Politics

. Ex-general ordered forces to disperse peaceful protest, claiming 'government intelligence' showed demonstration would grow.

. Likelihood of protest massacre, South attack put Thailand only behind Myanmar in Early Warning Project ranking

After getting crushed in last year’s provincial elections, Thailand’s progressives bounced back in this weekend’s local polls, winning 38 mayorships and council seats. Progressive Movement...

A group of ultra-royalist Thais are rallying today in Bangkok, calling for Amnesty International to be expelled from Thailand and banned permanently from operating...

The Frenchman critical of the monarchy who was denied entry returning to Thailand Friday was deported early Saturday. Yan Eric Marchal, 48, left Thailand, his...

A Frenchman who stuck his nose too deeply in Thai politics was tossed out of the country Saturday when he arrived in Phuket. Yan Eric...

An elderly woman who stripped naked in front of the Royal Thai Police’s headquarters in Bangkok during a recent anti-government protest has been charged...

A Thai court has denied bail to a university student charged with royal defamation in a ruling that her supporters and rights activists alike...

. Accused of insulting Thailand's royal family, a young activist cut his own arm during his trial

'Let’s pray for Prayut to quit instead.'

Activists call for lese majeste charges against teenagers to be dropped

Four people were injured and a motorcycle was damaged when an explosion occurred during an anti-government “car mob” protest. The incident in front of Trok...

Thailand’s police crackdown on young pro-democracy protesters is raising more concerns about child abuse after a 12-year-old boy was detained in Bangkok this week. The...

Scores of political dissidents, environmental activists and rights advocates have disappeared since 2014 coup

The chief whip for Thailand’s ruling party, his wife and 85 others were indicted for corruption over futsai field projects in Nakhon Ratchasima. Wirach Ratanasate...

Proving that the former military junta leader who put Bangkok and Pattaya’s mayors in office isn’t ready to let his men go, the Cabinet...

Morality police are "the last gasp of a declining regime that seeks to reverse the tide of history".

PM Prayut under pressure to resign as rallies call for the people's freedoms to be restored .

Pattaya activists launched their fourth anti-government “carmob’ demonstration, rolling a loud demonstration from the Dolphin Roundabout to the Sattahip Naval Base Sept. 5. The rolling...

The relatives of a detained Thai pro-democracy activist have been denied access to him even as he is suffering from a severe case of...

Stuck with junta-appointed mayors, councils since 2016, voters finally can exercise democratic rights in city/SAO polls

Thailand’s first and only female prime minister, who was ousted in a coup by the military in 2014, has called out the men who...

The police deny it, but live bullets ended up in the brain of an anti-government protestor and the world wants answers. Amnesty International on Friday...

Thai opposition parties filed a censure-debate motion targeting Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and five ministers over their handling of the coronavirus epidemic. Sompong Amornwiwat, leader...

The Royal Thai Police commissioner claimed its hardline, riot-control tactics against now-daily anti-government protests was “lawful” and in accordance with the international standard. Pol. Gen....