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According to the latest findings from Nature Communications, rising sea levels could wipe out major cities and displace millions by 2050. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 24, 2014
Hours after supporters of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra promised to take on protesters shutting down parts of Bangkok, a bomb detonated near a demonstration site in a busy shopping district Sunday, killing two people and wounding at least 22. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 24, 2012
About 17,000 police officers were deployed to subdue at least 9,000 people who rallied in the streets of Bangkok on Saturday to call for the overthrow of the Thai government. Protesters believe the current prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, is doing the bidding of her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted from the post in 2006. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 20, 2011
AIDS vaccine developers said they are cautiously optimistic after a conference this week in Bangkok, where scientists reported molecular observations from the first-ever successful trial of an HIV vaccine on humans that could change the way future vaccines attack the retrovirus. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 17, 2010
The situation in Bangkok between "red shirt" protesters and the Thai government was tense and precarious on Monday, as leaders from both sides of the conflict made tentative attempts to communicate while thousands of demonstrators held their ground in their encampment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 15, 2010
Violence escalated Friday between Thai police and the throng of thousands of protesters still entrenched in Bangkok, touched off in part by the shooting of rogue general Khattiya Sawasdipol, aka Commander Red, on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 13, 2010
There are the red shirts, and there are also the black shirts -- a group of Thai dissidents, led by rebel Gen. Khattiya Sawatdiphol until he was shot in the head Thursday, apparently by a sniper, as he was being interviewed by New York Times reporter Thomas Fuller in Bangkok. His injury was described as "severe." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 5, 2010
The two-month-long mass protest that has paralyzed the Thai capital is nearing resolution, as the besieged prime minister looks ready to accept new elections. But some observers wonder, with rival mobs ready to march in perpetuity, if Thai politics will ever really stabilize. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 27, 2010
Anyone who has ever backpacked through the land of smiles knows that the Thai people love their king (or at least put his picture everywhere). The world's longest-reigning monarch doesn't normally involve himself in the country's messy political upheavals, but King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 82, is finally speaking out after seven weeks of sometimes lethal protests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 24, 2010
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has responded with a resounding "no" to a conditional offer from anti-government red-shirt protesters to end a bloody standoff in return for early elections. The opposition's offer represented a shift from earlier demands that parliament be dissolved immediately. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 23, 2010
The clash between the Thai establishment and anti-government "red shirt" protesters took a turn for the deadly on Thursday when a series of grenade explosions killed one person and wounded 75 in a Bangkok business district. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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