Thai Junta Targets Social Media Companies (DPA)
BANGKOK — The Thai military junta is to send representatives to social media companies to ask them for access to chat rooms and groups that are deemed harmful to national security, reports said Friday.
Hardcore Redshirt 'Rambo' Quits Politics For Life
NAKHON RATCHASIMA — The hardline Redshirt activist known as 'Rambo Isaan' has vowed to quit politics "for life" following his release from six days of detention in a military camp.
Military Tries to Control Coup Narrative
BANGKOK — The Thai military is stepping up efforts to control the narrative behind the coup it staged last week with propagandist videos and stern censorship of alternative accounts.
Army: Coup Was To Avoid Failed State Scenario (DPA)
BANGKOK — Thailand's military staged last week's coup to prevent the nation becoming a failed state, the army said Thursday.
Junta Blames 'Technical Glitch' For Facebook Blocking
BANGKOK — Thailand’s military government has issued several contradicting explanations behind the temporary blockage of Facebook for millions of Thais on Wednesday.
Junta Consolidates Power With Police, Governors Reshuffle (DPA)
By Cod Satrusayang
Army Loudspeaker 'Hijacked By Imposter' At Victory Monument, Military Says
BANGKOK — The military officer who berated anti-coup protesters and called the foreign media "scoundrels" at a protest at Victory Monument earlier this week was not a military officer after all, the army has claimed.
Thai Junta Sets Up Reconciliation Centres to Soothe Divisions (DPA)
By Cod Satrusayang
Fugitive Ex-Minister Arrested During Interview With Foreign Media
BANGKOK — A fugitive Minister from the former government was abruptly arrested by a squad of soldiers while he was in the middle of giving an interview to the Thai and foreign press in Bangkok this afternoon.
Reporters Reprimanded For Asking Prayuth 'Aggressive' Questions
BANGKOK — The military has rebuked two reporters from prominent Thai newspapers for asking "aggressive" questions to military junta leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, an army secretary says.
