BANGKOK — The Criminal Court on Monday morning postponed until May 30 its verdict in the trial of lese majeste defendant and Prachatai webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn, citing the need to further study the situation to determine the most cowardly way forward. “In the interest of delivering a decision that is the most spineless miscarriage of justice and best represents the long traditions of... 

BANGKOK – Following this week’s massive earthquake and tsunami scare that sparked evacuations in almost 30 countries, it was revealed that Thailand’s entire tsunami warning system was nothing more than a single Twitter account. The revelation was made by the opposition Democrats at a special news conference this morning, when spokesperson Buranat Samutrak showed what he claimed was incontrovertible... 

And around and around we go, circling the metaphorical mulberrry-bush of global and, as it turn out, galactic geopolitics in the latest battle for the Kingdom’s future – and past, since time as we understand it does not apply at the sub-atomic level where the power-brokers reside. Sondhi L, once the dance-partner of a pre-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, then the head guru at the Suvarnabhumi ashram... 

BANGKOK – The citizens of the nation’s capital woke up this morning to a completely changed world as the 1,652nd bomb attack of the last decade caused injury to someone who wasn’t a resident of the deep southern provinces. In what the government and media are calling a “nightmarish first,” a terrorist plot by alleged Iranians involving improvised explosive devices went horribly wrong on Tuesday... 

BANGKOK – The government has announced a massive new spending program to build a convincing appearance of doing something about flood management, deputy premier Kittiratt Na-Ranong announced yesterday. Budgeted at Bt350 billion, the project represents Thailand’s largest-ever public-perception construction effort, involving multiple ministries and taking up to fifteen years. However, Kittirat insists...