![Anti-government protesters demand the resignation of the current administration on Sunday over its handling of the COVID crisis [Jack Taylor/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Thailand.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Demonstrators mark 15th anniversary of coup d’etat that overthrew then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Workers living on the Thai-Myanmar border say latest COVID-19 surge is putting their lives and livelihoods in jeopardy.
![A woman cries as she shows the three-finger salute during a prayer ceremony for those who died in Myanmar during anti-coup protests, in front of the UN building in Bangkok, Thailand on March 4, 2021 [File: Soe Zeya Tun/ Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-03-04T131205Z_1867284164_RC2C4M9CIKWR_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-POLITICS-THAILAND.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Myanmar dissidents in Thailand are living in hiding as they seek humanitarian protection in third countries.
![Eng Yang, the writer's uncle, stands in the fallen remains of the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in Thailand after the monsoon storm of 1981 [Photo courtesy of the Yang family]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Acr16772665575296-257941.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
For those of us born in Ban Vinai Refugee Camp, that river was a source of flow in lives caught in waiting.
![This is the third censure motion the government has survived [Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/f5ad4d3ba8a74bcf9c4edd9616cd497c_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Prayuth received 264 votes in favour and 208 against, as pro-democracy protesters plan more demonstrations.
![Demonstrators show the three-finger salute during a protest against Thai government's handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and to demand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's resignation, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 2, 2021 [Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-02T123115Z_7739385_RC2MHP99ZACN_RTRMADP_3_THAILAND-PROTESTS.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Demonstrators blame Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha for the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic,
![Thai police escort the former police officer Thitisan Utthanaphon, known as 'Jo Ferrari', while leaving the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, August 26, 2021 [Sakchai Lalit/ AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AP21238604962226.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Footage of policemen using plastic bags to suffocate a drug suspect prompts calls for reform in Thailand.
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Two police officers are being sought in connection with the torture death of a suspected drug dealer in early August.
![A Buddhist monk receives a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at a temple as the spread of COVID-19 continues in Bangkok, Thailand, July 30, 2021 [File: Chalinee Thirasupa/ Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-07-30T090813Z_1150354639_RC2XUO9I7F7S_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-THAILAND-TEMPLES.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Shortages and hesitancy driven by distrust of authorities and China hobble vaccination campaigns in Southeast Asia.
![Locals evacuate Rohingya refugees from a boat that came ashore on the north coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island in June 2020. The UNHCR says the journey across the Andaman Sea last year was deadlier than ever before [Rahmad/Antara Foto via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2020-06-25T000000Z_355446050_RC2CGH9LTK3V_RTRMADP_3_INDONESIA-ROHINGYA.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Refugee agency says Andaman Sea crossing was eight times more deadly than in 2019 as borders were closed.
![Thailand's youth-led anti-government protest movement appears to have regained momentum [Lillian Siwanrumpha/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/000_9L68HC.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Anti-government protests in recent weeks have resulted in violent clashes with police.
![The sluggish rollout of Thailand's vaccination programme and financial pain from restrictions is heaping political pressure on the prime minister [Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/000_9L33YT.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
At least three protesters injured when Thai police fired tear gas, rubber bullets at Bangkok rally amid COVID surge.
![Anti-government protests resumed in Thailand this month as the pandemic increases new anger at the government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha [Thanachote Thanawikran/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AP21219353001471.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Anti-government leaders denied bail amid renewed protests calling for royal reform and prime minister to resign.
A worsening COVID crisis has renewed anti-government protests in the Thai capital, Bangkok.