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The leaders of Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to negotiate a ceasefire, according to a social media post by United ...
Thailand’s military conflict with Cambodia is inflaming nationalist tensions at home and threatening embattled leader ...
A U.S. political science scholar accused by the Thai military of insulting the Southeast Asian nation’s monarchy — an offense punishable by up to 15 years in prison — was jailed on Tuesday ...
Public criticism of the monarchy, a linchpin of Thai identity, used to be rare, but student-led pro-democracy protests began to challenge that taboo in 2020, openly criticizing the institution.
BANGKOK — A U.S scholar teaching in Thailand who was jailed on charges of insulting the country’s monarchy — an offense punishable by up to 15 years in prison — was released on bail on ...
Thailand has some of the world’s strictest lese majeste laws, and criticizing the king, queen, or heir apparent can lead to a maximum 15-year prison sentence for each offense.
Thailand has taken some steps toward democracy. But a flurry of court challenges has raised the specter of another crisis — with the lèse-majesté law on royal defamation front and center.
The lecturer teaches civil-military relations in Southeast Asia at Naresuan University in northern Thailand. He published a paper last year on the relationship between the country’s monarchy and ...
A Thai military court on Tuesday sentenced ten people to up to five years in prison over audio and video recordings deemed insulting to the monarchy, the latest convictions in a series of cases ...
A Thai military court sentenced a man to one-and-a-half years in prison on Friday for writing graffiti insulting Thailand's king, the latest in a mounting number of lese-majeste cases following a ...