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Thai opposition party leader reelected

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo shows former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (3rd from R) at an annual meeting of the opposition Democrat Party in Bangkok on Dec. 17, 2013. Abhisit was re-elected as party leader during the meeting.

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Pro-Thaksin lawmaker Jatuporn blasts Abhisit

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai lawmaker Jatuporn Promphan, a senior member of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, speaks during an interview in Bangkok on Aug. 5, 2010. Jatuporn, a supporter of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said reconciliation efforts by the government led by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva are a publicity stunt to evade criticism from inside and outside of the country.

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Thai security forces start crackdown on antigov't protesters

BANGKOK, Thailand - Security troops move to crack down on antigovernment protesters in some areas of Bangkok on April 13, a day after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in the capital.

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Thai security forces start crackdown on antigov't protesters

BANGKOK, Thailand - Security troops are positioned to block roads in Bangkok on April 13 as they started to crack down on antigovernment protesters in some areas of the capital on April 13, a day after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in the capital.

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Thai security forces start crackdown on antigov't protesters

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment protesters stand face to face with security troops in Bangkok on April 13, a day after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in the capital.

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Asian summit meetings officially postponed 2 to 3 months

PATTAYA, Thailand - Antigovernment protestors stage a rally near the hotel, where the Chinese and South Korean leaders are staying, in Pattaya in Thailand on April 11. Meetings of Asian leaders at the beach resort over the weekend were officially postponed and the Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has declared a state of emergency in the city.

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Asian summit meetings officially postponed 2 to 3 months

PATTAYA, Thailand - Antigovernment protestors stage a rally near the hotel, where the Chinese and South Korean leaders are staying, in Pattaya in Thailand on April 11. Meetings of Asian leaders at the beach resort over the weekend were officially postponed and the Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has declared a state of emergency in the city.

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Thaksin supporters stage massive rally to topple gov't

BANGKOK, Thailand - Tens of thousands of supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra rally in Bangkok on April 8, aiming to topple the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

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Ex-Thai Premier Abhisit

BANGKOK, Thailand - Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Bangkok on Feb. 27, 2014.

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Thai opposition to boycott election

BANGKOK, Thailand - Former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, leader of Thailand's main opposition Democrat Party, speaks during a press conference in Bangkok on Dec. 21, 2013. The party will boycott the snap election to be held in February 2014.

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Thai opposition to boycott election

BANGKOK, Thailand - Former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, leader of Thailand's main opposition Democrat Party, speaks during a press conference in Bangkok on Dec. 21, 2013. The party will boycott the snap election to be held in February 2014.

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Protests in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva receives flowers from a participant of a demonstration in Bangkok against an amnesty bill on Aug. 7, 2013. Antigovernment groups and opposition groups have criticized the measure, which could help ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra return to the country without facing punishment.

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Protests in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva leads a demonstration in Bangkok against an amnesty bill on Aug. 7, 2013. Antigovernment groups and opposition groups have criticized the measure, which could help ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra return to the country without facing punishment.

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Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva gives a speech at a university in Tokyo on July 2, 2012. Abhisit stressed the importance of the Asia-Pacific region as "a powerful force" for global economic growth in the address to students.

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Ex-Thai premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 2, 2012.

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Pro-Thaksin party wins majority in Thai parliament

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of the Democrat Party speaks at a press conference in Bangkok on the evening of July 3, 2011. His party lost to the opposition Pheu Thai Party in a general election the same day.

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Yingluck Shinawatra in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yingluck Shinawatra, the declared prime ministerial candidate of Thailand's opposition Pheu Thai Party and a younger sister of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, waves to supporters at the party's headquarters in Bangkok on July 3, 2011. Preliminary vote counting showed the opposition party won the general election to secure a parliamentary majority. Incumbent Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva admitted defeat.

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Yingluck casts vote

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yingluck Shinawatra, a younger sister of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and a candidate vying for the premiership, casts her vote at a polling station in Bangkok on July 3, 2011, during a general election. The election pitting the Democrat Party of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva against the opposition Pheu Thai Party led by Yingluck is Thailand's first since the previous year's violent protests and clashes.

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Pro-Thaksin crowd in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra are joyous at the headquarters of the country's opposition Pheu Thai Party in Bangkok on July 3, 2011. Preliminary vote counting showed the opposition party led by Yingluck Shinawatra, the party's prime ministerial candidate and a younger sister of Thaksin, won the general election to secure a parliamentary majority. Incumbent Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva admitted defeat.

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Thai election

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) is surrounded by supporters in Bangkok on July 2, 2011, ahead of a general election.

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Thai PM Abhisit casts vote

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva casts his vote at a polling station in Bangkok on July 3, 2011, during a general election. The election pitting the Democrat Party of Abhisit against the opposition Pheu Thai party led by Yingluck Shinawatra, a younger sister of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is Thailand's first since the previous year's violent protests and clashes.

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Thai election

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva calls for support during a rally in Bangkok on July 1, 2011, ahead of a general election.

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Thai election

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva receives flowers from supporters during a rally in Bangkok on July 1, 2011, ahead of a general election.

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Thai Prime Minister Abhisit

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks during an interview with foreign media in Bangkok on June 14, 2011. He said the general election to be held on July 3 will be a tight race but he hopes to secure around 200 seats for his party.

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Thai PM Abhisit during election campaign

CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (C) poses for photos with supporters on June 2, 2011, at an airport in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, home of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in 2006. Thailand will hold a general election on July 3.

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Thai PM Abhisit during election campaign

CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) accepts flowers from supporters on June 2, 2011, in the outskirts of Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, home of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in 2006. Thailand will hold a general election on July 3.

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Thai PM Abhisit during election campaign

CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks in front of supporters on June 2, 2011, in the outskirts of Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, home of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in 2006. Thailand will hold a general election on July 3.

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Cambodia, Thailand meet on border dispute

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) discuss a bilateral border dispute during a meeting in Jakarta on May 8, 2011, mediated by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd from R in back).

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Thai PM Abhisit in interview

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks during an interview in Bangkok on March 24, 2011. He suggested Thailand has no immediate plans to restrict imports of Japanese food products while the government is reviewing plans to develop nuclear power in the wake of the nuclear accident in Japan.

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Japan business leader in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Hiromasa Yonekura (L), head of Japan's largest business lobby, Nippon Keidanren, formally known as the Japan Business Federation, meets Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) in Bangkok on Feb. 16, 2011. They agreed to strengthen cooperation in the development of infrastructure in the Mekong region.

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Thai PM Abhisit speaks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2010,

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Thai premier urges world to focus on post-election Myanmar

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks to Japanese reporters in Bangkok on Nov. 9, 2010, ahead of a visit to Japan. He said the international community should focus on the conduct of the Myanmar government following general elections, instead of simply finding fault with the process of the election itself.

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Thai gov't claims order restored in Bangkok, provinces

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai solders carry detained antigovernment protesters by car in Bangkok on May 21, 2010. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the same day the government has restored order in Bangkok and the provinces after troops ended a nearly 10-week protest by antigovernment demonstrators in the capital.

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Thai gov't claims order restored in Bangkok, provinces

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai solders stand guard around the burned Central World shopping mall building in Bangkok on May 21, 2010. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the same day the government has restored order in Bangkok and the provinces after troops ended a nearly 10-week protest by antigovernment demonstrators in the capital.

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Abhisit to offer political solution soon, speed up dissolution

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks to a group of Japanese reporters at his temporary office in a Bangkok army camp on May 2, 2010. Abhisit said he will announce a political solution to ease the upheaval in Thailand within one or two days and will speed up dissolution of Parliament from the timeline he had earlier proposed to antigovernment protesters.

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Bangkok standoff continues

BANGKOK, Thailand - People backing the Thai government under Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva stage a rally in Bangkok on April 25, 2010. The standoff between the demonstrators and those backing former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra continued the same day.

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Bangkok standoff continues

BANGKOK, Thailand - People backing the Thai government under Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva stage a rally in Bangkok on April 25, 2010. The standoff between the demonstrators and those backing former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra continued the same day.

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Pro-Thaksin rallies continue

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra stage a rally in Bangkok on April 12, 2010. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva lashed out at antigovernment demonstrators the same day saying ''terrorists'' were hiding among them.

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Pro-Thaksin rallies continue

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra stage a rally in Bangkok on April 12, 2010. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva lashed out at antigovernment demonstrators the same day saying ''terrorists'' were hiding among them.

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Thailand blacks out protesters' satellite TV amid new violence

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment demonstrators continue street protests against the coalition government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in Bangkok on April 8, 2010, demanding that parliament be dissolved and an election called.

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Thailand blacks out protesters' satellite TV amid new violence

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment demonstrators continue street protests against the coalition government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in Bangkok on April 8, 2010, demanding that parliament be dissolved and an election called.

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Pro-Thaksin rallies in tense Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra continue antigovernment rallies in Bangkok on April 8, 2010 despite calls to voluntarily disperse. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency the previous day.

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Pro-Thaksin rallies in tense Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra continue antigovernment rallies in Bangkok on April 8, 2010 despite calls to voluntarily disperse. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency the previous day.

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Pro-Thaksin rallies in tense Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra continue antigovernment rallies in Bangkok on April 7, 2010 despite calls to voluntarily disperse. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency the same day.

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Pro-Thaksin rallies in tense Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra continue antigovernment rallies in Bangkok on April 7, 2010 despite calls to voluntarily disperse. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency the same day.

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Anti-gov't protesters rally in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Several tens of thousands of protesters trying to bring down Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's government rally in central Bangkok on March 27, 2010. The ''red-shirts'' organized under the banner of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship marched toward key spots in the capital city near Government House where thousands of troops have been stationed to keep order in the area.

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Pro-Thaksin protesters hold massive rally in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment protesters march through central Bangkok on March 20, 2010, to urge the city's residents to support their bid to force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's government from power.

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Pro-Thaksin protesters hold massive rally in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment protesters march through central Bangkok on March 20, 2010, to urge the city's residents to support their bid to force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's government from power.

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Pro-Thaksin protesters hold massive rally in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment protesters parade through central Bangkok on March 20, 2010, to urge the city's residents to support their bid to force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's government from power.

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Pro-Thaksin protesters splash blood at Thai premier's house

BANGKOK, Thailand - A Thai antigovernment protester pours human blood in front of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's residence in Bangkok on March 17, 2010, to demand the premier step down and dissolve Parliament.