Thailand

The Opposition leader, Sompong Amornwiwat opened a special parliamentary session with a call for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down, as anti-government demonstrators prepared an unprecedented petition targeting the German embassy. The leader of the Pheu Thai Party said Gen Prayut should step down and show responsibility for the mishandling of the demonstrations by using a water cannon against …

Chiang Mai University rejected a bid to remove the Sculpture of Light, an art show that bears the portrait of King His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great. The Uni shared that it respected the constitutional monarchy and that students and staff highly esteemed His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great. In addition, it was indescribably grateful for the contributions of …

The Bank of Thailand leader, a growing under-employment rate led by the Covid-19 crisis would further aggravate the country’s swelling household debt and the debt-servicing woes of borrowers. Although the coronavirus outbreak has not significantly impacted the unemployment rate, the pandemic has caused an increase in underemployment due to a decrease in working hours, said Governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, due to …

Royalist organisations have called on their followers to offer the monarchy greater respect. Loyal Thai group leader Warong Dejkitvigrom said the demands of the pro-democracy protesters, especially those concerning the monarchy. He said there were ulterior motives for the People’s Party 2020 and community leaders didn’t want to reveal themselves to escape legal action. The demonstrators and the government seem …

Pheu Thai MPs and a coalition of activists will petition the Civil Court to repeal the implementation of the emergency decree levied in Bangkok to deal with anti-government protests. They include Narinphong Jinaphak, president of the Thailand Lawyers’ Association, Pheu Thai MP for Nan Cholnan Srikaew, Jirayu Huangsap, Pheu Thai MP for Bangkok, and Thanawat Wongchai, a key member of …

Free Youth and the United Front for Thammasat and Demonstration (UFTD) asked their social media supporters to turn to interacting with them through Telegram, a messaging app, following reports that the government would ask Facebook to take down the pages of the groups. The groups posted on their Facebook pages that they had heard the request had already been made …

Anti-government demonstrators are preparing to defy a third-day ban on demonstrations in Thailand ‘s capital and stage nationwide protests, accelerating a three-month – old campaign to encourage reform of the monarchy and greater democracy. The pro-democracy protesters will return to stage a demonstration in Bangkok after tens of thousands of them challenged an emergency declared on Thursday by Prime Minister …

According to the House committee reviewing the proposed amendments, one referendum, not two, will be held to determine the fate of an revised constitution. After reviewing the charter, the committee decided that the referendum would be held only after a third and final reading of the amendment draft bill was passed in parliament, but before it was proposed for royal …

Tensions are expected to increase at an anti-government rally in Bangkok  after police detained a number of protest leaders, including Jatupat “Pai Daodin” Boonpatararaksa. Police also vowed to stop them from marching to Government House in another move likely to frustrate the demonstrators, after a group of royalists tried to foil them by mobilizing supporters along the path of a …

For the second time in less than a month, a royalist group gathered outside an office building owned by the family of Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit to dismiss him from the country. The party, called the People ‘s Centre Defending the Organisation, relocated from the Southern People’s Association to the Thai Sumit Building on New Phetchaburi Road in Bangkok. Led by Jakkapong …