Thailand

Milk Tea Alliance stirs political pot in Asia

An informal online network supports young people in their struggle for freedom against authoritarian regimes

Desperate Myanmar migrants hit dead end in Thailand

As more flee their war-torn country, they face detention and speedy deportation from an unsympathetic neighbor

Thai temples struggle without tourist income

Buddhist temples that relied heavily on donations from foreign tourists are now struggling to outlast the pandemic

More questions than answers over missing Thai activists

Fears grow that exiled dissidents were made to disappear by powerful people as police investigations stall

Majority of Thais despondent as economy reels from pandemic

Survey reveals over 75 percent of respondents are feeling stressed and worried as government mishandles Covid-19 crisis

Thai regime ramps up gagging of critical voices

Government files defamation lawsuit against TV show host for criticizing prime minister on Twitter

Children in the firing line in repressive Thailand

Six Thais under 18 face lengthy jail sentences after being charged with insulting the monarchy

Thai royalist vigilantes accost democracy activists

Student is forced to apologize publicly for allegedly defaming the king with Facebook video clips

Thai govt under fire over Covid-19 outbreak in prisons

More than 10,000 inmates at notoriously overcrowded prisons are known to have been infected

Poor hit hardest by Thailand's latest Covid outbreak

Residents of slums, prisoners and construction workers face the greatest risk of contracting the contagion

Thousands of inmates infected with Covid at two Thai prisons

Recently released female activist reveals she came down with the virus in jail

Thai monks asked to pray to keep pandemic at bay

Monks at more than 40,000 Buddhist temples to perform the ritual daily as a disease-mitigating measure

Agnes Chow: Catholic girl to jailed Hong Kong democracy leader

Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow released on pro-democracy protest anniversary

Poverty must be tackled to end shame of India's child labor

Popal sorry must fit the level of suffering

Vatican project aims to encourage faith via digital space

South Korean bishop named Vatican's prefect for clergy