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New debate over alcohol law
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/06/2020
» A debate over Thailand’s alcohol control law has resumed after hundreds of online users and operators were fined in recent months.
Autopsy finds US cop suffocated black man
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/06/2020
» MINNEAPOLIS - An autopsy found Monday that an African-American man whose death has set off nationwide unrest was suffocated by a police officer, as cities including New York imposed curfews in expectation of fresh anger.
Government extends state of emergency
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/05/2020
» The military-backed government has extended Thailand’a state of emergency for a second time, to the end of June, despite opposition calls to scrap it after novel coronavirus cases dwindled.
School gang rape charges mount
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/05/2020
» Three teachers from a total of seven suspects in the gang rape case against an underage girl at a school in Mukdahan province are likely to face charges for sexually assaulting another 16-year-old student.
623 busted during curfew
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/04/2020
» More than 600 people nationwide have been charged with defying the 10pm to 4am curfew.
Foreigners banned from entry, no curfew yet
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/03/2020
» Thailand has banned the entry of foreigners and the government may impose a 24-hour curfew as its next step to tackle the spread of Covid-19 under the Emergency Decree which went into effect on Thursday.
Panel votes for chemical ban
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/10/2019
» A four-party committee has unanimously voted for a ban on the use of three toxic farming chemicals, heaping pressure on the National Hazardous Substances Committee (NHSC), which has resisted an outright ban, to follow suit.
Prayut wins the PM vote
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/06/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha won parliamentary votes to reclaim the prime minister role on Wednesday night after he faced the first test of his political career when MPs from the Pheu Thai-led coalition questioned his qualifications, focusing on his role as a coup-maker.
Pheu Thai govt hopes fade
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/05/2019
» The Pheu Thai-led alliance's hope of forming a coalition government look dashed after the Election Commission (EC) endorsed 149 party-list MPs on Wednesday, which effectively reduced the number of seats garnered by the alliance to 245.
EC faces legal action over poll
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/04/2019
» As the Constitutional Court has rejected the Election Commission's (EC) petition seeking a ruling on the calculation method for party-list MPs, the poll agency could be sued by political parties that are disadvantaged by any formulas it has devised, pundits say.