Thailand’s civilian rule officially restored

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 04:48:22 +0000

Thailand’s civilian rule officially restored

The new Prayut Chan-o-cha government was sworn in on Tuesday during a ceremony overseen by His Majesty the King, signalling the return of civilian rule after five years following the military coup in 2014.

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Thai man sentenced to death for German tourist rape, murder

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 07:31:03 +0000

A Thai garbage collector has been sentenced to death for the grisly rape and murder of a German tourist holidaying on a beach island.

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Thai PM revokes some junta orders before heading new gov’t

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:43:28 +0000

Thai PM revokes some junta orders before heading new gov't

The leader of Thailand’s military junta has revoked dozens of special executive orders and vowed to stop issuing more as he prepares to lead an elected civilian government.

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Miracle of ‘Wild Boars’ rescue transforms Thai cave into tourist draw

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:37:31 +0000

Miracle of 'Wild Boars' rescue transforms Thai cave into tourist draw

Tourists snap selfies by a bronze statue of the diver who died trying to save the ‘Wild Boars’ football team from a flooded cave.

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Thai junta chief proclaimed second-time prime minister

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 12:26:17 +0000

Thai junta chief proclaimed second-time prime minister

Thailand’s junta leader was officially proclaimed prime minister on Tuesday after the king endorsed Parliament’s vote for him to serve another term.

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Thailand’s oldest party will join coup leader’s coalition

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 02:59:18 +0000

Thailand's oldest party will join coup leader's coalition

BANGKOK – Thailand’s prime minister, who took power in a military coup five years ago, appears set to win a parliamentary vote scheduled for Wednesday that would give him a second term in office.

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Thai court blocks anti-junta politician from joining House

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 13:19:35 +0000

Thai court blocks anti-junta politician from joining House

BANGKOK – A Thai court on Thursday blocked the leader of a new anti-junta political party from taking his seat in Parliament while it determines whether he violated election rules.

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Thai English-language daily The Nation to end print edition

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 12:16:21 +0000

Thai English-language daily The Nation to end print edition

The Nation, one of Thailand’s two English-language dailies, has announced it will stop publishing its print edition by the end of June.

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