Politics

(24 September) The Democrat Party has unveiled a parallel plan for the government′s infrastructure overhaul in a bid to claim a better, more original alternative - only to end up in a controversy in which the Democrats are now being accused of copying the government project logo.

(16 September) A TV show host has accused the student known for her campaign against mandatory uniform wearing of insulting the monarchy.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA - The Supreme Court in Nakhon Ratchasima Province has sentenced a local Redshirt leader to 3 years in jail for burning a coffin bearing the name of His Majesty the King′s Privy Councillor.

(28 August) The parliamentary debate on the Constitution amendment yesterday saw a bizarre moment in which lawmakers argued whether the beauty of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is related to the Constitution.

BANGKOK - The commander in chief of the Royal Thai Army suggested that Thai politicians should learn from the teachings of His Majesty the King, which stress the merit of solving the problems with careful consciousness.

BANGKOK — Senior Democrat Party politicians have criticized the chief of Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) for mistakenly referring to Prime Minister Yingluck as the "head of state," a title that belongs to the Thai king.

(14 August) Redshirts converged at the office of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) today to voice their displeasure at the report about the 2010 political unrest released by the agency, which has been criticised for its lack of emphasis on the atrocities committed by the military during the crackdown.

BANGKOK - Thailand′s top human rights commission has been blasted by a number of activists and academics for its report on the 2010 political violence which, the critics say, shifts most of the blames on the side of the protesters rather than the authorities.

BANGKOK - The chief of Royal Thai Army insisted that the military was not involved in the deaths of 6 civilians shot dead as they sought shelter inside a temple during the 2010 military crackdown.

BANGKOK — Deliberation on the government-sponsored draft of the amnesty bill in Parliament yesterday was punctuated by heated arguments, heckling, and drastically divergent narratives of what happened during the 2010 crackdown - the central issue that the amnesty bill was designed to resolve.