Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha issued his sternest warning to protesters still demanding his resignation, saying they created deeper tensions that could cause the country to collapse. If we continue to publicly surmount each other, the country would crumble, Gen Prayut told reporters. If that happens, just wait and everyone’s going to be on fiery ground, engulfed in flames. Comments come …

Facebook said it was preparing to sue the Thai government legally after being compelled to restrict access within Thailand to a group of one million members who are debating the monarchy. The social media giant blocked access to the “Royalist Marketplace” forum late Monday, after the government threatened legal action for failing to remove content considered defamatory to the monarch. …

Thailand has 11 more patients infected with the coronavirus, all friends who went out drinking together despite some being ill, the Public Health Ministry said on Thursday. The ministry said the new patients were found infected in a cluster for the first time since Covid-19 hit the country. The latest report brought the total of the local patients to 70, …