Reform Assembly Members Donate 5,000 Baht Each to Aid Flood Relief Efforts
BANGKOK — A junta-appointed reform assembly donated 5,000 baht each out of their 110,000 baht salary to help ongoing floods in the southern region.
Former Thai Leader Thaksin Shinawatra Requests a Royal Pardon
JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI BANGKOK — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who recently returned from exile and began serving an eight-year prison term, has requested...
Lawmakers in Thailand Overwhelmingly Approve a Bill To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
BANGKOK (AP) — Lawmakers in Thailand's lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday that would make the country the...
Pheu Thai Party Joins With Pro-Military Parties in Coalition To Form New Government
JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI — Thailand's populist Pheu Thai party announced Monday that it plans to form a new government with an 11-party coalition that...
Anti-Junta Facebookers’ Conundrum
By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer
BANGKOK — Unsure that using Facebook affords users adequate privacy, an increasing number of anti-junta netizens are setting up new accounts on a different social media platform.
Senior Staff Writer
BANGKOK — Unsure that using Facebook affords users adequate privacy, an increasing number of anti-junta netizens are setting up new accounts on a different social media platform.
Junta Says Yingluck Free to Attend Brother's Birthday Abroad
BANGKOK — Thailand's ruling military junta has dismissed claims that former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been barred from attending the birthday of her brother Thaksin Shinawatra, another former PM who is currently living in a self-imposed exile to avoid a corruption conviction.
Activists Expect Increased Use of Detention Before Charter Vote
By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer
BANGKOK — More arbitrary detentions and “attitude adjustment” sessions are likely in the run-up to a vote on the junta-sponsored draft charter, critics warned Monday after two politicians were taken into custody by the junta.
Senior Staff Writer
BANGKOK — More arbitrary detentions and “attitude adjustment” sessions are likely in the run-up to a vote on the junta-sponsored draft charter, critics warned Monday after two politicians were taken into custody by the junta.
Activists to Seek Gradual End to Capital Punishment
BANGKOK — Abolitionists will look to gradually reduce the amount of crimes liable to capital punishment instead of pushing for an outright end to...
Former TV Host Pinyo Says He Will Return to Face Charges
BANGKOK — A former talk show host being investigated for royal defamation and rumored to have fled the country said Tuesday night that he is abroad but will return to Thailand.
Thai Police Chief Proposes Conscripted Riot Police
BANGKOK — Thailand's top police chief has proposed drafting 10,000 civilians to serve as riot police.
