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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.
It is one of two English-language dailies in Bangkok, the other being the Bangkok Post. On 28 June 2019, it published its final broadsheet edition leaving only its online edition. The Nation is Thailand's only Thai-owned English-language newspaper, It is owned by the Nation Group and is a member of the Asia News Network. It was considered a ...
Mass media in Thailand. Thailand has a well-developed mass media sector, especially by Southeast Asian standards. The Thai government and the military have long exercised considerable control, especially over radio and TV stations. During the governments of Thaksin Shinawatra [1] and the subsequent military-run administration after the 2006 ...
King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand died at the age of 88 on 13 October 2016 ( B.E. 2559), after a long illness. A year-long period of mourning was subsequently announced. A royal cremation ceremony took place over five days at the end of October 2017. The actual cremation, which was not broadcast on television, was held in the late evening of ...
e. 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%.
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.
Prayut Chan-o-cha (sometimes spelled Prayuth Chan-ocha; Thai: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา, pronounced [prā.jút tɕān.ʔōː.tɕʰāː] ⓘ; born 21 March 1954) is a Thai retired politician and army officer [1] who became the 29th Prime Minister of Thailand from 2014 when he seized power in a military coup, to 2023 ...
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 ...