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Myanmar’s independence from British rule, formalized in 1948, kickstarted decades of change still being felt at every level of society. Progress has come in fits and starts, but before...
Get me out of here, say frustrated young Thais Mismanagement of Covid-19, corruption, nepotism and human rights violations are their main reasons for wanting to emigrate Updated: May 07, 2021 07:31 AM GMT Trending Buddhist monks and rescue volunteers oversee the funeral of a woman who died after contracting the coronavirus at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham in Nonthaburi on May 5. The Thai government has been criticized for its mismanagement of the Covid-19 crisis. (Photo: AFP) Hundreds of thousands of young Thais have sent a resounding message to their country’s conservative establishment, which the...
[Reuters] A Thai court ruled Wednesday that a senior government official can retain his cabinet post despite having served a prison sentence in Australia for heroin smuggling during the 1990s. While Thai law bars drug offenders from holding public office, the overseas ruling is not binding in Thailand, the Constitutional Court said. Wednesday’s ruling in the case of Thammanat Prompao, the deputy minister for agriculture and cooperatives, drew swift condemnation from a political opposition leader and others who suggested that the court had allowed a convicted criminal to remain...
In one of its more deranged and highly politicized decisions, the Constitutional Court has ruled that Deputy Agriculture Minister and soon to be boss of the ruling Palang Prachart Party Thammanat Prompao who "pleaded guilty to conspiring to import heroin into Australia" can retain his cabinet post. Like the regime's leadership, the court decided that…
Thailand’s highest court has ruled the political powerbroker’s four years in a Sydney jail is not a breach of the constitution.