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2014 election disrupter avoids jail
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/05/2024
» The Supreme Court has handed an eight-month jail term, suspended for two years, to a protest leader involved in obstructing the general election in 2014.
Protests 'a result of 2014 coup'
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 07/10/2020
» The escalation of the young protest movement developed from the increase in students defying authoritarianism following the military coup in 2014, a forum was told on Tuesday.
Q2 GDP growth weakest since 2014
Published on 19/08/2019
» Thailand’s economy grew at the slowest pace in almost five years in the second quarter as exports and tourism deteriorated, buffeted by US-China trade tensions and the strong baht.
'Dirty diesel' killed 6,000 Germans in 2014
AFP, Published on 09/03/2018
» BERLIN: Nitrogen dioxide emissions mainly produced by diesel cars led to 6,000 premature deaths in Germany in 2014, an official report showed Thursday, in a new punch against the automobile sector.
Debunking two myths of the 2014 coup
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 19/10/2018
» As momentum towards the next general election gathers pace, the two main myths that underpinned Thailand's most recent military coup in May 2014 deserve debunking. Both are associated with the military's role in politics. Seeing through these two perpetuated myths leaves us with the reality that all players in Thai politics are in pursuit of power and vested interests. All pretence to the contrary is sheer falsehood, hypocrisy and political manipulation.
Guards sent to jail for obstructing 2014 election
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/06/2018
» The Supreme Court has upheld a ruling by the Appeal Court sentencing two security guards of the now-defunct People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) to one year each in prison and suspend them from voting for five years, in a 2014 election obstruction case.
Indonesia military to blame for 2014 Papua killings: commission
AFP, Published on 17/02/2020
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's military shot dead four students in the country's restive Papua region during 2014 protests and carried out "gross human rights violations", a commission investigating the uprising concluded Monday.
Economy shrinks for first time since 2014 on virus
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/05/2020
» The country’s economy contracted in the first quarter for the first time since 2014 as the coronavirus outbreak cut off tourist arrivals and shuttered commerce.
Quick-fix coups and the unfortunate legacy of 2014
News, Published on 22/05/2020
» Some "successes" in governments connected to military coups spell danger for a country where many have grown immune to putsches and look to them for a quick fix to national problems, argues Chaiwat Satha-Anand, a professor of politics and government at Thammasat University.
Court upholds jail term for 2014 election vote-blocker
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/06/2020
» The Appeal Court has upheld a one-year jail term for a woman charged with blocking the February 2014 snap election while acquitting eight others who faced the same charge.