Sparring between Thailand’s two main pro-democracy parties may undermine their common goal of defeating the military-inclined ruling establishment in the May 14 general election, analysts said.
A woman who was arrested this week may have killed 13 people with cyanide, Thai police said Friday as they announced premeditated murder charges against her in two of the cases of lethal poisoning.
As Thailand gears up for elections, a former titan of the sex industry who flirted with politics and transformed himself into a gadfly going after the rich and powerful is back as a crusader against corruption.Â
Thailand’s election in May could result in no party winning a clear mandate, likely forcing the longtime opposition Pheu Thai party and a military-backed one to form an alliance, Thai activists and academics told BenarNews this week.
The home in an exclusive Bangkok residential compound popular with diplomats was rented ostensibly by the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru for its consul-general to Thailand, his family and staff.
Riot police scuffled with pro-democracy activists as they protested Thursday against the Thai prime minister on the eve of the APEC leaders’ summit being staged in Bangkok amid high security
A rapper, an actress, Thai academics, and pro-democracy protest leaders were among dozens whose phones were hacked with spyware likely linked to the government, cybersecurity researchers said Monday in releasing forensic findings about the first known use of such espionage technology in Thailand
Thailand partially decriminalized cannabis as of Thursday, allowing users to possess, consume and grow low-potency plants, but it discouraged smoking the weed in public by attaching a hefty fine and jail sentence for those who are a nuisance while lighting up
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Saturday for his handling of the coronavirus, prompting pro-democracy activists to pledge to raise the stakes by staging protests
Thailand believed it had avoided the worst of the novel coronavirus’s public health epidemic by closing its borders, but this has only devastated the country’s economy
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