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Government delays approval of cannabis ban legislation
Reuters, Published on 13/02/2024
» The government delayed the approval of a draft bill that would ban the recreational use of cannabis as it needs more opinions from other parties, Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew said after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Handout scheme ‘unlikely’ to start in May
Reuters, Published on 17/01/2024
» The government is set to delay the launch of a controversial 500-billion-baht digital wallet handout scheme until after May, in a setback for Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who has been touting the policy as essential in boosting a sluggish economy.
Ex-CIA analyst recounts torture in secret Thai prison
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: In the 2012 Hollywood hit “Zero Dark Thirty,” a red-haired Central Intelligence Agency analyst played by Jessica Chastain travels to a secret CIA prison and watches a colleague waterboard a screaming Al Qaeda suspect, then lock him in a box a little bigger than a mini-fridge, to make him talk.
Apple warns Thai activists 'state-sponsored attackers' may have targeted iPhones
Reuters, Published on 24/11/2021
» Apple Inc issued on Wednesday alert messages to at least six Thai activists and researchers who have been critical of the government, warning it believed their iPhones had been targeted by "state-sponsored attackers", according to activists and the alerts reviewed by Reuters.
Cambodia jails critics deported by Thailand
Reuters, Published on 22/11/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Three Cambodian refugees deported by Thailand have been jailed on charges of conspiracy and incitement, police said on Monday, as pressure grows on the government to protect activists at risk of persecution in their home countries.
Thais deny army forcing back Myanmar refugees
Reuters, Published on 29/03/2021
» CHIANG MAI: About 2,000 refugees fleeing Myanmar to Thailand had been pushed back despite ongoing aerial bombardment, two activist groups said on Monday, but Thai authorities said the army was taking care of them on the border.
Myanmar junta leader asks Prayut for help on democracy
Reuters, Published on 10/02/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who himself first seized power in a coup, said on Wednesday he had received a letter from Myanmar's new junta leader asking for help to support democracy.
US designates 4 major Chinese media outlets as foreign missions
Reuters, Published on 23/06/2020
» WASHINGTON: The United States said on Monday it will start treating four major Chinese media outlets as foreign embassies, alleging they are mouthpieces for Beijing, in a move that is likely to further sour already fraught ties between the world's top two economies.
Weeks after Korat massacre, Amnesty report describes conscript abuses
Reuters, Published on 23/03/2020
» Thai military conscripts face widespread violence and sexual assaults, Amnesty International said in a report on Monday, calling the abuse institutionalised and systematically hushed up by the hierarchy.
Mass shooting puts army officers' side deals under scrutiny
Reuters, Published on 12/02/2020
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A soldier's killing of 29 people in a rage over a housing deal involving his superior officer has brought attention to the business dealings of army personnel.