Around 20,000 Red Shirt protesters rallied in Bangkok Sunday to mark the third anniversary of a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests which exposed Thailand's deep divisions, police said. About 90 people were killed and nearly 1,900 wounded in a series of street clashes in May 2010 between demonstrators and security forces, which culminated in the military crackdown. On Sunday roads were blocked as Red Shirts, loyal to ousted self-exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, massed at an intersection in Bangkok's glitzy shopping district.

Dozens of Thai royalist activists packed a Bangkok courtroom Monday to face charges relating to their roles in 2008 rallies that paralysed Thailand's main airports stranding thousands of tourists. Almost 100 members of the nationalist People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) "Yellow Shirt" group appeared at the Thai Criminal Court over a wave of demonstrations against allies of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra almost five years ago. The defendants, who face a variety of charges, were planning to plead not guilty according to lawyer Puangtip Boonsanong.

Thailand plans to distribute about 1.7 million handheld computers to students and teachers this year in the world's largest handout of the devices for education, officials said Thursday. Nine firms from countries including China, India, Germany and the Netherlands are set to join an online tender in April to supply the tablet computers, according to the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Dozens of Thai royalist activists will face trial for their roles in protests which paralysed the kingdom's main airports in 2008 and stranded thousands of tourists, the group's lawyer said Thursday. Thirty-one of the 114 "Yellow Shirt" protesters charged with occupying Bangkok's main airports -- in a bid to topple the then government linked with their arch-enemy Thaksin Shinawatra -- will enter a plea in April.