On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, Dr Paul Chambers responded to an arrest warrant at a local police station in Phitsanulok, northern Thailand. The warrant had been issued on March 31 and there was no ...

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 ...

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 U.S. State Department said it was alarmed at the arrest of Paul Chambers, a lecturer in civil-military relations, under Thailand’s strict lèse-majesté laws.

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 ...

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.

BANGKOK — 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 ...

The monarchy has long been considered a pillar of Thai society and criticizing it used to be strictly taboo. Conservative Thais, especially in the military and courts, still consider it untouchable.