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2020–2021 Thai protests. 2020–2021 Thai protests. Clockwise from top: Protesters at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok on 18 July. A student protester reading demands on monarchical reform on 3 August. Demonstration in Pattani Province on 2 August. Dispersal of protests at Patumwan Intersection on 16 October.
The Bangkok Post is an English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. It is published in broadsheet and digital formats. The first issue was sold on 1 August 1946. It had four pages and cost one baht, a considerable amount at the time when a baht was a paper note. It is Thailand's oldest newspaper still in publication.
General elections were held in Thailand on 14 May 2023 to elect 500 members of the House of Representatives. [3] The Move Forward Party, led by Pita Limjaroenrat, surprised analysts by winning the most seats, followed by fellow opposition party Pheu Thai who had won the most seats in the 2011 and 2019 elections. Turnout was a record 75.22%.
May 15, 2024 at 5:39 AM. BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s prime minister on Wednesday offered his condolences to the family of a young activist who died in detention after a monthslong hunger strike ...
In an interview with the Bangkok Post on 21 March, which was the first media outlet he visited in Thailand, Vacharaesorn said that he wished to permanently reside in Thailand. When asked by the Bangkok Post on if his return visits had a purpose, he said, "I only wanted to return to my homeland. This is the feeling of a person who left over 27 ...
Crime in Thailand has been a defining issue in the country for decades, inspiring years of policy and international criticism. [1] Drug use and corruption make up the majority of the crime in Thailand [2] and due to this, many Thai administrations attempted to curtail the drug trade, most notably Thaksin Shinawatra with the 2003 War on Drugs. [3]
On 22 May 2014, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, the commander of the Royal Thai Army (RTA), launched a coup d'état, the twelfth since the country's first coup in 1932, [1] against the caretaker government of Thailand following six months of political crisis. [1] The military established a junta called the ...
The existence of an information warfare unit participating in a cyber campaign against government critics was leaked to the public in late February 2020. [4] General Apirat Kongsompong, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, expressed concerns that some students' actions were inclined to lèse majesté.