Politics

BANGKOK — Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was among the well-wishers who turned out to celebrate Khaosod newspaper’s 25th anniversary, during which she agreed to a brief chat with Khaosod English.

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre
Reuters

BANGKOK — Politicians must love their people or risk the extinction of democracy, Thailand's fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told a gathering of supporters on Thursday, warning that Thais face tough times because of a weak economy.

By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer

BANGKOK — No one is manipulating or funding high school students who protest against the abolition of state funding for full high school education under the junta-sponsored draft charter, said Parit Chiwarak, a student leader who led a protest on Tuesday.

By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

BANGKOK — The Japanese company behind the chat application used by millions of Thais today apologized for briefly selling a set of cartoon ‘stickers’ that lampoon the Thai Royal Family.

BANGKOK — Despite breathless reports referencing hundreds of Thai nationals caught up in the latest global offshoring scandal, none of those names is known yet.

BANGKOK — Student activist group New Democracy Movement chose a crowded public event on a national holiday today in the capital to open their campaign urging the public to reject the draft charter.

BANGKOK — Women who show too much sexuality or skin during the upcoming Songkran holiday will be arrested, according to the Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha.

BANGKOK — McDonald's in Thailand has apologized to customers after a video surfaced online showing a large rat scurrying around a dessert counter at one of its restaurants.

YALA — Sunan Thongnet was driving back home after shopping in the morning market with his wife Renu Jitban early this morning in Yala’s Bannang Sata district when they were stopped by a group of uniformed men they thought were authorities.

BANGKOK — A little chaos erupted this morning when three groups of activists separately interrupted a speech by the drafter-in-chief of the proposed constitution.