The boys had applied for citizenship before they became trapped in the cave in northern Thailand last month
Three of the young soccer players who were trapped in a cave in northern Thailand for almost three weeks were granted Thai citizenship on Wednesday.
Their coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, 25, (...)
As Thailand’s military dictator, Prime Minister and former General Prayut Chan-o-cha visited Europe last week in a desperate attempt to woo more foreign investment, Thai democracy rights protesters rallied in Paris, London and Bonn, calling for his arrest for crimes against his own people. They (...)
The junta has ordered seven of the most prominent pro-democracy activists charged with crimes including sedition after they launched a protest campaign calling for general elections to be held in November.
From left, an unidentified protest photographer, Rangsiman Rome, Nutta Mahattana and (...)
The Royal Thai Army is conducting a programme to educate kindergarten children to be patriotic through the junta’s controversial nationalistic 12 Thai Values.
On 21 December 2016, Lt Col Phansak Phraewphanit, Commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 29 Army Regiment in Kanchanaburi (...)
Political parties, despite their divergent ideologies, are united in urging the junta to lift its ban on political activity now that the Organic Act on Political Parties is in effect. Meanwhile, the junta head has announced that the next general election will be held in November 2018.
On 8 (...)
PRAYUTH SAYS GOV’T RIGHT TO TAKE YINGLUCK ASSETS BEFORE VERDICT
BANGKOK — Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said Thursday his government was right to confiscate the bank accounts of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra as it was a separate matter than her malfeasance trial, which has yet to (...)
Controversy is mounting over the unexplained disappearance of democracy from Thailand.
Democracy has traditionally been located in the various Thai constitutions, but observers noted recently that the new constitution seems to have no democracy in it. It has been replaced by long-winded (...)
Thailand’s parliament has agreed in a confidential session to transfer control of royal agencies from the government to new King Maha Vajiralongkorn, members of the military-appointed legislature said on Friday.
The decision came on Thursday in a sitting that was not broadcast in public, they (...)
On a Saturday night in mid-September 2013 I was sat at table in a deserted restaurant in an exclusive beachside resort in Phuket. My companions were graduate students and researchers from Chulalongkorn University and Japan’s prestigious Kyoto University.
It was the final day of a small (...)
After almost three years in power and billions of baht spent in drafting the new constitution , the 20th Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand was officially enacted on 6 April 2017. Thailand has gone through 19 constitutions in less than a century and there is no guarantee that the latest (...)
On April 6, 2017, the new constitution of Thailand is officially promulgated. Thailand’s king, King Maha Vajiralongkorn, officially endorsed and signed the new constitution in front of the executive, legislative and judiciary branches at the Ananta Samakom Throne Hall in Bangkok. The document (...)
Since the death of King Bhumibol on October 13 2016, his son King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun or Rama X has disregarded the provisions of the Thai constitution and its conventions to an extent unprecedented in the modern history of the nation.
First, he declined to accede to (...)
New regulations on political parties have sparked debate over whether these will make parties more responsive to voters, or whether they will kill off many of Thailand’s current parties.
On 7 December 2016, the Constitution Drafting Committee published the first draft of the Organic Act on (...)
We the “People Go Network Forum” comprised of villagers, community based organizations, peasants, academia, nongovernmental organizations, labors, media, students, the self-employed from 109 organizations are here to review the situations in Thailand in the aftermath of the coup, especially the (...)
Andrew MacGregor Marshall brings you a quick guide to the anticipated naming of Thailand’s new King.
Thailand is finally getting a new king this week, ending seven weeks adrift in constitutional limbo following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on October 13.
The National Legislative (...)
Thailand’s draft constitution will be sent for royal approval on 9 November. The King will revise it for 90 days before the approval.
On 1 November 2016, junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha announced that the deadline for Thailand’s draft constitution being ready for the King to sign is 9 (...)
While thousands mourn their king, the junta is pursuing suspects beyond the nation’s borders.
Thailand has begun a search for people deemed to have defamed its monarchy in the wake of the king’s death, investigating 20 new criminal cases and seeking to extradite suspects from abroad.
The (...)
Recent ‘witch-hunts’ as Thailand mourns its late King are the consequence of hyper-royalism, an impunity culture and political polarisation, says a Thai sociologist. He speculates the hunts will last until celebrations for the new throne.
The term ‘witch-hunts’ has been widely used on Thai social (...)
With the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX, his son and heir apparent, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, should have been named King Rama X. He hasn’t. As Andrew MacGregor Marshall writes, Thailand’s succession struggle isn’t over yet.
Thailand is a kingdom without a king
Following the (...)
Crown prince is best known for making his poodle Foo Foo an air chief marshal, but his darker side has long caused concerns about his potential rule
Thailand’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, a three-times divorced playboy who made his pet poodle an air chief marshal in the Thai military, (...)
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