Thailand

Moscow had requested the extradition of the group, whose members were detained for violating Thai immigration laws.

The Constitutional Court deemed it unconstitutional to advocate a change in the country’s lese majeste law. That is a central plank of Move Forward’s platform.

Unfortunately for the members of the rock group Bi-2, Thailand has a history of accommodating the requests of authoritarian governments.

German-Thai cooperation encapsulates the complex dance between strategic competition and global industry dynamics.

The high-speed rail line, which would connect Bangkok to a recently completed line in Laos, has been hampered by delays.

While relations have developed in a low key manner, the two nations share more than a little in common.

Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of the Move Forward Party, can rejoin Parliament – but more legal challenges loom.

The country is tightening its laws on marijuana use, just 18 months after becoming the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize the drug.

Arnon Nampa, a prominent leader of the mass protests of late 2020, faces 14 charges under the country's draconian lese-majeste law.

Amid claims of preferential treatment, the Department of Corrections says that its refusal to refer to Thaksin Shinawatra as an "inmate" is standard practice.

The former leader has been in hospital since returning from self-exile and beginning a prison term for abuse of power in August.