Politics

BANGKOK — Thailand has plunged deeper when it comes to press freedom this past year, a report published Wednesday said.

BANGKOK — While the military junta has eased off on its most aggressive tactics, recent cases and observers say it has replaced them with micro-managing resistance to its rule. Two cases occurred Tuesday, nearly three years after the May 2014 coup, and the details suggest the coup-makers are still very active when it comes to keeping a firm lid on dissent.

BANGKOK — A proposed bill to regulate political parties from the junta-appointed Constitution Drafting Committee has been greeted with skepticism if not outright distrust from both sides of the political divide.

BANGKOK — Police arrested a man Tuesday morning in front of the Government House on his way to petition junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha over the missing 1932 revolution plaque, a colleague of his said.

BANGKOK — A man once jailed for defaming the monarchy said he will petition junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha on Tuesday to find out who replaced a plaque representing democracy with one bearing royalist inscriptions.

CHIANG MAI — A 63-year-old man arrested last year for campaigning against the junta-backed constitution was cleared of any wrongdoing by the court on Monday.

BANGKOK — Nantachai Techasrivichien said it was about a year ago when he was diagnosed with acute anxiety. Soon the radio disc jockey found therapy in making things grow. At his home, he grows plants for luck and feels a unique thrill in watching their progress. About six months ago he started a new business, importing grow bags from the U.S. state of Oklahoma for sale over Facebook.

For many among the royal circles back then, the 1932 revolution was not about politics, but also about supernatural cause. For them, what happened on the morning of June 24, 1932, was a 150-year-old prophecy coming true – despite their efforts to avert it.

BANGKOK — More than a dozen grenade and bomb attacks in southern Thailand killed two suspected insurgents whose explosives detonated unexpectedly, authorities said Thursday.

For more than a decade, Srisuwan has been a familiar face. They know him at the Administrative Court. He’s a frequent guest of the State Ombudsman. He knows his way around the National Anti-Corruption Committee and Office of the Auditor General. He’s filed complaints on a wide range of topics and for this, he’s well-known in newsrooms where his complaints fuel stories on the scandals of the day.