News
8 Jun 2023
Taweesin Visanuyothin, Deputy Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), addressed the issue of medical staff workload in response to an actress who resigned from her medical position due to workload, saying that Thailand has a limited number of doctors with around 1 doctor for every 2,000 people.
7 Jun 2023
Move Forward Party leader Pita Limcharoenrat says he has transferred ownership of all the 42,000 iTV shares that he inherited to other beneficiaries, and that the move is not an attempt to evade guilt but to prevent possible problems that could arise from opponents’ attempts to “restore” iTV’s status as a media company.
7 Jun 2023
Annual Pride celebrations returned to Bangkok with a parade in the Siam Square shopping district, joined by thousands of Thais and foreigners, while leaders of the new government coalition promised to pass a Marriage Equality bill as soon as parliament opens.
7 Jun 2023
3 years after activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit went missing while living in exile in Cambodia, no progress has been made into the investigation of his disappearance, while activists in Cambodia and Thailand held public gatherings on Sunday (4 June), the anniversary of his disappearance.
7 Jun 2023
The crackdown on the 18 November 2022 protest march against the government under Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and its pro-corporation economic policies was a violation of press freedom and the right to peaceful assembly, as several protesters and members of the press were injured, says the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
7 Jun 2023
CSOs oppose the government's BCG model and call for its revocation, claiming that the model is referred to as "Greenwashing."
3 Jun 2023
The Criminal Court has insisted on continuing witness examination in the royal defamation trial of activist Chonticha Jangrew, now MP designate for the Move Forward Party, despite her lawyer being unavailable to attend the hearing.
2 Jun 2023
A military-appointed Senator has proposed the establishment of a so-called national government, claiming that the Move Forward Party (MFP)-led coalition has failed to make progress in forming a government.
2 Jun 2023
The organizers of the Bangkok Pride have announced that they will be bidding to host World Pride in 2028 -- a move supported by both the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Move Forward party, who won first place in the 2023 General election. For gender equality activist Chumaporn Taengkliang, founder of Naruemit Pride, the bid to host World Pride is the next step on the road to equality for the Thai LGBTQ community.
1 Jun 2023
Lampang Deputy Governor has been investigated for alleged disloyalty to the monarchy over clicking the like button on the Facebook page of Yan Marchal, a French national well-known for his political parodies of Thailand’s monarchy and junta.
1 Jun 2023
Following the death of an indigenous activist from dengue fever, indigenous and community rights groups are demanding that the Ministry of Public Health take responsibility, saying that her death is the result of racial discrimination and negligence by a local hospital.
1 Jun 2023
A major satellite and cable TV provider appears to have blocked the broadcasts about the Thai election of several overseas news agencies, according to reports on social media and eyewitness accounts.