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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, amid a public debate on the country’s ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara has resigned, the government said on Sunday, after losing the position of deputy prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle. Prime ...
Website. www .thairath .co .th. Thairath ( Thai: ไทยรัฐ, lit. Thai State) is a daily newspaper in Thai published in Bangkok and distributed nationwide. The paper is a broadsheet published with two sections. The first section is devoted to news. Although the news section is best known for its sensationalist coverage of crime and ...
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 ...
TNN ((Thai: ทีเอ็นเอ็น), also known as TNN16 (Thai: ทีเอ็นเอ็น ช่อง 16), an acronym for Thai News Network) is a Thai satellite, cable and digital terrestrial 24-hour news channel owned by Thai News Network (TNN) Co., Ltd., a unit of TrueVisions, a subsidiary of True Corporation, part of the Charoen Pokphand Group and Telenor, presents news ...
A Thai media provider was reported to be censoring a foreign news network reporting the protests. [266] A severe state of emergency was declared in Bangkok during 15–22 October, [267] during which the police moved to ban or block anti-government or independent media, together with the Free Youth Facebook page, [268] and seized books ...
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%.
Songkran was the official New Year until 1888, when it was switched to a fixed date of 1 April. Then in 1940, this date was shifted to 1 January. The traditional Thai New Year Songkran was transformed into a national holiday. [6] Celebrations are famous for the public water fights framed as ritual cleansing.