Laos Slides Closer to Puppet State as China Grab Control of...
Analysis: UCA News' Luke Hunt says years of reckless spending and a Chinese debt trap have left Thailand's neighbor on thin ice
Nowhere Is Safe: SE Asia’s Strongmen Conspiring to Disappear Activists
Commentary: Even when they escape their own countries, pro-democracy activists often pay with their lives writes James Lovelock
Exactly Where Does Facebook Think It Can Sue Thailand?
Analysis: The social network's lawsuit threat is a joke, and its critics know it
Farang Forward: Expats Swap Keyboards for Fanny Packs to Join Thai...
Foreigners don't get a vote, so why don't they mind their own business?
Why do Thailand’s Rich, Powerful Get Away With Murder?
UCA News' Benjamin Freeman argues laws apply only to those who don't have enough money or influence to flout them
Thailand’s Covid-19 Response: An Example of Resilience, Solidarity
Gita Sabharwal, the UN Resident Coordinator in Thailand, explains that this success is thanks to a combination of government action, social responsibility and community solidarity.
U-Turn for Ignored Evidence Was Only Way Forward For Caught-Out OAG...
Analysis: Dropping Vorayuth charges was so egregiously corrupt, only way to save face was to use data discarded in 2012 to press new charges
Thailand’s 2nd Wave is Coming: Vietnam Proves It
Obvious parallels of open economy, waning mask use, more domestic tourism and rising illegal immigration make new Thai outbreak a matter of when, not if.
Does Thailand’s ‘New Normal’ Mean ‘Mindless Panic’?
It would be easy to laugh off the overreaction to Rayong's health scare as silly “Thainess”. But it’s more sinister than that.
Thailand’s Virus Hawks Hell-Bent on Crippling Tourism in Futile Bid to...
Analysis: 1,000-visitor caps, exorbitant insurance requirements and long quarantines will flatten any travel-bubble schemes, adding to hospitality sector's pain
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Twitter Loses It Over NYT Story Praising Thai Fruits
Humorless, self-anointed Thai culture experts – many outside Thailand – go nuts over light-hearted New York Times article on Thai fruit
No Singing, No Dancing, No Lady Drinks: Proposed Thailand Bar-Reopening Rules...
Analysis: Writers of 18 proposed health restrictions straight out of 'Footloose' living in a fantasy world
Of Bubbles, Viruses and Thailand’s Reality Distortion Field
The CCSA rejected the Cabinet's 'travel bubble' plan because it didn't include lengthy quarantines. That's the entire point of them.
Prayut Falsely Claims Thailand Asia’s #1 Coronavirus Killer, But Country’s Record...
The PM said Thailand ranks first in Asia for quashing Covid-19? Not so fast...
Thailand Temples, Bus Lines Using Coronavirus as Cover for Anti-Foreign Racism
Even as the U.S., Europe and Australia reckon with institutional racism and treatment of minorities, Thailand is using the coronavirus pandemic as...
Thailand Aflutter Over News Bars Reopening July 1, But Date, Details...
Thai news and social media are agog over a July 1 end to Thailand's lockdown, but it's far from certain.
Thailand’s Leaders Grasping at Straws to Keep Bars Closed, Alcohol Out...
Analysis: With community transmission of Covid-19 at zero and contact-tracing in place, the junta leaders can't justify their war on booze
5.1 million sacrifice privacy to Thai Chana virus-tracing app in first...
More than 5 million people used the government’s new Thai Chana mobile app to check in to shopping malls and other retailers...
How Thailand’s Bars Re-Open
The cover price for a night out in post-lockdown Bangkok will be sacrificing anonymity and accepting restrictions on human interactions