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BANGKOK, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Thailand's army will help local police during New Year period in case of threats to public order, especially protests over the restrictive lese majeste laws.
BANGKOK, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- About 1,000 people gathered outside Lumphini Park in Bangkok to protest a royal pardon for former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's jail term.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Thailand needs to amend its laws that impose jail terms of as long as 15 years on anyone defaming the royal family, a U.N. human rights expert said.
BANGKOK, May 10 (UPI) -- Thailand will conduct elections July 3 that will give its people "a new start" to move the country forward, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Monday.
BANGKOK, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Thailand Thursday kicked off a nine-day period of official festivities in celebration of the 83rd birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, officials said.
WASHINGTON, March 22 (UPI) -- The question on many people's minds is: Can Thailand's unstable democracy outlive its beloved king?
BANGKOK, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The king of Thailand has been hospitalized with fever and fatigue, the royal household announced Sunday evening.
BANGKOK, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- An Australian writer has drawn a three-year jail sentence for insulting Thailand's king, observers said Monday.
BANGKOK, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej said Saturday he supports Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's proposed members of the Thai Cabinet.
BANGKOK, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej canceled an annual speech he usually gives on the eve of his birthday because he was ill, his son said Thursday.
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