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Three stores hit with molotov cocktails after pictures of socks deemed offensive by Muslims shared on social mediaThree stores belonging to a Malaysian minimart chain that sold socks carrying the word “Allah” have been targeted with molotov cocktails o…
Read MoreMove comes after court found that efforts to amend lese majeste laws by Move Forward party were unconstitutionalThailand’s election body has said it will seek the dissolution of a pro-reform party that won the most votes in last year’s election, saying…
Read MoreOutgoing president confers honour on presumed successor, Prabowo Subianto, who is accused of human rights violationsHuman rights experts have condemned a decision by Indonesia’s outgoing president to award the rank of honorary four-star general to his …
Read MoreFerdinand Marcos Jr hits back with fentanyl insult amid breakdown in relations between political familiesThe former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte accused his successor, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, of being a drug addict who risked being ousted from off…
Read MorePita Limjaroenrat’s party was blocked from taking power last year after complaints led to his suspensionThailand’s constitutional court has ruled that a pro-reform opposition figure whose party was blocked from taking power last year did not violate el…
Read MoreRukchanok Srinork’s posts on X found to have breached lese-majesty and computer crime lawsA progressive Thai MP has been sentenced to six years in prison for insulting the country’s powerful monarchy on social media.Rukchanok Srinork, 29, a former acti…
Read MoreFormer senator was arrested after launching inquiry into ex-president’s brutal war on drugs, now an ICC investigationThe most prominent critic of the former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called “war on drugs” has been granted bail, after mo…
Read MoreAfter breakdancing debuted at the games in China, members of the Thai national team say they needed support for hair treatmentA member of Thailand’s national breakdancing team has spoken about one of the lesser known challenges of the sport – hair loss…
Read MoreThai government says it believes 11 of its nationals have been taken hostage by Hamas, and 18 killedIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesThere was no answer when Kanjana Patee’s family called her brother’s phone on Sunday, the morning after Hamas’s at…
Read MorePita Limjaroenrat says time is on the side of his youthful Move Forward party that took on the establishment and shook up Thailand’s ‘half-baked democracy’Pita Limjaroenrat is playing the long game. “Our time will come”, he says confidently. Dressed in…
Read MoreAt least two people dead and five wounded in incident at Siam Paragon shopping centreA 14-year-old boy has been arrested after two people were killed in a shooting at a busy luxury mall in central Bangkok.A Chinese national and Burmese national were ki…
Read MoreHuman rights lawyer Arnon Nampa imprisoned after calling for reform of country’s strict lese-majesty lawA prominent pro-democracy activist has been sentenced to four years in prison for a speech he delivered during protests calling for reform of Thaila…
Read MoreActivists claim the former PM has received special treatment at a special hospital ward, which stands in stark contrast to the overcrowded prison systemWhen Thailand’s former leader Thaksin Shinawatra returned from exile in August, he became arguably t…
Read MoreThaksin, who returned to Thailand last week, ‘accepted his crime and showed remorse’, says royal gazetteKing Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand has reduced the sentence of Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years down to one, just over a week after the former …
Read MoreBusinessman has no experience in government, but Pheu Thai says his industry past means he can help boost economySrettha Thavisin, the 60-year-old real estate tycoon endorsed by the Thai king after winning enough parliamentary support to become prime m…
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