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World Nov 29
Thai pro-democracy protesters rally outside army baseAround 800 protesters gathered in the afternoon and in early evening marched to the base of the 11th Infantry Regiment, which is closely associated with the country’s royal palace. Their number grew to well over 1,000 as they settled in…
World Oct 27
Thai students aim for ambitious political changeThe protesters have three main demands: They want Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s resignation; changes to a constitution that was drafted under military rule; and, most controversially, reforms to the constitutional monarchy.
World Oct 21
Thai protesters march in show of strength against governmentStudent-led protesters in Thailand have defiantly marched to the streets outside the prime minister’s office, repeating their demand that he step down even as he urged them to let Parliament deal with their calls for democratic reforms.
World Oct 15
Thailand declares emergency after unprecedented protestThailand's government declared a strict new state of emergency for the capital on Thursday, a day after a student-led protest against the country's traditional establishment saw an extraordinary moment in which demonstrators heckled a royal motorcade.
World Sep 08
Myanmar army deserters confirm atrocities against RohingyaTwo soldiers who deserted from Myanmar's army have testified on video that they were instructed by commanding officers to "shoot all that you see and that you hear" in villages where minority Rohingya lived.
World Feb 09
Soldier kills 26 in bloodiest mass shooting in ThailandA soldier with a grudge gunned down 26 people and wounded 57 in Thailand's worst mass shooting before he was fatally shot inside a mall in the country's northeast on Sunday, officials said.
World Nov 04
Most Southeast Asian leaders skip meetings with Trump’s proxyThe U.S. sent recently appointed national security adviser Robert O'Brien to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations gathering in President Donald Trump's stead.
World Aug 22
UN report: Myanmar military committed war crimes against Rohingya minorityThe U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar said it found the country's soldiers "routinely and systematically" forced sexual acts against women, girls, boys, men and transgender people in "blatant violation of international human rights law."…
World May 07
Myanmar frees Reuters journalists who reported on abuse of RohingyaThe imprisonment of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo and drew the world's attention to curbs on freedom of the press.
World Jul 06
Former Thai navy SEAL is first casualty of cave rescue effortA former member of the Thai navy's elite SEAL unit who volunteered to help his old comrades in their risky mission to evacuate a dozen boys and their soccer coach trapped in a cave has become the first casualty of…