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Thailand bombing suspect travelled to Bangladesh: police
AFP NewsAFP News
A key suspect wanted over the bombing of a Bangkok shrine that left 20 people dead flew to Dhaka a day before the blast before travelling on to China, Bangladesh police said Thursday..... (read more).... https://sg.news.yahoo.com/thailand-bomb ... 08319.html
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10 September 2015
Prayuth Threatens to Silence Critics Amid Uptick in Detentions [Transcript]
BANGKOK тАФ Junta chairman and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha today vowed to escalate the suppression of his military regimeтАЩs critics and asked the media not to give them a platform.... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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Voices from Isaan: The Failed Constitution Draft
2015 September 9
KHON KAEN тАУ Despite their relief about the rejection of the constitution draft, people in the Northeast are dismayed by the undemocratic drafting process and the prospect of extended military rule.... (read more).... http://isaanrecord.com/
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Cashing in on constitutions
By Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang
тАУ 11 September 2015Posted in: Thailand
Fame, money, power: constitution drafting in Thailand is a lucrative business. But those seeking fortune, should also recognise the risk.... (read more)... http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandal ... titutions/
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American Thai Community Seeks End to MonarchyтАЩs Influence
Posted by Editor on September 10, 2015 in Opinion
REUTERS/Damir Sagolij
By Leonard Novarro and Rosalynn Carmen
They say that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
No more.
Opinion LogoA conference held there over Labor Day weekend to restore democracy in Thailand is expected to have reverberations 8,200 miles away. Not only did it call for an end to the abuse of political and human rights in that country. Many called for an end to the monarchy, a move that would guarantee imprisonment in Thailand, or worse.... (read more)... http://timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2015 ... influence/
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10 September 2015
Conservative Actress Accuses Redshirt of Sabotaging her Image
BANGKOK тАФ An actress and avid supporter of the Yellowshirt movement filed a criminal complaint today against a Redshirt supporter, alleging he fabricated inflammatory quotes disparaging "low class" Redshirts in her name.... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... section=11
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10 September 2015
Junta to Hold Politician тАШUntil He CooperatesтАЩ
BANGKOK тАФ The ruling military junta said today former minister Pichai NaripatapanтАЩs latest detention in an army camp тАУ said to be his seventh since the coup тАУ will only end when it deems him to be тАЬcooperative.тАЭ.... (read more)..... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... section=11
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Coup politics in Thailand, Curiouser and curiouser
Thailand spins in circles as the generalsтАЩ friends vote down their draft constitution
Sep 12th 2015
ONLY the wildest optimists still believe that ThailandтАЩs military junta, which seized power in a coup last year, intends to step down soon. A farce that played out in the Parliament House in Bangkok on September 6th has made that even plainer. In a televised vote following a cheesy group photo, a junta-backed National Reform Council voted to abandon a proposed new constitution which a junta-backed set of drafters had spent ten months drawing up.... (read more)... http://www.economist.com/news/asia/2166 ... iouser-and
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Prayut government awaits decent replacement
11 Sep 2015
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged people to vote for good politicians in the next general election and assured he would step down if there is an accountable government that will not repeat past mistakes.... (read more)..... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politic ... -successor
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never-ending rejections?
Critics warn constitution crisis looms
PRAVIT ROJANAPHRUK,
TANATPONG KONGSAI
THE SUNDAY NATION September 13, 2015
'Cycle of charter rejections may keep the junta in power'
CRITICS of the military junta have warned that Thailand may be trapped in a never-ending cycle of drafting and rejecting a new charter because the public will keep on rejecting undemocratic drafts in a national referendum. And this cycle, they said, would deepen the political crisis.... (read more)..... http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politic ... 68688.html
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74 years-old detained for saying all Thais should be equal
Submitted by editor2 on Sun, 13/09/2015
Thai police officers detained an elderly writer after he made comments about the new constitutional draft, saying that it might affect national security.
Police officers Saturday afternoon, 12 September 2015, detained a 74 years old independent writer known by his penname as Bundit Aneeya after he made suggestions at a seminar on the new constitution drafting process at Thammasat University, Tha Prachan Campus, Bangkok..... (read more).... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5465? ... um=twitter
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False Front Rings Familiar in the Northeast
2015 September 13
KHON KAEN тАУ In the Northeast, most people were always doubtful. They laughed at the reconciliation trainings that came to their villages. They mocked a constitution drafting process that purported to include their voices. Very few here believed that the military had any intention of swiftly returning Thailand to a democracy. The news that the military rejected its own constitution draft comes as just another sign of the juntaтАЩs insincere rule..... (read more).... http://isaanrecord.com/2015/09/13/false ... northeast/
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Pravit's last tweet "Freedom can't be maintained if we're not willing to defend it."
FCCT STATEMENT ON DETENTION OF PRAVIT ROJANAPRUK 9/14/2015
The professional membership of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand is very concerned to learn of the detention of journalist Pravit Rojanapruk by the Thai military authorities. Pravit, who works for The Nation, was ordered to report to the 1st Army headquarters in Bangkok over the weekend.... (read more).... http://fccthai.com/items/1753.html
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14 September 2015
Military Holds 'The Nation' Journalist in Secret Detention
BANGKOK тАФ A journalist from a prominent English-language newspaper in Thailand became the third person to be held incommunicado by the military this month, as the ruling junta escalates its recent clampdown on dissent.... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... section=11
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Govt bans foreigner 'visa runs' to borders
15 Sep 2015
Immigration police at land border crossings have now stopped giving entry stamps to foreigners who exit and immediately return to Thailand to extend their stay for 15-30 days on visa runs..... (read more).... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... to-borders
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Tue Sep 15, 2015
Thailand's reluctant leader prolongs his grip on power
By Andrew R.C. Marshall
BANGKOK (Reuters) - He repeatedly presents himself as a reluctant leader, and yet Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is now on track to become his country's longest-ruling strongman since the 1970s..... (read more).... http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idAFKCN0RF0B520150915
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"reluctant leader prolongs his grip on power"
That's just comedy.
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15 September 2015
Junta Releases Critics from Secret Detention
BANGKOK тАФ Three of the ruling juntaтАЩs most vocal critics were released this afternoon from military custody... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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Nation writer, politicians let go after signing pact
WASAMON AUDJARINT,
JITRAPORN SENWONG,
KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION September 16, 2015
PM warns there will be no negotiations, 'offenders' will face court in the future
THE NATIONAL Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) yesterday released from detention The Nation's senior reporter and two Pheu Thai politicians after getting them to sign an undertaking to desist from any move or expression of opinions opposing the junta's road map..... (read more)..... http://linkis.com/nationmultimedia.com/cciWf
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PM ready to shorten time before next poll
THE NATION September 16, 2015
FOLLOWING mounting pressure, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday that he would shorten the road map timeline and hold a general election in less than the previously planned 20 months.... (read more).... http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politic ... 68894.html
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The perils of Prayuth
By Chatwadee Rose Amornpat, Guest Contributor
тАУ 15 September 2015Posted in: Thailand
Junta leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha is not only an embarrassment to Thailand but is endangering the country..... (read more)..... http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandal ... f-prayuth/
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Nation reporter resigns 'to end pressure'
16 Sep 2015
The Nation senior reporter Pravit Rojanaphruk resigned from the English language newspaper on Wednesday after his second detention by the military junta as a result of his anti-coup stance.... (read more).... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politic ... d-pressure
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US protests risk 'hurting' Thais
Premier wary of regime's critics at UN
17 Sep 2015
A protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in a foreign country would hurt Thailand's reputation, the government warns...... (read more).... http://bangkokpost.com/news/politics/69 ... ting-thais
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Thailand Blames Uighur Militants for Bombing at Bangkok Shrine
By THOMAS FULLER and EDWARD WONGSEPT. 15, 2015
BANGKOK тАФ Nearly a month after the deadliest bombing in recent Thai history, ThailandтАЩs national police chief made his most explicit comments on Tuesday about who carried out the attack here and why..... (read more).... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/world ... .html?_r=0
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Thailand earns stay on EU fish deadline
17 Sep 2015
Thailand has been given more time by the European Union to stamp out illegal fishing practices beyond the initial deadline of October, government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said Thursday..... (read more)... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... h-deadline
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When Will ThailandтАЩs Elusive Election Be Held?
The latest read on the ever-shifting timeline for ThailandтАЩs election.
By Prashanth Parameswaran
September 18, 2015
In Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-chaтАЩs first public address just over a week after the May 22 coup last year, he said that the ruling junta he led had a time frame of a year and three months to move towards elections.... (read more).... http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/when-wil ... n-be-held/
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America's estrangement from Thailand
Nicholas Borroz Analyst
18 September 2015
The American public increasingly thinks of Thailand as unstable, a perception fueled by official criticism of Thailand's politics. Although this criticism is partially driven by developments in Thailand, it is also a result of uncoordinated and reactionary foreign policy.... (read more).... http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin ... m-thailand
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Football and blindfolds: Thai junta's 'attitude adjustments'
18 September 2015
By Jerome Taylor
From cordial cups of coffee and football games with soldiers, to blindfolds and black site prisons, Thailand's junta are employing a range of tactics in their so-called "attitude adjustment" campaign against critics.... (read more)... http://news.yahoo.com/football-blindfol ... NlYwNzcg--
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18 September 2015
Democracy Activists Ignore Junta Order to Call Off March
BANGKOK тАФ A pro-democracy group vows to go ahead with a demonstration tomorrow to mark the anniversary of the 2006 coup dтАЩetat despite being warned to call it off by the military junta... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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Thailand Builds Case in Bangkok Bombing
Ron Corben
September 18, 2015
Thai authorities have formally blamed last month's deadly Bangkok bombing on a Uighur human smuggling network that officials say was angry about a police crackdown on its business.... (read more)... http://www.voanews.com/content/thailand ... 68964.html
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Why Pravit's attitude won't be easily adjusted
20 Sep 2015
In the wake of military detention and his controversial departure from 'The Nation', outspoken reporter Pravit Rojanaphruk says he still feels a duty to make society more equitable, democratic and free.... (read more)... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... y-adjusted
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19 September 2015
Police Allow Coup Anniversary Protest
BANGKOK тАФ A demonstration to mark the ninth anniversary of the 2006 military coup dтАЩetat ended tonight without confrontation with the authorities, who yesterday ordered the march be called off.... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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Thaksin tells Thailand's red shirt opposition: 'play dead'... for now
Sat Sep 19, 2015
By Simon Webb and Pairat Temphairojana
UDON THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - From self-imposed exile, the influential leader of Thailand's rural "red shirt" opposition movement has delivered a simple message to followers chafing at the military junta's iron rule: lay low for now, don't panic, "play dead".... (read more).... http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/i ... dChannel=0
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written by Thailand's ambassador
September 20, 2015
Regarding the Sept. 16 editorial тАЬJailed for a bad attitude тАЭ:
Most Thai people have had enough of street unrest, political paralysis and rampant corruption.... (read more).... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... story.html
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PM launches 'people's state' policy
Prayut denies move iseconomic populism
21 Sep 2015
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has unveiled a new strategy to build "a people's state" to bring together the state, the people and businesses for the long-term sustainable development of the country..... (read more)... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... ate-policy
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With King in Declining Health, Future of Monarchy in Thailand Is Uncertain
By THOMAS FULLERSEPT. 20, 2015
BANGKOK тАФ After nearly seven decades on the throne, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 87, the keystone of ThailandтАЩs identity and a major unifying force for the country, is in declining health. With increasing frequency, the palace has issued medical bulletins detailing his ailments, and in recent days his youngest daughter has led prayer sessions following a Buddhist rite normally used for terminally ill patients.... (read more).... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/world ... share&_r=0
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9 years ago today
By Nicholas Farrelly
тАУ 19 September 2015
A lot has happened since the coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on 19 September 2006.... (read more)... http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandal ... ago-today/
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The local Thai printer of the International New York Times has refused to publish today's issue because it contains the article in the USA edition highlighted by Up2U two posts earlier. Not sure how much longer the article in the overseas edition will continue to be available for reading.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34322123
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22 September 2015
Bangkok Bombers Rumored to be in Malaysian Custody
BANGKOK тАФ Thai police have not confirmed whether two men arrested in Malaysia are the principal suspects sought in last monthтАЩs bombing of BangkokтАЩs Erawan Shrine.... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 1442904143
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Prayut to extol regime gains at UN
analysis: PM faces criticism over Thailand's human rights record amid escalating crackdown on dissent.
23 Sep 2015
Prime Minister and coup leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is expected to highlight the progress the government has made in fighting human trafficking during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this week, but how he will handle criticism of the ruling junta's poor human rights record remains to be seen..... (read more)..... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... ains-at-un