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The Royal Decree on Combating Online Crime starts today (17 March).

MCOT 17 March – Royal Decree to Combat Online Crime Announced from today (17 March 2023) Ministry of DES Instruct the victim to notify the bank to suspend the horse’s account immediately. Ready to warn those who do wrong, hurry up to cancel the horse’s account Which the police say now has more than 30,000…

Thai court orders EM tags removed from five anti-establishment protesters

The Ratchadapisek Criminal Court in Bangkok agreed to the request of five anti-establishment protesters yesterday (Wednesday), to have electronic monitoring (EM) tags removed. The protesters, who are currently out on bail pending trials on lèse majesté and sedition charges, sought the court’s permission to remove the tags after the court ordered one removed from actress…

UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Region Humanitarian Situation Report No. 4 (1 October – 31 December 2022)

In 2022, UNICEF provided access to primary health care for 4,161,790 children and women and vaccinated 27,041,501 children against measles. A total of 958,035 children and caregivers were also supported in accessing mental health and psychosocial support and 98,338 women, girls and boys in accessing gender-based violence risk mitigation, prevention or response interventions. UNICEF supported…

Suu Kyi Portraits, Flags and Chants as Bangkok Hosts Myanmar Anti-Coup Protest

BANGKOK — Several hundred Myanmar pro-democracy protesters gathered outside their country’s embassy in Bangkok Wednesday, two years after a coup by a junta that has killed thousands of civilians in airstrikes and military massacres, and now wants to hold elections across a broken nation. Shouting slogans, waving flags of Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government and…

Thailand’s corruption standing for 2022 an improvement over 2021

Thailand’s corruption standing for 2022 improved nine places to 101st, from 110th out of 180 countries in 2021, according to the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International. Thailand is 4th among ASEAN countries. Secretary-General of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), Niwatchai Kasemmongkol, said that Thailand scored 36 points, compared to 35 points in the…

Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. met with Director of the Gulf Cooperation Council Criminal Information Center to Combat Drugs

On 23 January 2023, Ms. Banarasi Koanantakul, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., met with Brigadier Eisa Saeed Al-Kuwari, Director of the Gulf Cooperation Council Criminal Information Center to Combat Drugs (GCC-CICD) upon the center’s invitation. They discussed prospective areas of cooperation namely exchange of information, cooperation on combating drug trafficking and training for anti-drug personnels and means…