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    Thai lawmakers vote against constitutional change

    18 Nov 2020

    The vote comes after the most violent day since July of youth-led protests that seek to rewrite the constitution, to remove Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha — a former junta leader — and to reform King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s monarchy.

    Thailand amusement park invites tourists with larger than life animal figures made of rice straw

    05 Nov 2020

    An amusement park situated on the shores of Thailand’s Huay Tueng Thao lake outside Chiang Mai has life-size figures of animals made of rice straw.

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    Thai police to charge high school students over protest

    20 Nov 2020

    The students said they had been summoned for violating an emergency decree by joining a protest on Oct.15, when tens of thousands of people defied a ban by Prayuth aimed at halting protests demanding his removal and reforms of the monarchy.

    Tourism-reliant Thailand shelves 'travel bubble' plan as Asia virus cases rise

    06 Aug 2020

    Thailand first proposed the idea in June to allow movement between select countries that have low infection numbers, without the need for travellers to undergo quarantine.

    Dungeons and dragons: Thai temples put quirky spin on Buddhism

    16 Sep 2020

    A dragon encircles a tower, wretched souls face torture, superheroes scale a mosaic wall -- these may seem like scenes from a half-remembered dream, but are in fact famed Thai temples.

    This is why protesters are taking on Thailand’s king

    01 Oct 2020

    The morning after a landmark and taboo-busting day of protest in Thailand, pro-democracy demonstrators made one of their most provocative moves against the government.

    'Gilded cage': Private pools, fancy meals in Thailand's luxury quarantine

    06 Oct 2020

    After barring visitors for six months, the tourism-reliant country is reopening to a small number of holidaymakers, with the first batch arriving in Phuket, a popular resort Island.

    Thailand extends grace period for stranded foreigners

    28 Sep 2020

    Thailand on Monday extended a grace period for visa renewals for foreigners stranded in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic until the end of October, as travel restrictions remain in place and new infections climb globally.

    Thai protesters rally for big anti-government demonstration

    19 Sep 2020

    Protesters rallied in Bangkok on Saturday for what organisers hope will be the biggest demonstration in years to demand the removal of former junta leader and now military-backed Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha,

    Thailand’s ‘Bad Students’ demand education reform

    02 Oct 2020

    Thailand’s “Bad Student” campaigners toured Bangkok high schools in a truck on Friday in a protest cheered on by pupils to demand education reform and an end to the harassment of students and of school rules they say are outdated.

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