Journalist Seriously Injured After Getting Blasted by Shotgun in Pattaya

Pattaya Tourist Police car.
Pattaya Tourist Police car. Photo: Pattaya Tourist Police / Facebook.

A shooting incident occurred in Pattaya yesterday morning, leaving a journalist seriously injured. Defamation Charges Dropped Against BBC Journalist Pattaya police received a report of [Read More…]

PM Prayut Revokes Ban on Fake News

Prayut Chan-o-cha giving a speech during the Covid-19 pandemic
Prayut Chan-o-cha giving a speech during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา Prayut Chan-o-cha / Facebook.

BANGKOK, Aug 10 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Aug 9 revoked a recent regulation that banned the dissemination of any fake reports that [Read More…]

Thai Civil Court issues injunction against Prayut’s decree banning fake news with censorship threat

Thai press reporters interview Kristie A. Kenney
Local media interview former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Kristie A. Kenney. Photo: Cpl. Robert J. Maurer.

On Friday, Thailand’s Civil Court issued an injunction to suspend Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s ban on dissemination of fake and distorted news and fearmongering, with [Read More…]

Myanmar Two Journalists Arrested in Myanmar, Where Forces Kill 10 Anti-Coup Protesters

Release aung san suu kyi banners at protest in Myanmar against Military Coup
Release aung san suu kyi banners at protest in Myanmar against Military Coup. Photo: MgHla (aka) Htin Linn Aye. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Police in Myanmar Friday arrested two journalists covering the trial of a civilian official ousted in last month’s military takeover as brutal crackdowns on anti-coup [Read More…]

Prayut sprays journalists with hand sanitizer after being irked by cabinet reshuffle question

Cabinet Meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House
Cabinet Meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House. Photo: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา Prayut Chan-o-cha / Facebook.

The Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha left a bad taste in the mouths of some reporters on Tuesday as he sprayed them with clouds of [Read More…]