Thailand: Protesters Besiege 4 More Ministerial Buildings Seeking Govt Ouster
By RTThai opposition protesters have targeted several more government ministries on Tuesday in a continuation of their effort to depose Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s government. It comes a day...
View ArticleThailand: Opposition Groups Attacking Journalists, Says HRW
By Eurasia ReviewProtesters have assaulted journalists, in some cases at the instigation of protest leaders, at rallies in Bangkok since November 25, 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. Thai...
View ArticleThailand: Anti-Government Protesters Target Media, Attack German Reporter
By Eurasia ReviewReporters Without Borders said Wednesday it condemns the harassment of journalists by street demonstrators amid growing criticism of state television’s lack of coverage, or biased...
View ArticleThailand: Arrest Warrant Issued For Protest Leader
By MISNATension remains high in the Thai capital Bangkok, since yesterday under a state of emergency. Twenty-three Embassies, including the Italian, alerted their nationals to stay away from the...
View ArticleThailand And Cambodia: End Of Clashes Over Preah Vihear? – Analysis
By IPCSBy Aparupa Bhattacherjee On 11 November 2013, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared its verdict on Preah Vihear case, a Hindu temple on the Thailand-Cambodia border. Several clashes...
View ArticleThailand: Both Pro- And Anti-Government Demonstrators Threaten Media
By Eurasia ReviewReporters Without Borders said Monday it is very worried by the harassment of TV stations by both pro- and anti-government demonstrators. “It is clear from the latest events that the...
View ArticleA Tale Of Two Protests: Ukraine, Thailand – OpEd
By Press TVBy Tony Cartalucci When is a protest good, just, progressive, and defensible? One might think there was a single answer to this question based on an objective set of metrics. But in reality,...
View ArticleThailand: PM Dissolves Parliament, Calls Snap Election
By VORThai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved parliament on Monday and called a snap election, but anti-government protest leaders pressed ahead with mass demonstrations seeking to install an...
View ArticleThailand: Elections Called For February 2
By EU-Asia CentreFollowing the anti-government protests in Bangkok of the last weeks, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has decided to dissolve the government and called for early elections. She said...
View ArticleThailand: New Cover-Up In Lawyer’s ‘Disappearance’, Says HRW
By Eurasia ReviewThe Thai government needs to account for missing documents in the case of the enforced disappearance and presumed murder of a prominent Muslim human rights lawyer nearly a decade ago,...
View ArticleEmergence Of Bhikkhuni Sangha (Monkhood For Women) In Thailand: Has Its Time...
By Murray HunterIf one takes a close look at Thai society today, it could be argued that it is primarily the women who run daily affairs. In a country where females outnumber males, the gender dynamics...
View ArticleThailand: 53 Political Parties To Participate In Extraordinary Parliamentary...
By VORThailand’s Election Commission has registered 53 political parties to take part in the extraordinary parliamentary elections, the Election Commission reported on Saturday. Documents were accepted...
View ArticlePress Freedom Comes Under Threat In Southeast Asia – Analysis
By RFABy Parameswaran Ponnudurai Two weeks after a Myanmar newspaper ran a story headlined “When bags of money replace judges in court” — highlighting corruption in the judicial system — one of its...
View ArticleThailand: Challenges To Democracy? – Analysis
By IPCSBy Aparupa Bhattacherjee The ongoing anti-government protests in Bangkok seem to threatening the democratic establishment of the country. The protests which started in November 2013 are being...
View ArticleThailand Must Protect Rohingya ‘Boat Children’, Says HRW
By Eurasia ReviewThailand’s government should urgently send ethnic Rohingya children from Burma and their families to safe and open family shelters, said Human Rights Watch, adding that new research...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia: Reconciliation in Myanmar, Elections In Malaysia And Cambodia...
By IPCSBy Aparupa Bhattacharjee Elections, national and political reconciliation within, Myanmar becoming the next ASEAN Chair, growing Chinese influences and the American pivot were the major issues...
View ArticleThailand: Protesters Seek To Shut Down Bangkok To Force PM Resignation
By VORProtesters led by former opposition politician Suthep Thaugsuban started blocking major intersections late on Sunday, aiming to create traffic chaos in a city of an estimated 12 million people...
View ArticleGrowing Unrest As Protesters Try To ‘Shut Down’ Bangkok – OpEd
By JTWBy Tim Schoot Uiterkamp Tension in Thailand reached a new level this Monday as protesters have blocked major intersections in Bangkok. City trains were not affected, but it has become impossible...
View ArticleRethinking Thailand’s War On Methamphetamines
By IRINDespite an aggressive crackdown on drugs, Thailand’s fight against methamphetamines is failing, activists say. With supply and demand rising, these highly addictive substances, commonly known as...
View ArticleThe Conflict In Thailand: Cultural Roots And The Middle Way Solution – Analysis
By RSISThe Thai Government has imposed a state of emergency in Bangkok and its immediate surroundings for 60 days to end the demonstrations and blockade of the city aimed at bringing down Prime...
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