Current Affairs

Thailand discovers one new case of coronavirus in state quarantine on Monday

Thailand’s government said on Monday that it had discovered one new case of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.The new discoveries bring the total number of cases up to 3,412.The new case is a Thai returnee from the United...

What Thailand can learn from Taiwan’s last dictator

Today, Taiwan is often seen as a shining example of democracy in East Asia. Since the late 1980s, Taiwan has transformed from a one-party state ruled by the Kuomintang Party (KMT) to a vibrant multi-party democracy where power transitions...

Thailand discovers one new case of coronavirus in state quarantine on Saturday

Thailand’s government said on Saturday that it had discovered one case of coronavirus in the last 24 hours in state quarantine.The patient is a Thai returnee from the Netherlands.    The new discovery brings the total number of cases up to...

Government appoints new police chief

Police Lieutenant General Suwat Changyodsuk was appointed as the new national chief of police on Friday.The appointment, made by a police selection committee that is chaired by Prime Minster Prayut Chan-ocha, came as no surprise since he was tipped...

Opinion: The coup-makers and the elites have had a wonderful relationship but the people are waking up

It was late in the afternoon on May 22, 2014, the tanks were rolling down the streets in front of the Victory Monument. This was the day that the junta seized power.Television channels were used to announce the coup...

Thailand discovers six new cases of coronavirus in state quarantine on Friday

Thailand’s government on Friday said that it had discovered six new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.The new discoveries bring the total number of cases up to 3,410.The new cases are Thai returnees from Uzbekistan (1), Germany...

Opinion: A line must be drawn on these online witchhunts

Pro-democracy sentiments have taken root in Thai society with young people increasingly vocal about their demands for accountability and pluralism from the government. But along with that, another phenomenon is also growing just as fast -- the urge to...

Pheu Thai defends move to establish constitution reform committee and not push through charter amendment

The Pheu Thai Party said they will move forward in pushing for a new constitutional drafting committee to amend the entire charter, which will continue to cause a rift between the party and its opposition, its statement read on...

Move Forward MP raises pro-democracy salute in parliament

Yanathicha Buapuean, a member of parliament for the Move Forward Party (MFP) from Chanthaburi, flashed the pro-democracy three-finger salute on Thursday after speaking about state repression against student protestors.       “These actions are intended to harass people and...

Opinion: Under Sudarat, Pheu Thai will never have moral courage

Looking back, the 2017 constitutional referendum is something that will baffle me forever. More than 100 politicians, activists, journalists, and supporters of the No campaign were arrested before the vote because the junta wanted to shut them up, and effectively,...

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