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Weekly Roundup Feb 27
EC sued for ignoring duties Two civic groups on Tuesday filed police complaints at Chiang Mai Police Station, accusing the five Commissioners of the Election Commission for intentionally ignoring their...
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Japan’s Thailand-Plus One Business Model
Pavin Chachavalpongpun The Thai political crisis has shown no sign of subsiding. Indeed, the rise of political violence becomes more evident. And since Thailand is an important part of the regional...
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Understanding Thai-style Buddhism
Suluck Lamubol The involvement of a controversial monk Buddha Issara as an anti-government protest leader sparks fierce debate on the function of Buddhism in this turbulent country. It is commonly...
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Aerobics is Back!
Keiko Sei I am a resident of Din Daeng. For my daily exercise I go to a public aerobics programme that takes place at the Thai-Japanese Stadium every day at 6:30 pm except Mondays.The programme is...
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News Roundup March 2
A leading school in Thailand to introduce “Thai ethics and morality” test Srinakarinwirot Pathumwan Demonstration School in Bangkok will introduce a morality test for every student who applies to...
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Mano a Mano
Harrison George Well it’s a full house here at the Impact Arena for the live televised debate between Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Suthep Thaugsuban, head of the People’s Democratic Reform...
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“Insiders” presented policy paper to support peace process in southern Thailand
Pattani – “Insiders” presented a “policy paper” to help strengthen the peace dialogue between the Thai government and the Patani Malay movement and to increase people’s participation in quelling the...
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Appeal Court sentences former stockbroker to 2 years and 8 months in jail for...
The Appeal Court on Wednesday sentenced Katha P., a former stockbroker, to two years and eight months in jail for posting rumors about the king’s health condition which, the court said, led to a sharp...
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Weekly Roundup March 10
Donation account opened to help man tortured by PDRC guards The sister of Yuem Minlah, a man who was tortured by the PDRC guards on February 24th, has opened a bank account to receive donations to...
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Easy as ABC
Harrison George The rampant confusion over the putative secessionist movement calling for an independent state of Lanna in the north of Thailand is no more than you can expect in a country besotted...
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Stockbroker denied bail, jailed for posting rumours about King's health
The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied bail to Katha P., a stockbroker who was imprisoned for posting rumours about the king’s health condition, citing flight risk. The Appeal Court last week sentenced...
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Lèse majesté trial begins for a woman stepping on the King’s picture
The Criminal Court on Tuesday began hearing the case of a 65-year-old woman who stepped on a picture of HM the King in July 2012 and was prosecuted for violating the lèse majesté law. Thitinan (last...
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News Roundup March 17
Issarachon Foundation: Bangkok Homeless Increase 10%There are 3,140 homeless people living in Bangkok, an increase of about 10 per cent from 2012, according to the latest survey by Issarachon...
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Independent Thinking
Harrison George As the good people of Crimea go to the polls, the leaders of the democratic west (as they like to think of themselves) reject the vote in advance and even threaten punishment for...
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Employers need to resolve migrant mess
Andy Hall An estimated 2 million migrants from Myanmar working across Thailand remain anxious to an irrational deadline imposed on permission to work here. The two countries agreed in 2003 that these...
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Court to try TDRI academic, TPBS TV host over defamation
The Criminal Court will begin the trial of the defamation case filed by members of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commissions (NBTC) against a think-tank academic and a TV host for...
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Civil Court considers suing Red Shirts
The Civil Court has summoned red-shirt activists for making fun of the Court after its ruling that the demonstrations of the anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) were peaceful....
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Activists protest independent agencies’ role in politics
A proposal of six independent agencies for naming mediators to solve Thailand’s prolonged conflict on Tuesday has prompted a group of activists to protest the move, seen by many as controversial and...
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‘Aum Neko’ to be summoned on lèse majesté charge
Suluck Lamubol Aum Neko, a transgender student at Thammasat University who last year stirred a debate about compulsory student uniforms, is to be summoned next week by the police over a lèse majesté...
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It's time to learn now, before we destroy our society
Pravit Rojanaphruk @PravitR Dear fellow Thai citizens, Are you fed up with and hopeless about politics yet? I wouldn't be surprised if you feel despair and smell political hatred in the air. On...
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