Current Affairs

The cabinet, this week, approved the government's use of its central budget to pay for the cost of state quarantine.Deputy Government Spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said a budget will be set aside to pay for expenses, such as food, transport,...

The National Security Council (NSC) proposed on Thursday an extension of the State of Emergency (SOE) until the end of June to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.NSC secretary-general Gen Somsak Rungsita said on Thursday that the NSC will...

The Thai government said on Thursday that it had discovered 3 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.Two of the new coronavirus cases were discovered in Bangkok with one more discovered in state quarantine.One of the...

A new study led by the University of Oxford will test whether anti-malarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine can prevent coronavirus infections in frontline healthcare workers in the UK.Both drugs have been advocated by President Donald Trump as being...

The Progressive Movement organized on Tuesday an online panel discussing the culture of impunity of state-sanctioned violence in Thailand led by Thanathorn Jungroongruangkit via Facebook. The panel compared the Bangkok protest crackdowns of May 1992 and May 2010 to a...

The Thai government said on Wednesday that it had discovered one new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.That brings the total number of cases discovered in the country to a total of 3,034 cases.There were no new fatalities with the death...

The red shirt protests of 2010 was a watershed event in the recent political history of Thailand. Many young political leaders in Thailand today were old enough to remember the events but not old enough to have participated in...

Ten years ago, today, a bloody crackdown by the government ended the Red Shirt protest that had blockaded downtown Bangkok for weeks.Armored vehicles, soldiers and security officials ended the months-long protest with rapid efficiency resulting in the deaths of...

After the negotiations between the two sides failed, the military took a more central role in operations. A crackdown seemed the most likely outcome as May began.Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, by that time, were...

24 people died on the night of April 10. Sensing that the area around Rajdamnern had become impossible to defend, the Red Shirt protest leaders moved the protests to Rajprasong intersection in the heart of downtown Bangkok.There the...