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Rumours swirled over this past weekend that a coup was imminent in Thailand. Military vehicles were spotted in the suburbs and army chief Apirat Kongsompong was silent when asked about the possibility.The rumours have spread because of how...

The government is running out of good people to work with.The hostile takeover of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) by General Prawit Wongsuwan is beginning to backfire.Replacing an economic tsar like the former Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak was...

Yingluck Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, said that she knew a coup d'état was imminent when the Constitutional Court dismissed her 15 days before the tanks rolled in.By May 22, 2014, she was powerless and could not...

Thirteen people have now been arrested by the Prayut Chan-ocha government for organizing, leading or participating in anti-government protests over the last two months.The first protest leader was arrested on August 7.All of them have been released on bail...

The largest opposition party has come under criticism from its opposition partners and progressive voices in Thai society for its hesitancy in pushing for censure debates and a parliamentary debate on the constitution.The Pheu Thai Party has preferred...

The Thai government has arrested another leader of the pro-democracy movement on Tuesday. Anon Numpha, a human rights lawyer and political activist, was arrested at Nang Loeng Police Station by police officers from Khlong Luang Police Station for sedition and...

When Yingluck fled the country, there was an online campaign to find her son since he did not leave the country with her.I cannot remember what the excuse for that witch hunt is, but it was easy enough to find him at...

Thailand’s Foreign Minister and recently appointed Deputy Prime Minister Don Pramudwinai has for the last several years reportedly refused to meet with diplomats from most western countries outside of courtesy calls, multiple diplomatic sources told Thai Enquirer.According to...

Thailand’s government said on Thursday that it had discovered seven cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours in state quarantine.One of the patients is American, while the rest are Thai returnees from UAE (3), Singapore (2), Hong Kong...

Nearly six million people have suffered from state harassment in Thailand for having different political viewpoints and wanting to reform the government, the Move Forward said this week during parliamentary sessions.The party’s comments came following various local reports of...