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The Free Thai Movement ( Thai: เสรีไทย, RTGS : Seri Thai, pronounced [sěː.rīː tʰāj]) was a Thai underground resistance movement against Imperial Japan during World War II. Seri Thai were an important source of military intelligence for the Allies in the region.
A Thai media provider was reported to be censoring a foreign news network reporting the protests. [266] A severe state of emergency was declared in Bangkok during 15–22 October, [267] during which the police moved to ban or block anti-government or independent media, together with the Free Youth Facebook page, [268] and seized books ...
Website. www .thairath .co .th. Thairath ( Thai: ไทยรัฐ, lit. Thai State) is a daily newspaper in Thai published in Bangkok and distributed nationwide. The paper is a broadsheet published with two sections. The first section is devoted to news. Although the news section is best known for its sensationalist coverage of crime and ...
By Martin Petty. (Reuters) - In his final months in self-imposed exile avoiding jail, Thailand's billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declared his time as a fugitive was over and ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara has resigned, the government said on Sunday, after losing the position of deputy prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle. Prime ...
Mass media in Thailand. Thailand has a well-developed mass media sector, especially by Southeast Asian standards. The Thai government and the military have long exercised considerable control, especially over radio and TV stations. During the governments of Thaksin Shinawatra [1] and the subsequent military-run administration after the 2006 ...
Prachatai (Thai: ประชาไท, lit. ' Free People ') is an independent non-profit online newspaper in Thailand.Focusing on news from and commentary on NGOs, social movements, and human rights issues, the website became an alternative source for social and political news in a country where many media outlets are state backed, including military-run, or for-profit.
Censorship in Thailand involves the strict control of political news under successive governments, including by harassment and manipulation. Freedom of speech was guaranteed in 1997 [1] and those guarantees continue in 2007. [2] Mechanisms for censorship have included strict lèse-majesté laws, direct government/military control over the ...