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Armed Thai soldiers and local officials inspect the Patong beach during a clean up operation Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in Phuket, southern Thailand. Thailand's new military junta sent soldiers to one of the country's best known beaches Wednesday to evict food hawkers, massage huts and other illegal vendors as part of a campaign to clean-up the country's image and enforce laws that have long been ignored. (AP Photo/Krissada Mueanhawong)

Thai soldiers hit the beach in cleanup campaign

Thanyarat Doksone · July 9, 2014 12:41 pm

Girl raped, killed on overnight train in Thailand

Girl raped, killed on overnight train in Thailand

Thanyarat Doksone · July 8, 2014 10:15 pm

Junta expects next Thai elections in October 2015

Junta expects next Thai elections in October 2015

Thanyarat Doksone · June 28, 2014 2:01 am

Thailand’s junta releases ‘Red Shirt’ activist

Thailand’s junta releases ‘Red Shirt’ activist

Thanyarat Doksone · June 24, 2014 10:23 am

AP Exclusive: Thai dissident: keep junta honest

AP Exclusive: Thai dissident: keep junta honest

Thanyarat Doksone · June 19, 2014 3:28 pm

A Thai shopper watches a soccer match on a flat-panel television at s shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Thailandâs military junta, which promised to âreturn happiness to the peopleâ after last monthâs coup, has asked regulatory officials to find a way to allow the countryâs many soccer fans to watch all of the 2014 World Cup for free. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai junta to ‘return happiness’ through World Cup

Thanyarat Doksone · June 11, 2014 1:18 pm

A Thai soldier places barbed wire on the ground after pulling it out from a canal near the Government House during a cleanup operation Friday, June 6, 2014 in Bangkok. Thailand's new military government moved against two of its top targets on Thursday, capturing a top organizer of protests against its recent takeover and launching a probe into the finances of the former elected prime minister. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thai police: We’ll ‘get you’ for junta criticism

Thanyarat Doksone · June 6, 2014 4:12 pm

Protesters wear masks during an anti-coup demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, June 1, 2014. Hundreds of demonstrators shouting "Freedom!" and "Democracy!" gathered Sunday near a major shopping mall in downtown Bangkok to denounce the country's May 22 coup despite a lockdown by soldiers of some of the city's major intersections. The words on a mask, left, means "Scary." (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai protesters come out again despite junta’s ban

Thanyarat Doksone · June 1, 2014 12:16 pm

A woman stops to take a selfie with Thai soldiers stand guard near Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 30, 2014. An anti-coup activist called Friday for a weekend rally to defy the military government's ban on demonstrations, urging those opposed to the takeover to wear masks and be ready for cat-and-mouse chases with soldiers in the capital. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai junta: Elections could take more than 1 year

Thanyarat Doksone · May 31, 2014 12:41 am

Thai soldiers stand guard at Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, May 29, 2014. Hundreds of Thai troops and police sealed off one of Bangkok's busiest intersections Thursday in an attempt to block a planned protest one week after a military coup. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand’s junta bans all anti-coup protests

Thanyarat Doksone · May 29, 2014 6:54 pm

An anti-government protester blows a whistle and show money which they will donate to their leader Suthep Thaugsuban during a march through streets in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 19, 2014. Thailand's political crisis deepened last week when the Constitutional Court removed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for nepotism along with nine Cabinet members in a case that many viewed as politically motivated. Protesters say Yingluck's removal is not enough, though. She was simply replaced by Niwattumrong, who was a deputy premier from the ruling party.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai prime minister tells senators he won’t resign

Thanyarat Doksone · May 19, 2014 12:56 pm

Thai police investigate following an overnight shooting attack at Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Explosions and an overnight shooting attack on opposition demonstrators in Thailand's capital killed at least two people Thursday, the latest spasm of violence to hit Bangkok since protesters launched a campaign to oust the government six months ago. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

July elections in Thailand ‘unlikely’ amid crisis

Thanyarat Doksone · May 15, 2014 10:41 am