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Maj-General Bo Nat Khann Mway, the Myanmar commander-in-chief of Democratic Karen Buddhist Army known by several aliases including Na Kham Mwe, died Sunday from neck cancer at his residence in Pegu Township. He was 55 years old. Read more: The Nation
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Berta Cáceres, a Honduran indigenous leader and environmentalist, was murdered in the early hours of yesterday when intruders entered her home in La Esperanza, Intibucá, in the west of the country. Police cited robbery as the alleged motive for the crime, but the activist's family said she was killed in
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The Civil Court on Wednesday ordered three core leaders of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee to pay the Interior Ministry and the Local Administration Department 900,000 baht plus 7.5 percent in damage for their protesters’ five-month siege of the premises last year. The lawsuit was brought against Somsak Kosaisook, Komsan Thongsiri
Read More Thirteen former leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) face bankruptcy after the Appeals Court ordered them to pay around 600 million baht in compensation to Airports of Thailand for the damage they caused in 2008, according to former activist Maleerat Kaewka. Mrs Maleerat, 61, an activist during the Oct
Read More SA KAEO — A dozen rounds were fired at the house of a former Yellowshirt activist in Sa Kaeo province yesterday morning. Ammarin Yeeheng, 30, said the unidentified gunman shot as his home, which also doubles as an eatery, at around 7 am on 24 May. Police told reporters at least
Read More BANGKOK, Feb 13 - Thailand's Deputy Defence Minister/Army Chief Gen Udomdej Sitabutr has ordered First Army Region Commander Lt Gen Kampanart Ruddit to closely monitor activities of the United Front For Demoocracy against Dictatorship (UDD) after several of its leaders have frequently expressed political comments recently. Read more: MCOT
Read More BANGKOK — Mourners wearing red shirts were prohibited by police from attending yesterday's memorial service for Apiwan Wiriyachai, a popular Redshirt leader who passed away in exile 100 days ago. Officers manned the entrance of Wat Bang Phai temple in Nonthaburi province yesterday to enforce the ban and offer free
Read More The leader of protests against a barite mining operation was shot dead in Nakhon Si Thammarat's Nopphitam district on Sunday night, police said. Pithan Thongpanang, 45, was shot two times - once in the head and once in the body - in Tambon Krung Ching, Police General Alonkorn Simawut said. Read more:
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