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Jimmy Lai, the HK tycoon who stood up to China
News, James Pomfret & Jessie Pang, Published on 17/12/2025
» Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, was found guilty on Monday on two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of sedition under a China-imposed national security law that could see him jailed for life.
Myanmar junta readies for sham poll
News, Nay Phone Latt, Published on 11/10/2025
» Myanmar's military leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who currently serves as both the army's commander in chief and the country's head of state, has reshuffled the government's administrative structure in preparation for planned elections later this year.
Donor funding crisis goes global
News, Jayati Ghosh, Published on 21/05/2025
» Towards the end of the ancient Indian epic the Mahabharata, Krishna's Yadava clan self-destructs. Many dark omens presage their downfall: nature behaves erratically and pests multiply. Sin, deception, and violence proliferate, eroding trust and solidarity. Clan members humiliate and insult wise elders. When Krishna's extended family goes on a picnic, the men get drunk, argue, and attack each other, until eventually all of them are dead.
Husband and wife shot dead outside home in Yala
News, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 18/05/2025
» A husband and wife were shot dead while sitting outside their home in Yala’s Raman district on Saturday evening, in what police say may be linked to either a personal conflict or ongoing unrest in the region.
Feuds blamed for plantation killings
News, Published on 13/05/2025
» More than 100 police officers are searching for at least three suspects involved in the shooting and burning of a palm oil plantation overseer and two staff members in Trang's Sikao district, in an incident believed to have resulted from a dispute. Authorities have also uncovered a fourth burned and buried body in the vicinity.
UN role can spur rights push
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 05/05/2025
» Despite recent progress on LGBTQ+ rights, Thailand continues to grapple with persistent human rights violations and must leverage its new role on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) better to address these issues.
Security beefed up in wake of Tak Bai killings statute expiry
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth and Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 26/10/2024
» Security has been tightened in the deep South following intelligence reports of insurgent groups planning to instigate violence from Oct 24-28, after the statute of limitations for the Tak Bai massacre case expired at midnight last night.
Court 'free to execute' warrant for Pisal
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 20/09/2024
» House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha said the 2017 constitution contains a provision which allows the judiciary to prosecute Gen Pisal Wattanawongkiri, a Pheu Thai MP who is facing arrest over his role in the 2004 Tak Bai massacre, despite his claims of parliamentary immunity.
Wife, daughter slain in murder-suicide
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/07/2024
» Chiang Mai: A man in Om Koi district on Sunday stabbed his wife and one of their two daughters to death before killing himself, police said.
Police track source of cyanide in deaths of Vietnamese
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/07/2024
» Police are investigating the source of the cyanide used in the killing of six people of Vietnamese origin at a hotel in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok early this week.