The Bangkok bubble: soft power in international media
So much of Thai history is open-secrets known by the majority, the rural poor, but remains inaccessible to the Foreign Correspondents Club.
More shakeups in the Thai government
In Bangkok, there were familiar scenes as Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended on 1 July by the kingdom’s Constitutional Court in what many interpret as yet another judicial coup against the party which forms the beating heart of Thailand’s long-running Red Shirt Movement.
Thai court rules calls for reform as “attempts to overthrow the monarchy” and other stories
Today we look at a Thai court ruling declaring calls for reform “attempts to overthrow the monarchy”, a strike in Tunisia after the death of an anti-landfill protestor, and more
Thai activists renew push for repeal of lèse-majesté law with petitions and demonstrations
Different groups are trying to mobilize for repealing Section 112 of the Thai Criminal Code, which they argue has been weaponized as a tool for political repression by the pro-military government






