Politics

BANGKOK — Online activists have given the military government eight days to cancel its plan to route all internet traffic through a single point of control – or else see an escalation of their cyberattacks.

By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer

BANGKOK — What may now be more remarkable than all the protests, marches and discussions shut down by the junta are those it has not.

One of Thailand's most important tourist cities, Phuket generates over 300 billion baht in tourism revenue and has set itself a target of 400 billion baht

(25 February) A pop singer allied to the anti-government protest movements was forced to cancel his show in Chiang Mai province after Redshirts gathered at the concert venue.

BANGKOK — Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra made her first public announcement since the 22 May coup d’état in a Facebook post this morning.

BANGKOK — The educational reforms devised by Thailand’s military junta will instill students with a "correct" understanding of democracy, top officials say.

BANGKOK — Junta chairman and Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha has asked Thais to keep their complaints at home, following an American diplomat's public urging that Thailand's post-coup government cease its suppression of civil rights.

BANGKOK — The Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from her caretaker position but allowed her government to stay on until the next election—saving Thailand from the plunge into a political vacuum that many observers feared.

BANGKOK — The Redshirt activist who went missing after he was arrested by soldiers last week has reappeared as a suspect accused of murdering soldiers and demonstrators during the mass Redshirt protests in 2010.

BANGKOK — Thai junta chairman and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says he has sent a letter of protest to the United Nations' refugee agency for reportedly helping a lese majeste suspect flee Thailand.