“Thailand” on The Daily Caller

At least some of the blasts were caused by grenades, an army spokesman said, but it was not clear who had fired them. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister on Monday lashed out at former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, accusing him of personally instigating the country’s deadliest political clashes in nearly two decades. (more)

Dressed in garish shorts and boxing gloves, orangutans trade punches and spin-kick each other in a boxing ring. (more)

BANGKOK — Thai soldiers and police fought pitched battles Saturday night with anti-government demonstrators in streets enveloped in tear gas, but troops later retreated and asked protesters to do the same. Five people have been killed, including a foreign journalist, and nearly 500 wounded, according to hospital officials. (more)

[intlink id="276293" type="post"]Thailand[/intlink]’s Government has taken decisive action to close down the propaganda machine of the anti-government protesters, but an official spokesman has continued to insist that force would not be used to disperse the crowds now besieging the nation’s capital in their thousands. (more)

Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has today declared a state of emergency in Bangkok following nearly a month of protests, including a siege by opposition activists of the city’s main shopping district. (more)

Two bomb explosions have shaken Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok without causing any deaths or injuries, as anti-government protesters vow to continue rallies. (more)

Australians are increasingly uneasy about both China and the United States, although for very different reasons. That dual uneasiness is creating an incentive for Canberra to hedge its bets and become, ever so quietly, more independent regarding security issues and capabilities. That is a development Washington should encourage rather than discourage. (more)

Thai protesters garnered plenty of attention this past week when they turned their demonstrations into a blood sport. After the country’s president resisted pressure from 10,000 anti-government “red shirts” on Sunday, leaders of the anti-government rallies promised they would: (more)

The Thai press sees deep-seated rifts in society being blown wide open by the “red-shirt” protest rallies. The protesters – backed by ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra – are demanding that the government dissolve parliament and call an election. (more)

Anti-government protesters launched a blood drive Tuesday to collect enough samples to douse the ministers’ offices. (more)

Myanmar’s military is moving large numbers of soldiers to border areas near China and Thailand in anticipation of possible conflicts with ethnic rebels in those areas before elections this year, according to diplomats, intelligence experts and residents who are tracking the activities (more)

BANGKOK (AP) — The first known breeding area of one of the world’s rarest birds has been found in the remote and rugged Pamir Mountains in war-torn Afghanistan, a New York-based conservation group said Monday. (more)

HONOLULU (AP) — The owners of Hawaii’s second-largest fruit and vegetable farm will plead guilty to charges of importing laborers from Thailand to force them to work, court records show. (more)