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Thai army mistakes Muslim summer courses for terrorist meeting
Khaosod English: A commander of the Thai army has admitted that a military intelligence unit mistakenly identified a summer lesson at an Islamic school in the southern province of Pattani as a...
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Junta seeks foreign experts' advices on democracy while forbidding criticisms...
The Thai junta issued a new order to establish a committee to cooperate with foreign experts on democratic development while still prohibiting criticisms on the new constitutional draft.Gen Prayuth...
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Thai junta leader urges people not to criticise regime
The Thai junta leader claimed that the Thai economy is improving and that it has made progress in several national reform issues, but people should not criticise the regime. Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha,...
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Thailand’s Karen say UNESCO declaration might mean diminished rights
The Karen tribes living in protected areas and national parks of western Thailand are worried about losing their livelihoods and being sidelined when the areas are declared a UNESCO natural world...
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The woman behind Somyos Pruksakasemsuk on 4th anniversary behind bar - Part II
30 April will be the fourth anniversary of the deprivation of freedom of the red-shirt political magazine editor, sentenced to 10 years in jail for articles he did not write. His wife has been very...
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Koh Samui bombing: redshirt activist released
Khaosod English: A Redshirt activist has been released from custody at a secret location and cleared of any connection to the recent bombing on Koh Samui island, a junta spokesperson says. Narin...
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Criminal court postpones deposition hearing of ‘Men in Black’ for 4th time
The Criminal Court on Monday morning postponed for the fourth time the deposition hearing of the ‘Men in Black’ suspects, who were allegedly involved in violence during the military crackdown on red...
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EU might ban Thailand’s seafood products over illegal fishing
The European Union is to impose sanctions over fishery products from Thailand if the Thai junta does take efforts in eradicating illegal fishing. According to BBC Thai Service, the European Union...
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Restaurant staffs fined nearly half a million Baht for showing alcohol photos...
The Criminal Court for the first time in Thai history fined a restaurant manager and another individual for nearly half a million Baht over showing images alcoholic drinks in restaurant’s...
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Thai military forbids event to commemorate democratic icon
Thai authorities forced an event to commemorate the death of a taxi driver, who committed suicide because of the 2006 coup d’état, to be cancelled, claiming that the event carries political messages....
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Civil society organization says constitution must be determined by the people...
An independent civil society organisation urged people to call for a public referendum before the junta’s draft constitution is passed to guarantee public participation and fairness of the draft....
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EU issues 'yellow card' to Thailand to quell illegal fishing
The European Commission The European Commission has today put Thailand on formal notice for not taking sufficient measures in the international fight against illegal fishing (IUU).As a result of a...
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66-year-old bookseller sentenced to 3 years under lèse majesté law
The Appeal Court on Wednesday sentenced a 66-year-old bookseller to three years in jail under the lèse majesté law for selling a banned book with the jail term reduced by one third.Bangkok’s Southern...
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Migrant workers instructed to wear ID wristbands
Khaosod English: In an effort to crackdown on undocumented immigrants, police in Pathum Thani have instructed migrant workers in a major market to wear wristbands indicating they have been properly...
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Transgender lecture at renown university disemployed for inappropriate...
A renown university in Bangkok decided to disemploy a transgender lecturer, saying that she behaved inappropriately on media.Kath Khangpiboon, 28, a transgender lecturer of the Faculty of Social...
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Military court postpones deposition hearing of 4 embattled democracy activists
The Military Court postponed the deposition hearing of four embattle democracy activists accused of violating the junta’s public gathering ban because additional testimonies on the case have not yet...
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Karen villagers sentenced to 1-5 years for illegal logging
The Appeal Court has sentenced 20 members of the Pakayaw Karen ethnic group to between one and five years’ imprisonment for illegal logging in protected areas.The Provincial Court of Mae Sariang...
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Onward Anti-corruption Soldiers
Harrison George A year or more ago, when the Asok-Sukhumwit junction was occupied by a PDRC reform-before-election mob, the site sported a banner supplied by the nearby campus of Srinakharinwirot...
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Thai junta invites pro-democracy figures for talks
A number of academics, lawyers, and political activists on Wednesday received official letters from the Thai junta’s Centre for Reconciliation and Reform (CRR), inviting them to a meeting on...
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Civil society for the poor says junta fails to keep its promise
A civil society organisation for marginalised communities in Thailand has urged the government to keep its promise to solve the problems faced by the country’s poor.About 300 members of the People’s...
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