Asia Thailand The organisers and City Hall apologised for the damage to the artwork of students graduating on Sunday when participants of the Bangkok Pride event entered the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
Asia Thailand Local liquor and beer producers called on the Move Forward Party to pursue its progressive policy of liberalising liquor production and to allow more small producers to enter the market
Asia Thailand In the run-up to tomorrow's general election, the Royal Defamation Act has become a hot topic; it states that anyone who defames, insults or threatens the king, queen, heir designate or regent shall be punished by imprisonment from three to 15 years
Asia Thailand SCG Cement-Building Materials, a subsidiary of Thailand's Siam Cement group, expects cement consumption to grow 1-2% year-on-year, exceeding 30 million tonnes in the current year, due to the recovery of the tourism sector
Asia Thailand Eye and face recognition technology will be used in a pilot project to improve health services for foreign workers, refugees and ethnic people in 5 provinces
Asia Thailand Nine parliamentary party list candidates and one prime ministerial candidate have been disqualified from voting on 14 May after the Election Commission declared them ineligible
Asia Thailand Regents International School in Pattaya adopts the International Primary Curriculum, a learning experience combining high standards and benchmarks of English National Curriculum with globally recognised International Primary Curriculum
Asia Thailand A petition with the signatures of 8.517 people, joined by Amnesty International Thailand and other activists, has been delivered to acting Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, asking to drop charges against all political activists
Asia Thailand A bill to protect sex workers is being drafted to legalise the profession in a bid to prevent them from exploitation
Asia Thailand According to the Department of Health, one in 10 Thai children is clinically obese; the head of the DOH emphasised the crucial role parents have to play in cultivating a healthier environment
Asia Thailand The death of a 49-year-old Uighur asylum seeker in Thailand has prompted rights groups to call for a humane solution to the situation of some 50 Uighur men detained for nine years
Asia Thailand Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, who helped expose a major corruption scandal at the top of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, has been promoted to a new job in the department
Asia Thailand A thick haze covered the city as Bangkok's air pollution reached an unhealthy level, with an AQI value of 166; AQI values above 100 are considered unhealthy