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Thai Junta Leader's Promises in VOA Interview Draw Skepticism
Steve Herman
September 30, 2015
BANGKOKтАФ
Critics of ThailandтАЩs military government are expressing skepticism about promises made by the junta leader during a VOA interview.... (read more)..... http://www.voanews.com/content/thai-jun ... 85297.html
NEW YORK тАФ
ThailandтАЩs prime minister insists he supports democracy and urges patience as a new constitution is being developed for the Southeast Asian country, weeks after an earlier draft's rejection... (read more)... http://www.voanews.com/content/thai-lea ... 84759.html
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Single gateway protest halts government websites
1 Oct 2015
Thousands of internet users brought down at least three government websites on Wednesday night by flooding them in a citizens' "denial of service" attack.
Internet users Wednesday night protested the plans for a single gateway by attacking and bringing down the main websites of the prime minister, the Defence Ministry and the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology.... (read more)... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... t-websites
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Internet gateway plan threatens online freedoms in Thailand
Submitted by editor2 on Thu, 1 Oct 2015
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
An initiative in Thailand to create a single government-controlled gateway for international Internet traffic represents a clear danger to online freedoms, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a statement today. CPJ calls on Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to drop the proposed plan and stop harassing journalists and social media users.... (read more)... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5508
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Government warns netizen protesters
Opposition mounts to single gateway plan
2 Oct 2015
The government is threatening legal action against web activists who launched cyber attacks on state agency websites on Wednesday in a bid to derail the government's proposal to restrict the flow of online information, causing sporadic disruptions of several government home pages.... (read more)... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/securit ... protesters
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02 October 2015
Govt 'GatewayтАЩ Denials Contradict Cabinet Resolutions
BANGKOK тАФ Facing broad criticism to its plan to funnel all internet traffic through a single, government-managed choke point, the military government now insists the project has not been initiated despite evidence to the contrary.... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
Prayut backs down over single internet gateway
Regime chief tells public not to panic
3 Oct 2015
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... et-gateway
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Re: Protests update
01 October 2015
Rising Anger in Boom-to-Bust Isaan
KHON KAEN тАФ The rural heartland of deposed leader Yingluck Shinawatra and her exiled billionaire brother Thaksin is hurting as a result of the military government's economic policies, stirring discontent and the threat of protests.
The removal of generous agricultural subsidies has left rice farmers in northeast Thailand struggling with mounting debts, and they will get little relief when they sell their crop in coming months with rice prices near an eight-year low..... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... section=11
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Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices
ThailandтАЩs тАШsingle gatewayтАЩ internet plan backfires spectacularly
By Saksith Saiyasombut & Siam Voices Oct 02, 2015
Junta backtracks on plans to bottleneck ThailandтАЩs internet traffic through a single gateway after online backlash
Imagine this: you are being awarded for something you havenтАЩt done but you go to the reception gala anyway because itтАЩs too tempting to miss the limelight. ThatтАЩs what happened last Tuesday in New York, when Thai military Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha тАУ during his week at the United NationsтАЩ General Assembly тАУ received the тАЬICTs in Sustainable Development AwardтАЭ by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UNтАЩs IT and telecommunication agency.... (read more)... http://asiancorrespondent.com/135956/th ... tacularly/
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Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal mix tennis, politics on Thailand trip
October 3, 2015
BANGKOK (AP) тАФ Two of the world's top tennis players, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, came to Bangkok to earn a few million dollars for an exhibition match. But there were a few strings attached.
Before their Friday night match, Djokovic and Nadal swapped tennis clothes for formal Thai silk jackets in baby blue and pastel yellow. The dress code was part of a tightly scripted trip meant to boost military-ruled Thailand's image, which included a meeting with the junta leader.... (read more).... http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/te ... /73204946/
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Cyber activists hit refresh on single gateway protest
4 Oct 2015
A group of cyber activists has threatened to launch a fresh round of attacks on state agency websites unless the government formally abandons its single internet gateway proposal by Oct 14.
An online campaign against the proposed gateway is being waged through a Facebook page called тАЬSingle Gateway: Thailand Internet FirewallтАЭ.... (read more).... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politic ... ay-protest
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Troubling questions about Bangkok blast probe
Tan Hui Yee
Oct 3, 2015
BANGKOK тАв Armed soldiers and policemen blocked the streets of Bangkok last Saturday as Thai police marched two foreign suspects through an elaborate re-enactment of the capital's deadliest bomb attack in recent years.
On Monday, retiring police chief Somyot Pumpanmuang all but called investigations a wrap, awarding his men some 3 million baht (S$118,000) in donated cash before journalists at a press conference.
Then, he threw a curveball:... (read more).... http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/tro ... last-probe