Pro-democracy student protests rattle Thai PM

THAILAND’S premier said today he was “worried” about a burgeoning student movement calling for the dissolution of his government, as pro-democracy protesters plot rallies and other creative displays of dissent across the kingdom.

His comments come days after thousands of mostly young, black-clad protesters amassed at Bangkok’s Democracy Monument in one of the city’s largest shows of defiance in years, shouting vitriolic chants directed at the pro-military establishment.