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SINGAPORE October 8, 2009 (Wall Street Journal) — The U.S. dollar continued to tumble against most Asian currencies Thursday, prompting a wave of foreign-exchange intervention by central banks in South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Thailand seeking to limit damage to their export industries.

 

June 9, 2009 (AFP) - Thailand's army chief on Tuesday accused separatist militants of killing 11 people at a mosque in the country's south, denying claims that security forces were behind the attack.

BANGKOK May 1, 2009 (Reuters) - The main leader of Thailand's "yellow shirt" protest movement has blamed senior military officers and political enemies for the failed attempt on his life three weeks ago.

April 28, 2009 (AFP) - Suspected militants in Thailand's deep south killed nine people and injured two others in five separate attacks on the eve of a key anniversary for the restive region, police said.

BANGKOK April 23, 2009 (Reuters) - Thailand's top army commander said on Thursday some of the bullets used in an assassination attempt on the leader of the "yellow shirt" protest movement came from an army training facility.

April 20, 2009 (Vietnamnet) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Monday that he won't negotiate with the convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bid to end the political unrest in Thailand, Thai media said.

BANGKOK April 16, 2009 (Reuters) - The founder of Thailand's "yellow shirt" protest movement, which was behind the week-long occupation of Bangkok's main airports late last year, was shot and wounded early on Friday, a spokesman for his movement said.

April 14, 2009 (AFP) - Thai anti-government protesters threatened with a military offensive abandoned a three-week rally at the premier's office, pulling the kingdom back from a potentially bloody showdown in the streets.

April 13, 2009 (AFP) - Thousands of Thai anti-government protesters clashed with armed soldiers and Bangkok residents Monday, leaving two dead and 113 injured in street battles that raged across the capital.

Unlike typical CIA organized colour revolutions, the waves of counter-protests in Thailand appear to have genuinely split the loyalties of the Thai citizenry in two, threatening a collapse of Thailand’s political system.