Thailand

The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society requested the police to sue big social media providers for failing to report the suspicious content that they were warned about.   It also targeted users of social media who posted messages offending the Royal Institution during last weekend’s anti-government demonstration in Bangkok. The case was lodged with the Information Crime Reduction Division by …

A LGBTIQN+ Health Action Plan is being drafted by activist organizations and researchers on gender equality, the country’s first master plan to combat discrimination against gender identities that fall beyond the conventional male and female binary. In spite of the fact that they are also human and have the right to be treated fairly and equally, they[LGBTIQN+ individuals] are constantly …

According to the Public Health Ministry, Universal Health Care System Gold-Card users will be able to visit medical services anywhere in the country with the initiative being piloted by the lower northeastern provinces beginning early next year. Currently, card holders receive direct attention and care at individual clinics and rehabilitation centers. According to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the scheme …

The coalition government asked for senators’ approval for their controversial charter changes to defuse future political tensions. Government chief whip Wirat Rattanaset and MP Supachai Chaisamut of the Bhumjaithai Party stressed the need to change the constitution by setting up a new team of charter authors as a way out of the fragmentation of the country’s political dispute. Mr Wirat, …

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha warned that if the anti-government demonstrations continue, the country will miss an chance to move forward. Speaking after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Gen Prayut said the organizers of the demonstrations had already made their true intentions clear, and that the people had to judge for themselves. The Unified Front of Thammasat and Demonstration (UFTD), with …

The Unesco Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) has been joined by three Thai cities, along with 52 other cities from 27 countries that will now become lifelong learning cities. As excellent models of how lifelong learning can become a practice by showing that successful strategies can promote the growth of inclusive, secure, stable and prosperous communities, Chachoengsao, Chiang Mai …

If the nation experiences a second wave of Covid-19 infections, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has pledged to give health volunteers more special grants. In fact, while presiding over a ceremony, the prime minister made the promise to pass 3,500 baht each to over 1.05 million volunteers nationwide who were working to curb the initial outbreak. A retroactive pay of 500 …

The new plaque symbolizing democracy installed by demonstrators from the Thammasat Unified Front and Demonstration at Sanam Luang has been destroyed overnight. In a ceremony led by protest leader Parit Penguin Chiwarak at 6.39am on Sunday, the plaque was inserted in cement at Sanam Luang to mark a new age of people’s control and to announce Thailand belongs to the …

In a ceremony led by protest leader Parit Penguin Chiwarak at 6.39 am on Sunday, the plaque was embedded in cement at Sanam Luang to mark a new age of people’s control and to announce Thailand belongs to the people. The new democratic plaque installed Sunday morning at Sanam Luang by protesters from the Unified Thammasat Front and Demonstration was …

Here’s the recent happenings according to military sources, the residence of Si Sao Thewes, the long-time home of the late Gen Prem Tinsulanonda, a former prime minister, statesman, and president of the Privy Council, is being demolished. It is recognized as Ban Si Sao as well. In 2019, the Army returned the historical home and grounds to the Crown Property …