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Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled that the wording of two sections of the Criminal Code regarding abortion should be amended. The petition came to the court after Srisamai Chueachart, a pro-abortion activist, petitioned that Section 301 […]
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Maya Bay, perhaps Thailand’s most famous beach, is set to reopen to tourism in November of this year. Maya Bay was shut down in 2018 by Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation after […]
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The Thai government is currently considering extending Songkran to 9 days in 2020 to make up for a shortfall in tourism due to the Coronavirus outbreak. If approved, Songkran–Thailand’s wild and wet new year festival–would […]
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Singapore’s anti-fake news law has stirred up its fair share of controversy in its short four-month existence. The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), which has become a model for other governments in […]
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Thailand has long been known as a country with extreme levels of market and economic concentration. That wealth inequality and consolidated market control looks likely to become even worse with the country’s impending Tesco Lotus […]
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As reports of coronavirus cases spread outside China, fear among Thai people that they too might catch the deadly virus has risen dramatically–as has anti-Chinese discrimination. There is currently no law on the books in […]
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The US Supreme Court has ruled that a Trump-era ban on granting green cards to legal immigrants receiving government benefits is constitutional. The so-called “public charge” rule was announced last year and stirred up controversy. […]
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Kratom will soon be removed from Thailand’s list of controlled narcotics, according to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin. Under Thailand’s current drug laws, kratom is classified as a Schedule V narcotic, meaning possession or consumption can […]
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The leader of the Thai Civilized party has proposed to legalize brothels and sex toy shops as a means of reducing sexual violence. Mongkolkit Suksintharanont, who sits on a House committee examining ways to quell […]
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Thailand’s new left-wing Future Forward party has tabled legislation that would open up Thailand’s beer and spirit brewing regulations to allow small entrepreneurs to enter the marketplace. As it stands now, only the rich are […]
