Maha Vajiralongkorn
Thais Free 1,066 Turtles To Celebrate King’s Birthday
Hundreds of Thai schoolchildren and naval officers sent 1,066 turtles scuttling into the sea on Wednesday in a ceremony...
Thai Dissident’s Lonely Fight To Keep History Alive
Carrying a bucket of cement and a heavy bronze plaque, Ekachai Hongkangwan set out across Bangkok's heavily-policed...
Thai Junta Grants King Full Control of Palace Wealth
A new law giving Thailand's king direct control over royal assets worth billions of dollars went into force Monday, the...
Thai Activist Arrested For Commemorating Democratic Revolution
Thai authorities on Saturday detained an activist attempting to mark the 1932 revolution that ended absolute monarchy,...
Rare Protest On Thai Student Leader’s Arrest Anniversary
Anti-junta activists staged a rare protest in Thailand on Thursday demanding the release of a prominent student leader...
German Teenagers Shoot At Thai King With Rubber Pellets
Thailand's king was targeted by two teenagers firing rubber pellets while he was cycling in southern Germany's Bavaria,...
Thai Man Jailed For 35 Years For Defaming Royals On Facebook
A Thai man was jailed for 35 years on Friday for Facebook posts deemed insulting to the royal family, a watchdog said,...
Thai Teen Among Latest Group Held For ‘royal Insults’
A 14-year-old boy has been detained in a Thai army prison under a draconian and increasingly wielded royal defamation...
Five Thais Charged With Royal Defamation For Facebook ‘shares’
Five men were charged with violating Thailand's draconian royal defamation law for sharing Facebook posts written by an...
Thai May Face 150-Year Jail Sentence For Royal Defamation
A Thai human rights lawyer could be sentenced to a maximum 150 years in prison after he was charged with a record ten...
Thai King Takes Control of Five Palace Agencies
Thailand's new king was granted control on Tuesday over five state agencies that oversee royal affairs and security,...
Amnesty Attacks Thai Junta Ban On Online Contact With Dissidents
Amnesty International has slammed an unprecedented ban by Thailand's junta on using the internet to communicate with...
Main Southern Thai Insurgent Group Rejects Army Peace Plan
The most prominent insurgent group in Thailand's south rejected the military's peace plan in a rare statement on...
Wave of Attacks Strike Restive Thai South
Nearly two dozen arson and bomb attacks erupted across Thailand's insurgency-torn south shortly after midnight, the...
Thailand’s New Constitution
Thailand's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn is expected to sign off on Thursday on the country's latest constitution, a...
Thai King To Sign Junta’s New Constitution
Thailand's king will sign off on the country's new constitution later Thursday, a document touted by the junta as a...
Thai Police End Search of Temple Without Finding Monk
Thai police ended their search of Thailand's biggest temple on Friday after laying siege to it for more than three...
Thai Artisans Craft For King’s Funeral
Aided by a jazz soundtrack, Thai artisans work against the clock scratching, moulding and shaping the intricate clay...
BBC’s Thai Transmission Towers Fall Silent As Junta Talks Falter
The BBC World Service has stopped broadcasting from one of its major global transmission stations situated in Thailand,...