Former Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva rules himself out of election

Democrats' Prime Ministerial Conference
Prime Ministerial Conference on Decentralization to Local Government Organizations. Photo: Photographer attached to the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand (H.E.Mr.Abhisit Vejjajiva) Peerapat Wimolrungkarat / พีรพัฒน์ วิมลรังครัตน์ / flickr.

Former Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva says he will not stand in the next election in order to keep the party from having to answer [Read More…]

Red-shirt followers gather in remembrance of 2010 violent crackdown

The Redshirts demonstrate at Democracy Monument in Bangkok on February 13, 2011
The Redshirts demonstrate at Democracy Monument in Bangkok. Photo: Ratchaprasong / flickr. CC BY-NC 2.0.

Followers of Thailand’s United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), or the red-shirt movement, assembled at the October 14th memorial, at the Kok Wua intersection [Read More…]