<p dir="ltr">Thai junta has thanked North Korean for understanding Thailand political situation, while the North Korea has purposed Thailand to open the Thai embassy in its capital.</p>

<p>A top Air Force officer filed a lèse majesté complaint against a general after being sacked from a position in the Royal Aide-de-Camp Department, saying only the King can order the dismissal.</p> <p>According to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1420621188">Matichon</a>&nbsp;Online, Air Chief Marshal Chansak Nivasabutr on Wednesday filed a lèse majesté complaint at the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) against Gen Sayan Kampeepan, Chief, Aide-de-Camp General to H.M. the King.</p>

<p>The woman accused of lèse majesté for wearing black close to the King’s birthday last year has resigned from her job after being stigmatized by the public.</p> <p>According to<a href="http://www.manager.co.th/Local/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9580000001954">&nbsp;ASTV-Manager Online</a>, Witoon Prasertcharoensuk, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Khon Kaen University in Thailand’s Northeast, revealed on Wednesday that Aree K., an employee of Srinagarind Hospital, the teaching hospital of Khon Kaen University, who was accused of lèse majesté, has resigned. &nbsp;</p>

<div>Thai police on Wednesday said the they had arrested a man who allegedly defamed the monarchy on Facebook.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The police accused Pongsak S., of offences under Article 112 or the lese majeste law and Article 14 of the Computer Crime Act (importing of illegal&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">content into a the computer system.)</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div>Pongsak was on the list of 17 people summoned by the junta on 9 June 2014. </div></div>

<p>The Thai junta leader said the government will try to cooperate with other countries to extradite lèse majesté suspects back to Thailand to prevent them from undermining the regime from overseas. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Thai police arrested a man accused of harming a dog under the 2014 Animal Welfare Act, the first arrest since the law was enacted last month. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>According to Voice TV, police officers in northeastern Nong Khai Province on Monday charged Kamdee Kotata, a 50-years-old villager, under the <a href="http://www.lrct.go.th/en/?p=276">2014 Prevention of Animal Cruelty and Provision of Animal Welfare Act</a>&nbsp;for throwing a knife at a dog, which ended up cutting the dog’s face, after the dog bit his chicken.</p>

<p>The Thai military government has set its eye on issuing a new law on internet security and amending the notorious 2007 Computer Crime Act (CCA). &nbsp;</p>

<p>The highly criticized and controversial National Human Rights Commission (NHCR) of Thailand is facing a downgrade of its status by the network of interneational human rights organizations due to its failures in tackling human rights violations in Thailand.</p>

<p id="E26" qowt-divtype="para" qowt-eid="E26" style="list-style-type:none;"><span id="E27" qowt-eid="E27">Thailand’s leading Internet freedom advocacy group has condemned the Thai authorit</span><span id="E28" qowt-eid="E28">ies</span><span id="E29" qowt-eid="E29"> for allowing Internet Service Providers (ISP</span><span id="E30" qowt-eid="E30">s</span><span id="E31" qowt-eid="E31">) to block </span><span id="E32" qowt-eid="E32">lèse majesté</span><span id="E33" qowt-eid="E33"> and other websites viewed as threats to national security the moment they see one. &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></p>

<p>The Thai authorities have given power to all internet service providers (ISPs) to block lèse majesté websites using their own judgement while urging all ISPs and people to report online lèse majesté content to the authorities as soon as they find any. &nbsp;</p>

<div><span style="font-size: 12px;">Two theatre activists on Monday pleaded guilty to lese majeste charges for taking parts in the stage play “The Wolf Bride”.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Patiwat S. and Pornthip M. pleaded guilty during the deposition hearing at Ratchada Criminal Court on Monday afternoon.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div>The defendants asked the court to suspend the jail terms because they have never committed crimes, are still young and one of them is studying in a university. The jail terms will likely to damage their future. </div></div>

<p><a href="http://www.khaosodenglish.com/">Khaosod English</a>:&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">&nbsp;The top adviser to His Majesty the King has praised the 2014 military coup as a necessary action that saved Thailand from chaos.</span></p>