Thai protesters storm army offices

Protesters clambered over the gates of the Royal Thai Army compound

Hundreds of protesters stormed army headquarters in Bangkok on Friday to demand help overthrowing the government, a military spokesman said.

The protesters jumped over the gate to the front of the building.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra survived a no-confidence vote in parliament Thursday, but throngs of protesters are seeking her ouster.

“The government is ready to open a space for dialogue,” the embattled prime minster said in a brief televised statement after the vote. She added that officials are willing to “listen to all voices of people, including those who are still occupying the governmental offices.”

But a spokesman for Yingluck’s Pheu Thai Party said she would not resign or dissolve the parliament.

“She will stay in power,”

Protesters have been calling for an end to the government led by Yingluck, whose brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, is a telecommunications tycoon and former premier who was ousted in a 2006 coup.

Yingluck’s critics accuse her of being Thaksin’s puppet, a charge she denies.