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Malaysian Muslim Woman’s Beer Drinking Punishment to be Reduced A Malaysian Muslim woman who is known as a model had faced a caning for drinking beer in a case that made headlines around the world has had her sentence diminished to community service, her father announced on Thursday. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 33, was sentenced [...]

Telecommunications Law Passes with Opposition Absent The Thai House of Representatives, currently being boycotted by the majority of opposition MPs, on Wednesday enacted a bill to set up a regulatory bureau for the allotment of radio and television frequencies and the management of radio, television and telecommunications. The new bill, which had long been delayed [...]

Dramatic Tactics from UDD United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) foundation organizer Natthawut Saikua has proclaimed that he will take one thousand liters of blood contributed by activists and spill it around Government House on Tuesday, in reprisal for the government’s choice not to disband the House. The drawing of blood will commence about [...]

Red Shirts Ramp Up for Raucous But Respectful Rally Bangkok will experience a mass anti-government rally next weekend that will stretch from Sanam Luang to the Equestrian Statue of King Rama V, and the rally headquarters will be at Phanfa Leelad bridge on Ratchadamnoen Klang road, organizers of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy (UDD) [...]

Monks Told not to Monkey in Politics Thai Monks should not become involved in the planned mass anti-government gathering next weekend as it is not their affair, Deputy Prime Minister managing safety Suthep Thaugsuban said on Friday. United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) core figure Arisman Pongruangrong previous has said Buddhist monks will unite [...]

Japan Still Likes Thailand for Investment A study from last year by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) demonstrated that Thailand is fourth on the list of nations most favored by Japanese investors – just behind China, India and Vietnam – Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) president Pattareeya Benjapolchai announced on Tuesday. “Japanese investors [...]

Thais Not Overly Concerned About Political Violence After Thaksin Ruling Next Friday February 26, the Thai Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for holders of Political Positions will give its judgment on whether 76 billion baht in frozen assets held by exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his relatives should be seized by the state. The [...]

Relentless Resilient Red Shirts Ready to Rally….Sometime Thailand’s red shirts will hold a major rally after Feb 26, but the precise day has yet to be decided, said United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leader Jatuporn Promphan at the assembly in front of the Bangkok Bank headquarters on Silom road on Friday. He said [...]

Security Measures Will be Tight for Thaksin Ruling About detail of about 1,500 security officers will safeguard the Supreme Court building at Sanam Luang and close by vicinities leading up to Feb 26, the day of the court’s decision on whether the state should seize Thaksin Shinawatra’s assets. Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s [...]