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Dozens die as Myanmar military bombs Buddhist festival
Published on 08/10/2025
» Myanmar’s military bombed a Buddhist festival this week, killing at least two dozen people and injuring dozens more, according to a witness and the country’s civilian government in exile.
Time to tread carefully
Published on 30/08/2025
» ABOUT POLITICS: The People's Party's reform agenda could be risky right now, thanks to the nationalism fed by the border dispute v Thaksin Shinawatra survived his lese majeste trial, but the hospital stay ruling will have greater political significance
Ex-abbot comes clean about pre-monkhood life
Online Reporters, Published on 26/08/2025
» The embattled former abbot of Wat Phra Bat Nam Phu has broken his silence about his early life, admitting he evaded military service and assumed a friend’s identity before illegally entering Malaysia where he worked for several years before returning to Thailand.
'This is no vacation': young Poles do summer army bootcamp
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» WARSAW — Sweating and out of breath, young Poles throw grenades and practise evacuating the wounded at a training ground outside Warsaw.
New mine blast inflames border tensions
Published on 23/07/2025
» The Thai-Cambodian border dispute has escalated dramatically after another landmine explosion injured five Thai soldiers — one losing a leg — in a disputed area of Ubon Ratchathani province on Wednesday afternoon.
Is being born as an LGBTI person a medical issue?
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 30/06/2025
» June is a propitious time to remember the history of lesbian, gay, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people and their struggles to overcome discrimination and violence. One of the difficulties confronting them throughout the ages has been how the medical sector and related science view them, and how they should be treated by medical classifications. What is the situation today both locally and globally?
Srettha: Protecting rights is a year-round challenge
Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 25/06/2025
» Thailand needs to keep supporting the spirit behind Pride Month to ensure LGBTQ+ rights are protected and people are treated equally, said former prime minister Srettha Thavisin.
Myanmar artists featured in 'Unsettled Journeys' show
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 15/05/2025
» Supples Gallery is presenting the group exhibition "Unsettled Journeys" to highlight the complex experience of six Myanmar artists currently living in Thailand in the wake of military crackdowns, forced conscription and the collapse of civil liberty.
Commanders in firing line over conscript abuses
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 08/04/2025
» Commanders of army units where trainers are found to have abused conscripts will also face disciplinary punishment for looking the other way, Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai vowed on Tuesday.
Burma on the brink of ousting the military?
News, Published on 27/02/2025
» If the Burmese drive General Min Aung Hlaing and his brutal military regime from power, as they seem about to do, the first thing they should do afterwards is take a leaf from Costa Rica's book and abolish the army. Don't reform it or downsize it; just get rid of it forever.