Politics

BANGKOK — Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday evening thanks medical professionals and the public for being able to sail through the current COVID-19 pandemic. Prayut cited a recent ranking by John Hopkins Center for Health and Security which ranked Thailand at Number 5 out of 195 nations in its Global Health Security Index and the first in Asia.

BANGKOK — A court on Monday found a group of anti-government protest leaders not guilty of multiple charges for their siege of the parliament in 2008 which turned fatal.

BANGKOK — Thailand’s delegation to a UN review on gender equality on Wednesday promoted progress made in the kingdom, though women remain little represented in positions of power.

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s new army chief on Tuesday made the traditional pledge to defend the country, the Buddhist religion, the monarchy and the people, but seemed to take a softer line than his predecessor toward dissenting political voices.

BANGKOK — If military government takes no action – or the wrong action – against the controversial abbot of the powerful Dhammakaya Buddhist sect, it could become a threat to the junta, said a prominent defector who spent nearly 20 years in the order.

UNITED NATIONS — Thailand failed to win support from the U.N. General Assembly for a seat on the Security Council in the first round of voting.

BANGKOK — A Thai-American woman turned away Thursday from a Thai temple in Los Angeles for her attire has become an object of contempt online.

BANGKOK — This year hasn’t been kind to the brand of liberal democracy championed by progressives and internationalists. But advocates of liberal democracy in Thailand said they still have faith in the system.

BANGKOK — Thailand's military leader said the government will not build permanent refugee centers for Rohingyas who have fled ethnic persecution in Myanmar.

BANGKOK — Thailand’s parliament is set to reopen on May 22, exactly five years after the military coup that brought the current junta to power.