesters converged on Yingluck's office at Government...

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolves parliament on Monday and calls a snap election, but anti-government protesters continue with mass demonstrations on the streets of Bangkok ...

Decision to call elections aimed at ending crisis caused by weeks of demonstrations aimed at bringing down government ...

no longer accepted by the people' as anti-government protests grow Thailand's main opposition party has announced that its members are resigning en masse from parliament to protest against a government they claim is illegitimate, a move set to deepen the country's latest political crisis. Democrat party spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut said his party could not work in the legislature any longer...