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  • THAILAND

    Thai student detained in Cairo returns

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/10/2019

    » Aiproheng Malee, the 25-year-old Thai Muslim student who was detained in Cairo, Egypt over his suspected ties to the Islamic State (IS) group, has been freed and is back in his home in Yala.

  • THAILAND

    Korn's daring plan for change

    News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 09/03/2020

    » Korn Chatikavanij has declared he is ready to chart a new course in politics by vowing to start out his newly-founded Kla Party ("Dare") on a small scale and refusing to tread the same path as other parties.

  • OPINION

    #BehindTheHashtags

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 06/03/2020

    » Many student protests that were partly set off by the dissolution of Future Forward Party over the past two weeks has also ushered in new hashtags into the lexicon of Thai social media. At the time of writing, it has been reported that there are 28 hashtags associated with campus protests. Some are humourous while others carry strong political stances and sharp gibes. Whether you agree with these students who've chosen to make their voices heard, it's better to get used to their protest hashtags as more student flashmobs are on their way (but many speculate that the designation of Covid-19 as a dangerous communicable disease may be used as a tool to suppress them). Not to mention, an online campaign calling for people to wear black on Fridays as a symbol to oppose dictatorship began last Friday.

  • THAILAND

    Hemp still illegal, says ONCB

    News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 31/01/2020

    » The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) on Thursday insisted that hemp plants were still illegal, meaning they cannot be grown or possessed.

  • THAILAND

    Curfew mulled for deep South

    News, Published on 09/11/2019

    » Security authorities have been given the green light to consider imposing a curfew in eight districts of four southernmost provinces for one year, but they say the move has nothing to do with this week's deadly attack in Yala.

  • THAILAND

    Same old faces playing the same old game

    News, Published on 07/11/2019

    » Despite having a democratically-elected government after five years of military rule, a political expert says progress is hard to spot in Thai politics, as the country remains bogged down by the power struggle between liberals and conservatives.

  • OPINION

    Let's talk about sex

    News, Postbag, Published on 22/01/2020

    » "The Edutainment Continues", (Life, Jan 21), reveals something strange about the human condition; that one of the two most important experiences in life are taboo topics for social discourse and education. Everybody arrives here through sex, and everyone will die. These two factors are the only true common denominators about existence shared by all.

  • THAILAND

    King names Surayud as Privy Council president

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/01/2020

    » His Majesty the King has appointed privy councillor Gen Surayud Chulanont as president of the Privy Council, replacing the late Gen Prem Tinsulanonda who died on May 26 last year.

  • THAILAND

    Royal Forestry Department plots next move in land case

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/12/2019

    » The Royal Forestry Department (RFD) is working closely with the Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) to determine if it can take legal action against Palang Pracharath MP Pareena Kraikupt.

  • THAILAND

    Apirat says Thaksin provoked insurgents

    News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 12/10/2019

    » Army chief Apirat Kongsompong on Friday accused the Thaksin Shinawatra administration of complicating the southern insurgency problem.

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