A new and improbable mascot has emerged in the front lines of Thailand’s pro-democracy protests: a giant, bloated duck. When protesters tried to get past the concrete barricades of the past and gather outside parliament, they faced a police response that rights groups deemed unnecessary and excessive. Protesters calling for …
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Sundays hand deliver letters by the country’s powerful monarchy Update Request crowds Thai riots on pro-democracy opponents rather than trying to reach ngakokana Thai Grand Palace was performing police firing cannon. Demonstrations have erupted in Thailand in recent months, with youths serving long prison sentences for seizing power and wealth …
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BANGKOK (AP) – The Thai government on Thursday rescinded the state of emergency for Bangkok in a gesture to quell massive student-led protests for democratic reform. Under the decree, public gatherings of more than four people were banned and censorship of the media was allowed, among other provisions. The opposition …
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SINGAPORE – Recent protests in Thailand will be a “double whammy” for development in the country, which has already been hit by the Kovid-11 epidemic, analysts say. Moreover, Chullongkorn University professor Thitinan Pongs Nasudhirk told CNBC on Friday that protesters would not leave until they saw “new” Thailand. On Thursday, …
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