THAILAND: Questions on whereabouts of Thai queen
By Brittani Barger 11th February 2021 Royal Household Bureau There are questions on the whereabouts of Thailand’s Queen Suthida who hasn’t been seen in person since 28 December. The King, […]
Thai King ‘makes his consort his second queen as her birthday gift’
Thai king ‘makes his consort his second queen as her birthday gift’ in historic move – despite her ‘leaked naked selfies’ and previously jailing her for ‘disrespecting’ current queen King […]
The young protesters taking on the monarchy are changing Thailand for ever
Pravit Rojanaphruk Where older generations chose reverence, young Thais are demanding freedom of speech and basic rights A protester with riot police during a protest calling for reform of the […]
Thailand’s king seeks to bring back absolute monarchy
Maha Vajiralongkorn has provoked something new in Thailand: open criticism of a king The moments disappear in the dark. In April 2017 it was a small bronze plaque from Bangkok’s […]
Protest erupts at Thai king’s hotel in Germany where he is staying with his harem of 20 women
Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus, Thai king Maha Vajiralongkorn is staying in a German hotel with his entourage of servants and harem of 20 women By Shubhangi Shah May 7, […]
HHRC 41 written statement : The case of the Ahmadis refugees in Thailand and Malaysia
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community : The Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Pakistan is perhaps the most obviously persecuted religious group in the world today. The Ahmadis suffer under a unique combination […]
Deserted beaches, empty bars: Covid-19 devastates Thailand’s tourist islands
Visitor numbers expected to plummet by tens of millions in crisis that eclipses the 2004 tsunami, bird flu and Sars Koh Samui’s beaches are almost entirely devoid of people since […]
Coronavirus: Thai king self-isolates in Alpine hotel with harem of 20 women amid pandemic
Tens of thousands of Thais risk breaking law to criticise him online Source: Independent Thailand’s controversial king has been self-isolating in a luxury hotel in the Alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen with his entourage. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, also known as Rama X, is said to have booked out the entire […]
Two bombs explode outside Thai government office in Yala, wounding 18
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Two bombs exploded in front of a government office in Thailand’s insurgency-hit southern Yala province on Tuesday, wounding 18 people, a security official said. The explosions took place in front of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center (SBPAC), a Thai government body that oversees the administration of […]
Intercultural challenges: Room to Rest or Rest-Room?
While in Bangkok my brother-in-law from USA visited me. My wife was going into a cloth-store, owned by a Thai Sikh family. My brother in law asked the shop keeper: […]
Thailand’s king strips ‘disloyal’ royal consort of titles and military ranks
Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, 34, was accused of breaching code of conduct for courtiers Agence France-Presse in Bangkok Mon 21 Oct 2019 King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand has stripped his 34-year-old consort of all titles for “disloyalty” and apparent “ambition” to match the queen’s position, a royal command said, less than […]
The mystery of the stolen blue diamond
The theft of precious jewels from a Saudi palace in 1989 set off a chain of killings and a diplomatic crisis that continues to this day. Now, in a rare interview, the man behind the theft tells his story. The Saudi prince and his wife were away […]
Rohingya Muslims found stranded on Thai island: officials
Source: Reuters BANGKOK (Reuters) – A fishing boat carrying more than 60 Rohingya Muslims was found beached on an island in southern Thailand on Tuesday, officials said. The passengers – […]
CORONATION OF RAMA X: The new Thai king’s Swiss childhood
By Olivier Grivat, Bangkok MAY 3, 2019 The Thai royal family walking by Lake Geneva in Lausanne in summer 1960. The future king Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarang is wearing the cap of a local school. (Archive Yves Debraine) In 1960 and 1961, Thailand’s new king lived with his parents and sisters in […]
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn weds bodyguard in surprise ceremony
Former flight attendant turned royal guard is named Queen Suthida days before his own coronation Reuters Thu 2 May 2019 A screengrab from Thai television footage of the ceremony in […]
Thailand’s king condemns bid by sister to become PM
8 February 2019 Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn has denounced as “inappropriate” his sister’s unprecedented bid to run for prime minister in March’s election. In a palace statement, he said such […]
‘Political earthquake’ as Thai princess runs for PM against military junta
Surprise move pits Princess against leader of 2014 coup Leonie Kijewski Fri 8 Feb 2019 Thai princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Varnavadi has broken the tradition of the royal family […]
Saudi teenager Rahaf offers a blueprint for others – but there will be frustration at the back of the asylum queue
Will the powerful use of social media by one savvy woman change our attitude to asylum seekers fleeing abusive families or regimes? Janet Street-Porter The Independent Voices Months on from […]
‘You saved Rahaf’s life’: online outcry kept ‘terrified’ Saudi woman safe, says friend
Source: The Guardian BY Jamie Fullerton in Kuala Lumpur and Helen Davidson Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, the Saudi Arabian woman who fled her family and is now under UN protection in Thailand, has been […]
Australian immigration and asylum: Rahaf and Hakeem: why has one refugee captured the world’s attention while another is left in jail?
The Guardian Australian immigration and asylum Rahaf and Hakeem: why has one refugee captured the world’s attention while another is left in jail? Helen Davidson When it comes to Rahaf […]
