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Isaan lives: “Thaksin put the nation on sale and Lee Kuan Yew bought it.”
The Isaan Record Among a wilderness of green shrubbery, Somkit Singsong sat in front of a small clay hut outside his village in Khon Kaen province. Sporting a beard akin to Vietnamese revolutionary...
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Military summons Prachatai reporter over lèse majesté infographic
Khaosod English The editor of a pro-democracy news website was summoned by the junta over a recent infographic it deemed overly broad in describing the kingdom’s strict law against defaming the...
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Military warns northern red shirt not to wear red
Thai military officers have asked the coordinator of a northern anti-establishment red shirt group not wear a red shirt to show support for the former Prime Minister. According to Thailand Lawyers...
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Voter disenfranchisement rife as millions unable to vote
Burma Partnership The process of advanced voting in Burma has begun amid much confusion and contradiction. According to The Myanmar Times, election commission officials have offered countering details...
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Netiwit's declaration on his 18th birthday
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, My Declaration on My 18th Birthday: I am a conscientious objector I am a conscientious objector; this means I will not take part in conscription or government required...
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Thai junta coins new history book to legitimise its rule
Kongpob Areerat Following the controversial 12 nationalistic Thai values introduced in the aftermath of the 2014 coup d’état and the construction of a theme park with grandiose monuments of ancient...
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Monk urges authorities to burn 1 mosque for each Buddhist monk killed in Deep...
A Buddhist monk from a well-known temple has suggested that the government should burn a mosque for every Buddhist monk killed in the restive Deep South.Venerable Aphichat Promjan, chief lecturer monk...
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Paternalism, the Führerprinzip, and the Psychology of Authoritarian...
John Draper Paternalism is highly identified with the Thai system of rule, to the extent that the Sukothai-era King Ramkhamhaeng, a playable character in the massively popular game Civilization 5,...
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Activists call for military reform at democracy icon commemoration
Pro-democracy people gathered in front of the Army Headquarter to call for the Thai military reform at an event, commemorating the suicide of the taxi driver, who hanged himself at a bridge to protest...
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Junta set to evict Isan villagers for Special Economic Zone
Kongpob Areerat As the Thai military government starts opening up new Special Economic Zones along the border to provide cheap labour and a deregulated business environment for investors, villagers in...
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Military summons red shirt for wearing red
Military officers in northern Thailand summoned a group of anti-establishment red shirts for a discussion after they put on red shirts.According to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), the military...
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Junta to push ‘morality’ as national agenda
The Thai authorities have drafted a master plan to promote ‘morality’ based on sufficiency, honesty, and responsibility as a national agenda. According to Daily News, Gen Thanasak Patimaprakorn, the...
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Academic questions Thai identity, culture in Cold War context
Kongpob Areerat In an analysis of the development of Thai identity and culture, an academic argues that much of what was promoted by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) as Thai identity and...
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The unknown life of Thai exiles
Since 2006, Thailand has been plagued with an unending storm of political conflict. Political thought is divided on nearly every single issue; from former Prime Minister Thaksin’s reign, the...
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Thai government to cut short EIAs for mega projects
The cabinet under Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the junta leader and Prime Minister, has given the green light to a proposal to shorten the EIA process by half to speed up mega construction projects.According...
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Myanmar: As polls near, attacks in Mon State capital raise fears of communal...
Phyo Thiha Cho Unexplained attacks on members of different religious communities in Mawlamyine are seen as attempts to foment inter-communal tensions ahead of the Nov. 8 elections. MAWLAMYINE,...
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FACTBOX: Ethnic parties in Myanmar elections
Myanmar Now Ethnic parties in Myanmar elections (Infographic: Myanmar Now, Prachatai) See large image here Logos of ethnic parties taking part in the Nov. 8 elections. YANGON - Myanmar is an...
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Radical monk shuts down Facebook account at authorities’ request
A radical Buddhist monk who proposed that the government burn a mosque for each Buddhist monk killed in the restive Deep South has temporarily shut down his Facebook account at the request of the Thai...
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Anti-junta activists refuse to be tried by military court
Thai anti-junta activists indicted under the junta’s political gathering ban have refused the jurisdiction of military courts in their cases, reasoning that they should be tried by the courts of...
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Election cancellations creates doubt on credibility of Burma's elections
Burma Partnership On 27 October 2015, the Union Election Commission (UEC)announced that elections would be cancelled in four townships in Shan State as a result of the newly intensified fighting...
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