Current Affairs

An anti-military hashtag trended for the past two days in Thailand, coinciding with the 15th anniversary of a military coup that overthrew the democratically elected government of Thaksin Shinawatra.The hashtag 15ปีแล้วนะไอ้สัส (It has been 15 years, you assholes)...

Protesters gathered in Bangkok on Sunday to mark 15 years since a military coup overthrew the government of Thaksin Shinawatra. Protesters marked the anniversary with symbolic gestures and speeches - many pointing to the cycle of political violence and...

Fifteen years ago this week, the Thai military overthrew a democratically elected government and replaced it with a coup-appointed cabinet complete with a rubber-stamp parliament.The reason for the putsch? To overthrow the Thaksin Shinawatra government and eradicate the...

Back in late June, three Singaporean ministers sitting on the city-state’s COVID-19 task force wrote an article in The Strait Times entitled “Living normally, with Covid-19.” In the piece, the ministers outlined a roadmap for Singapore to “transit to a new...

The Progressive Movement, led by Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has registered an official foundation under the same name, confirmed in the Royal Gazette Friday.Thanathorn was the leader of the now-dissolved Future Forward Party (FFP), the predecessor to the current opposition Move...

The sacking of Thammanat Prompow and Narumon Pinyosinwat by Prayut Chan-ocha sent shockwaves throughout the country. Although this is hardly the first case of infighting among those in the government and those in Palang Pracharat Party (PPRP), this is...

Bangkok’s reopening date has been moved to October 15, the tourism minister said on Thursday, due to incomplete vaccination rates.The government previously said that they would open the capital up by the beginning of October to fully vaccinated tourists...