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Thai junta orders German NGO to cancel press freedom briefing
AFP, Published on 30/01/2015
» BANGKOK - A German rights group said Thursday that it has been ordered by Thailand's junta to cancel a briefing on the health of the kingdom's media landscape, in a growing clampdown on freedom of expression.
Thai Red Shirts freed as Facebook 'block' sows panic
AFP, Published on 28/05/2014
» Thailand's junta Wednesday freed leaders of the "Red Shirt" movement allied to the ousted government, as social media users reacted with alarm to rumours of a "block" of Facebook.
Detentions in army-ruled Thailand silence coup critics
AFP, Published on 28/05/2014
» BANGKOK (AFP) - Their names read out on national television, politicians, activists, academics and journalists are among scores of influential people summoned by Thailand's junta and arbitrarily held in secret locations.
Thai troops swoop on fugitive former minister
AFP, Published on 27/05/2014
» Thai soldiers swooped to detain a fugitive former cabinet minister on Tuesday after he emerged from hiding to become the first member of the ousted government to publicly denounce a military coup.
Chaturon eyes 75,000 more vocational students
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 24/10/2013
» The Education Ministry wants to increase the number of vocational students by 75,600 next year to serve industrial demands and economic growth.