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Thailand’s Political Tensions Are Rekindling Ethnic and Regional Divisions
Thomas Fuller writes for The New York Times: …Thailand is the land of the Thais, of course — but also of the Lanna, Lao, Mon, Malay, Khmer and Chinese, among other ethnic groups subsumed into the...
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Thailand’s military seizes power in coup, suspends constitution, imposes curfew
Thailand’s Army Seizes Power, Suspends Constitution, and Imposes Curfew Thailand army chief confirms military coup and suspends constitution Thai military declares a coup, detains key political...
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Pepe Escobar: Thailand’s coup in four minutes
Thailand army continues crackdown after coup Opposition to Thai coup simmers, ex-PM in ‘safe place’ Junta Targets Scholars for New Detentions as Thai Forces Are Sent to Protests Protests Against...
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Orwell’s ‘1984’ fashionable on Bangkok streets
Flora Bagenal writes for The Christian Science Monitor: ‘There are no whistles, no loud speakers, and no placards held up high in this quiet act of subversion. Pimsiri Petchnamrob stands silently in a...
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Slave ships & supermarkets: Modern day slavery in Thailand
‘Slavery is back. Modern day slave ships have been used to provide feed for prawns supplied to some of the world’s biggest supermarkets, including: Tesco, Aldi, Walmart and Morrisons. A six-month...
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We’ll probably kill journalists who don’t report the truth, says Thai leader
Reuters reports: ‘Thailand’s junta leader, Prayuth Chan-ocha, has said he will “probably just execute” any journalist who does not “report the truth”. Last month Gen Prayuth said he had the power to...
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Thai junta to lift martial law while imposing absolute power
DW reports: ‘Prime minister and military junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha said Tuesday he would invoke controversial Article 44 of junta-imposed interim constitution to issue a new order protecting...
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