Thailand has threatened to scrap a deal on developing energy reserves with Cambodia a day after both nations recalled their ambassadors in a row over Phnom Penh's appointment of ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra (pictured) as economics adviser.
Red-shirted supporters of ex-Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and yellow-shirted protestors from the anti-Thaksin camp made their presence felt in Bangkok and at a disputed temple site Saturday, the anniversary of the 2006 coup.
Tens of thousands of red-shirted supporters of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra have submitted a petition seeking a royal pardon for the fugitive billionaire. The protesters claim to have collected some five million signatures.
The election of Abhisit Vejjajiva as prime minister of Thailand ended months of crisis in the country. The former opposition leader was officially designated the 27th prime minister of the kingdom, and the third in just a few months.
FRANCE 24 went to Chiang Rai, in the north of Thailand, to meet supporters of the exiled former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra. Opposed to the current government, they wear red shirts in a show of support for their political hero.
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he wanted to show the world that the kingdom had returned to normal when he lifted the two-week-long state of emergency imposed in Bangkok after violent protests two weeks ago.
Royal movement or "Yellow shirt" leader Sondhi Limthongkul, who helped topple former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, was wounded on Friday, when two men sprayed his car with about 100 rounds of gunfire.
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Thaksin Shinawatra called on Thailand's monarch to intervene in the current political crisis. An international arrest warrant has been issued for the former Thai prime minister, who lives in exile.
The former Prime Minister was ousted in a military coup in 2006 and lives in exile to avoid a two-year jail term for corruption. He has made a series of speeches to his supporters in Thailand in recent weeks calling for a "revolution".
