Thailand

John Sparks meets some of the growing population of UK pensioners who have headed to Thailand’s seedy seaside resort Pattaya to ‘get busy living’.

Thailand’s election commission urges the government to delay polls scheduled for February, as clashes between police and anti-government protesters kill at least one person and injure dozens.

Temporarily homeless and dismissed by opponents as a “dim-witted puppet”, Yingluck Shinawatra seems determined to hold on to power in Thailand.

Yingluck Shinawatra pledges to call elections after weeks of protest in Bangkok. But an estimated 100,000 people continue with mass demonstrations, with some saying elections are not enough.

Thailand protests are put on hold to mark the birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who called on people to do their duty “for the sake of the public” without referencing the ongoing political turmoil.

Unrest in Ukraine and Thailand, like recent uprisings in Brazil and Turkey, has been driven by a rising middle class in opposition to what looks like a brutal and corrupt elite.

Thailand’s protest leader, Suthep Thaugsuban, says he will continue to fight until the “Thaksin regime has been driven out”, as the government orders police to stand down to prevent further violence.

Police use rubber bullets, water cannon and tear gas on anti-government protesters in Thailand, as a previously peaceful protest turns ugly. Asia Correspondent John Sparks was there.

Thai police use water cannon and tear gas on protesters who continue to demonstrate in Bangkok against the premiership of Yingluck Shinawatra. Rubber bullets are reported to have been used.

Thousands of protesters descend on Bangkok in an attempt overthrow the prime minister, resulting in fierce skirmishes with police.

As protesters in Thailand march to the ruling political party’s office in Bangkok in a bid to topple the government, Channel 4 News looks back at a year of demonstrations.

Around 1,000 anti-government protesters, calling for Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down, break into the Royal Thai Army headquarters in Bangkok and stage a protest rally.

Traffic is at a standstill, buildings occupied and an arrest warrant has been issued for the protest leader. But no-one seems in any hurry to detain him, writes John Sparks in Bangkok.

Thousands take to the streets in Thailand to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra amid fears she is acting as a proxy for her brother, Thaksin, who was ousted in 2006.

Om Suthamtewakul, a 30-year-old Thai woman, tells Asia Correspondent John Sparks about her experiences in Thailand with the Washington shooter Aaron Alexis.