Covid no excuse for media curbs
Published by The Bangkok Post The year 2021 will be remembered as a pivotal moment for the Thai media as it faced challenges from Big Brother-esque controls exerted by the government. Even before the pandemic, the media faced structural limitations…
Myanmar Military Reverts to Strategy of Massacres, Burnings
BANGKOK — When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs tied.The Myanmar military had stormed Done Taw at 11 a.m. on Dec. 7, he told the AP, with…
Thai PM agrees to set up a panel of experts to screen lèse majesté cases
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has approved a proposal by the KLA Party to set up a special panel of experts to screen lèse majesté complaints filed with the police, to determine whether they should proceed, said KLA Party Secretary-Genera…
73 people dead, 574 injured in Thailand’s national road carnage on New Year’s Day
73 people were killed and 574 others were injured in 574 road accidents across Thailand on New Year’s Day, as drunk driving was blamed for most of the carnage, according to the latest update from the Centre for the Prevention and Reduction of Road Acci…
Chadchart still leads in latest NIDA poll for Bangkok governor
Chadchart Sittipunt, transport minister in the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, remains the leading contender in the Bangkok gubernatorial election this year, according to the latest opinion poll conducted by Thailand’s National Instit…