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STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 17, 2020 • 2 min read

Thai economy Thailand’s economy shrinks most in more than 20 years

By Agence France-Presse • Aug 17, 2020
Thailand's economic growth contracted by 12.2% in the second quarter of the year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the steepest drop for the tourism-driven economy since the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis

STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 14, 2020 • 3 min read

Thai democracy Thai premier appeals for unity as protests continue

By Agence France-Presse • Aug 14, 2020
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha said on August 13 the majority of the kingdom find its ongoing pro-democracy protests "unacceptable", as the youth-led movement grows bolder in targeting Thai power

Aug 10, 2020 • 5 min read
Thailand

Supercars and champagne: Bangkok’s rich purr through

The global pandemic has hit the pockets of the majority, but one minority remain unscathed with Thailand's wealthy elite finding their purse strings during Covid-19 as loose as ever
By Aidan Jones / AFP • Aug 10, 2020

Aug 05, 2020 • 5 min read
Thai democracy

Rangsiman Rome talks Thai democracy, lese majeste and protests

As youth-led protests heat up in Bangkok, Member of Parliament Rangsiman Rome discusses the increasingly bold rhetoric of activists who are, for the first time in Thai modern history, daring to criticise the monarchy
By Andrew Haffner • Aug 05, 2020

Aug 04, 2020 • 3 min read
Thai democracy

Thailand launches another probe in Red Bull heir’s ‘hit-and-run’

Following public outcry over a culture of impunity for Thailand's rich and powerful, the kingdom's attorney general has ordered a new investigation into Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya over the killing of a police officer in 2012
By Agence France-Presse • Aug 04, 2020

Aug 04, 2020 • 2 min read
Thai democracy

Thais ‘cast a spell’ for democracy in Harry Potter-theme protest

Pro-democracy rallies took on a magical twist in Bangkok as protestors donned Harry Potter gear, vowing to "cast a spell" as the bourgeoning movement continues to gain traction in the kingdom
By Agence France-Presse • Aug 04, 2020

Aug 03, 2020 • 6 min read
Thai democracy

Growing schism in Thailand as monarchists hit back against protests

As pro-democracy student-led protests gather momentum and press in Thailand, a smaller group of monarchists, apparently led by an entirely different band of students, are pushing back against what they see as an assault on the country's foundations
By Tara Abhasakun • Aug 03, 2020

Jul 30, 2020 • 7 min read
Tales of the Pandemic

The long way home: State quarantine in a Bangkok hotel

Last week, Globe reporter Wanpen Pajai returned to her native Thailand from the Netherlands. Beyond bureaucratic hoops, stringent health checks and now state quarantine, along the way she has also encountered human stories from people impacted by the pandemic
By Wanpen Pajai • Jul 30, 2020

Jul 27, 2020 • 3 min read
Thai democracy

Thai police probe after Red Bull heir hit-and-run case dropped

Against the backdrop of growing frustrations in Thailand about a culture of impunity for the rich, police have opened an internal investigation after all charges were controversially dropped against Red Bull heir Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya last week
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 27, 2020