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Thailand’s Anti-Scam Efforts Are Well Behind the Pace of Criminality
Thailand’s economy has suffered a staggering 60 billion baht loss in 2024 due to widespread online fraud, with millions of citizens falling victim to sophisticated telephone and SMS scams. The Royal Thai Police (RTP) reported…
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Thailand’s Election Commission Is Next of Kin to Chaos
Thailand’s February 8 election stunned some political pundits and defied national polls that predicted that the People’s Party would gain a larger percentage of the vote than the eventual winner, Prime Minister Anutin Charnavirakul’s Bhumjaithai…
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Pheu Thai is Banking on Corruption to Remedy Thailand’s Informal Economy
It’s one of the oldest marketing gimmicks in the world and it hasn’t lost its appeal. You’ve seen the slogans before: “Enter now for your chance to win!” Companies have expanded their market share by…
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The Political Neglect of Thailand’s Deep South Cannot Continue
In the Deep South provinces of Thailand, violence is commonplace in January. In this month in 2025, two border patrol officers were killed in Narathiwat when their truck hit an explosive device. Around the same time,…
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Thai Royal Defamation Case Against American Academic Could Have Dire Consequences
Earlier this month, the prominent American academic Dr. Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University in Phitsanulok, Thailand, was arrested on charges of insulting the Thai monarchy (lese-majeste). In addition to causing international headlines and earning a quick…
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The Dangerous Implications of Paul Chambers’ Article 112 Arrest
Charges under Thailand’s strict lese-majeste law used to be rare, both for Thais and foreigners. When foreigners were charged, it made public headlines, and such was the case of a drunken Swiss man, who defaced…
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Thailand’s Cooperation With China on Cross-border Crime Comes at a Cost
During Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, one of the main topics of discussion was the proliferation of scam centers close to Thailand’s borders in Myanmar, Cambodia,…
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Making the Most of Paetongtarn’s Visit to Thailand’s Deep South
On January 14, two border patrol officers in Narathiwat province, in Thailand’s south, were killed when a homemade bomb detonated on their pickup truck on the way to Tua Ngo Border Patrol Police School where…
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Thailand’s Bid for a Seat on the UN Human Rights Council is Poorly Timed
Thailand is currently bidding for the third time for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), with the election for a three-year term for 2025-2027 being held at the U.N. headquarters in New York in October.…
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Thailand’s PM Misses the Forest for the Trees on the Country’s Pollution Problem
Thailand’s Chiang Mai now has airborne pollutants that are 20 times higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) standard. Last week, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin declined to designate the northern city as a disaster area…
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