Prayuth has refused the protesters’ demand to resign and rejected their accusation that he engineered last year’s election to keep the power he seized in a 2014 coup.

Thailand: Frustration in students over lack of gender equality

Thailand: School students demand education reform

Thailand's government is facing a sustained protest campaign that has brought thousands of people, mostly young, out on the streets to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his cabinet

Thailand: Anti-government protesters hold 'Mob fest'

Monks and novices are banned from joining political protests and urgent notifications have been sent to temples advising them that monks could be expelled for participating.

Thailand: Monks prohibited from participating in political protests

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Tuesday said dismissed calls from opposition parties to resign at a parliament session he had called to discuss months of protests demanding his departure and reforms to the powerful monarchy.

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha refuses to resign despite protests

Student-led protests that began by demanding the removal of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former military ruler

Thailand pro-democracy protesters march to German embassy

Student-led protests that began by demanding the removal of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former military ruler, have also become the biggest challenge in decades to a monarchy

Thai protesters march on German embassy to seek probe of king

Thailand's biggest opposition party called on Monday (October 26) for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to resign, as parliament opened a special session called by the former junta leader to discuss months of protests.

Special session in Thai Parliament on rising tensions

Thailand's playboy King Maha Vajiralongkorn was secretly rushed to hospital after his bodyguard tested positive for coronavirus, reported New York Post. He was rushed to a hospital in Bangkok in early hours of Wednesday.

Thailand's playboy king rushed to hospital after bodyguard's positive COVID test

Police in Thailand said on Monday that it will investigate media coverage over protests taking place in the country to curb “distorted information”. Deputy police spokesman Kissana Phataracharoen confirmed the probe and said the protests are causing ''unrest and confusion in society''.

Police in Thailand investigate media coverage over protests

Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters gathered in the Thailand capital Bangkok for the second day, in mass defiance of the government which had issued a decree banning demonstrations.

Political temperature rising in Thailand; Protesters defy ban for a second day

Thousands of Thai protesters marched on the prime minister's office to demand his resignation Thursday after scuffling with royalists opposed to the youth-led movement's calls for reforms to the monarchy.

Thai protesters demand PM resignation with 'Hunger Games' salute

A collision between a bus and a train killed at least 17 people on Sunday. The accident took place about 50 kilometres east of Bangkok. Number of casualties is expected to rise.

Thailand: Collision between bus and train claims 17 lives

In a nightmare for litterbugs, Thailand's national park has started mailing trash back to visitors who drop it and offenders will be registered with the police as well.

'You forgot these': Thai national park mails trash back to tourists

Formers critics of Thailand are inspiring youngsters to protest and take on King Maha Vajiralongkorn. At demonstrations in Bangkok, the images used to display the muse behind the protest are of two exiles who have openly criticised the monarchy.

Thailand protests: Exiled critics inspiring protesters to take on King Maha Vajiralongkorn

Thailand's king has officially reinstated his mistress Sineenat as his royal consort after releasing her from jail to rejoin his harem.

Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn reconciles with ousted consort Sineenat

Thai King has reinstated his Royal Noble Consort a year after sending her away for 'disloyalty'. If the palace whispers are to be believed, the consort and the queen 'didn't like each other'.

Gravitas: Thai King's Royal Consort Returns

Facebook has blocked access within Thailand to a group with million members. The popular group was named ‘Royalist Marketplace’ and the discussions primarily revolve around criticising the Thai monarchy.

Thailand Protest: Facebook blocks access to group criticising monarchy

More than 1,000 anti-government demonstrators rallied in Bangkok’s commercial district on Saturday after two protest leaders were arrested and held overnight.

Thai govt faces public anger | Public dissent against Chan-o-Cha govt | WION

A Thai beauty clinic in Bangkok has created a "mini" face mask that it says reduces a doctor's contact with customers' noses and mouths, while still allowing them to get procedures.

Mini masks invented for Thai beauty clinics

Schools were closed in Bangkok on January 22 due to unhealthy levels of air pollution. The Bangkok air quality index (AQI) climbed to 170 on January 21 morning prompting the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to order 437 schools to shut down for the day on January 22.

Air pollution reach 'hazardous' levels in Bangkok, Schools shut

In geography and in culture, the rice paddies of northeastern Thailand are thousands of miles away from the birthplace of hip hop in New York City's Bronx, but for Thai rapper RachYo, the language of hip hop is universal.

Rap and rice paddies: Thai hip hop creates unlikely new stars

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