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1 year, 2 months ago

A Role Reversal for Bangkok’s Middle Class

Thailand has a long history of rural and peripheral citizens concentrated in the country’s north and northeast voting into government political parties and politicians, only for these later to be removed by the conservative royalist establishment with the support of the large Bangkok middle class. The Move Forward Party, an ultra-progressive political newcomer, edged out the Thaksin-backed Pheu Thai Party …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Thailand's new government has dashed hopes for reform of the country's lese-majeste law — but experts say it's only a temporary setback

ABC

The conviction and sentencing of a human rights lawyer and activist last week under Thailand's lese-majeste law — the first since the country's new government took office — has left those pushing for reform of the law dismayed. Mr Akarachai said the lese-majeste law did not even get a mention in new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's policy statement delivered last …

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2 years ago

Thai king's daughter receiving heart, lungs, kidney 'support'

India Today

The Thai king's eldest daughter remained in hospital on Monday receiving support for her heart, lungs, and kidney, according to a palace statement after she collapsed last week. READ: Thai king strips his consort of royal titles for disloyalty In a statement issued Monday morning, the palace said her condition was "stable at one level", without elaborating. "Her royal highness's …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Asia’s Youth in Revolt

The Diplomat

In August 2006, I attended a rally headlined by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai province. *** Today’s protests in Thailand join adjacent movements in Myanmar and Hong Kong where young people, often still in their teens and 20s, feel compelled to challenge entrenched systems of privilege, violence, and authority. The large crowds of protesters who assembled …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Thailand King names 'royal consort' Sineenat as the second queen

Op India

The Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn, known for his luxurious life and several concubines, has reportedly anointed his official mistress as the country’s second queen. According to the reports, the 68-year-old King Maha Vajiralongkorn has crowned his royal consort – Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi as his second queen on Tuesday. The Thai King reportedly made Sineenat his second queen as a ‘birthday gift’ …

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4 years ago

Thai king’s mistress Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi’s sexually explicit photos leaked as revenge porn

The Independent

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4 years, 1 month ago

Thailand protesters take to street to mock fashion show

The Independent

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4 years, 2 months ago

In Thailand, discontent of pro-democracy protesters bubbles over as government battens down hatches

Firstpost

Thai political history is littered with army coups that have nullified the results of national elections. For months now, pro-democracy protesters have gathered by the thousands to call for reforms to the monarchy and military, influential institutions that have dominated Thailand’s power structure for decades. “We are going to fight for democracy, fight for freedom, fight for the equality of …

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4 years, 2 months ago

The world’s richest king, his mysterious fortune and Thailand’s protesters who want answers

LA Times

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn is carried on a palanquin during his coronation in Bangkok in 2019. One of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s first major acts was to transfer all the holdings in the vast company, known as the Crown Property Bureau, to his personal ownership, giving him control of more wealth than the reported riches of the Saudi king, the sultan …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Why are Thai students protesting against King Vajiralongkorn?

Al Jazeera

Young activists take on powerful monarchy and pro-army leaders in what could be a ‘new turning point’ for Thai politics. Thongchai Winichakul, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the 2014 coup “brought back strong waves of ultra-royalism” to Thai society, boosting the king’s standing. The Future Forward Party was outspoken on many issues including opposing the building up …

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