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The power behind the PM
News, Published on 23/03/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is refusing to let anyone believe he is the country’s nominal leader although he is having to double down on the effort in light of recent developments.
Thaksin: ‘Happiness is at home’
Online Reporters, Published on 15/03/2024
» Thaksin Shinawatra said on Friday that he was happy to reunite with his family, in what was his first public comment since being released on parole last month.
PAD's acquittal in parliament blockade upheld
Published on 02/11/2023
» The Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the Criminal Court's decision to acquit 21 former members of the now-defunct People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) led by former media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul of criminal charges for laying siege to the parliament building in 2008.
Tougher gun controls on the way
Online Reporters, Published on 05/10/2023
» The government is suspending the issuance of permits for importing and trading firearms, real and imitation, as one of seven short-term measures to improve gun control, Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced on Thursday.
Govt moves to shore up morale
News, Published on 05/10/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered state agencies to step up measures to prevent a recurrence of Siam Paragon shopping mall shooting on Tuesday that left two people dead and five others injured.
Mafia blitz spurs gun amnesty
Published on 14/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has imposed a 30-day deadline on a special amnesty offered to gun owners who lack a proper permit, meaning they have a month to hand in such firearms at any police station before facing a renewed crackdown.
Former red-shirt bosses want death probes sped up
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/01/2023
» Former red-shirt leaders on Monday called on national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas to speed up investigations into the deaths of red-shirt protesters during their 2010 clashes with the military.
Heat rising on environmental problems
News, Published on 30/12/2021
» When it comes to ecological and climate-change issues, pressure is intensifying for solutions. Pratch Rujivanarom recalls five significant events which grabbed headlines this year.
Activists remember Oct 6 massacre
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 06/10/2021
» Little has changed in the 45 years since students and activists were massacred by the military and rightwing radicals at Thammasat University, sending many survivors fleeing into the jungle where they took up arms against the authoritarian government.
Army 'on call' to back police
News, Published on 12/08/2021
» The military could be called in to help quell violence at rallies if the situation gets out of hand, while police will stick to using tear gas and rubber bullets if needed, the Metropolitan Police Bureau said.