Politics

BANGKOK — Three Sundays from now, the polls will open for the public to vote on the controversial charter drafted under junta guidance, and one of the biggest guessing games is what will happen if it’s rejected.

BANGKOK — Two months and waves of outrage later, police Thursday announced they would not pursue a criminal case against a woman accused of insulting the monarchy by staying silent.

BANGKOK — Junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha Thursday granted special power for authorities to regulate any TV or radio stations considered to be a threat to national security.

BANGKOK — The Democrat Party appeared to launch a slick online campaign Thursday featuring its top leaders criticizing and opposing the draft charter promoted by the junta, complete with the party’s logo and branding, except for one catch. Reached for comment, party leadership said it has no clue where it came from.

BANGKOK — Sukhumbhand Paribatra said Wednesday he will stay on as governor of Bangkok despite being directly implicated in a 39 million-baht corruption scandal.

BANGKOK — Even if it’s true the Islamic State is distributing newspapers in Thailand’s restive southern provinces, the group is unlikely to gain sway in the region, experts on the Deep South said Wednesday.

BANGKOK — Up to 22 regional elections observers will observe the Aug. 7 referendum, the chairman of the Election Commission said Tuesday.

BANGKOK — Police and soldiers raided the offices of a pro-democracy news site Tuesday afternoon to search for campaign materials related to the forthcoming charter referendum.

PHNOM PENH — The man who allegedly shot dead a Cambodian government critic over what he claimed was a money dispute is too poor to have loaned the victim USD$3,000 (105,000 baht), his wife said Tuesday.

KHON KAEN — Some in Khon Kaen and other northeastern provinces feel they’re still regarded as inferior to those in the capital.