Politics

(23 December) The outspoken anti-government activist known for her familial ties to Singha Beer producers will reportedly change her surname to avoid further association with her family business.

BANGKOK — Thailand's military ruler said his Cabinet will decide whether to hold a referendum on the new constitution written by a junta-appointed committee.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A positive COVID-19 test among U.S. Secretary of State Blinken’s traveling party has cut short the top diplomat’s first official tour of Southeast Asia.

YALA — Suspected separatists shot two motorists dead and burned their bodies in the southern border province of Yala this evening.

(12 March) The authorities have released CCTV footage showing the moment anti-government protesters captured a governmental spokeswoman who was passing through their rally last month.

BANGKOK — A Court of Appeals has upheld the ten year jail sentence handed down to Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, the former editor of a pro-Redshirt magazine who has been accused of insulting the monarchy.

BANGKOK (Xinhua) — Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has confirmed Friday that he had approached banker Preedee Daochai to join his new cabinet lineup after several cabinet members resigned en masse this week.

BANGKOK — A proposal to ban members of the ruling military junta from political office for two years after the next national election appears unlikely to pass, with top leaders in the junta and its appointed bodies swiftly dismissing the idea on Thursday.

(17 February) Scores of pro-government supporters have attacked the anti-government rally in Chiang Mai province yesterday.

BANGKOK — Bangkok’s police chief has sought to dispel concerns that paychecks he collected from the nation's’ largest alcohol producer posed a conflict of interest by declaring they don’t exist.