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  • Sunday, 24 January, 2021
    Thai hotel groups urge scrapping of quarantine rules for vaccinated tourists

    International visitor arrivals plunged to 6.8m last year, from a record 40m in 2019

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Thailand to charge opposition leader over ‘royal vaccine’ remarks

    Politician faces lèse majesté law over claim Covid jabs an attempt to ‘shore up’ monarchy’s popularity

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Thai court sentences woman to 43 years for insulting monarchy

    Record-breaking verdict under lèse majesté law seen as a warning to pro-democracy movement

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    John Reed
    Thailand looks for answers as Covid cases surge

    The vanishingly low infection rate is rising after a lapse in vigilance let the virus resurface

  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
    Retail sector
    Thailand’s competition chief criticises $10.6bn CP-Tesco deal

    Watchdog warns of potential for Thai group to gain ‘almost full control’ of retail market

  • Sunday, 20 December, 2020
    Thailand to vaccinate half of its population in 2021

    The kingdom has a deal with AstraZeneca but is also talking to Chinese, Russian and Indian suppliers

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    News in-depth
    Thai protesters make history but fail to bend government to demands

    Student movement has shattered taboos around royals but falls short of changing policy

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    Thailand to reopen to the outside world next year, minister says

    Arkhom insists protests have had limited effect on economy, which will recover in 2021

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Thai protesters demand share of billionaire monarch’s wealth

    Demonstrators rally outside Bangkok bank whose biggest shareholder is King Maha Vajiralongkorn

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  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    News in-depth
    Thai protesters turn their anger on country’s big businesses

    Student-led movement that has roiled kingdom for months wants companies to take sides

  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    Thai protesters stage mass gathering after night of violence

    Dozens of demonstrators taken to hospital after police use tear gas and water cannon

  • Friday, 6 November, 2020
    FT Magazine
    Inside Thailand’s youth revolution

    The conservative kingdom’s monarchy was all-powerful. Then came tens of thousands of student protesters demanding reform

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    Thai protesters march on German embassy to press for action over king

    Demonstrators say King Maha Vajiralongkorn has violated German constitution by conducting state affairs from its soil

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Thailand lifts emergency declaration

    Prime minister vows to ‘de-escalate’ stand-off after protesters march on Government House

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    Laos
    Thai protests inspire Laos criticism

    Citizens of the communist state are sharing the hashtag ‘if Lao politics was good’

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    Thailand takes action against media groups for protest reports

    Demonstrations against the king and state are expanding despite state of emergency

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    Thailand declares state of emergency and cracks down on demonstrators

    Authorities arrest leaders of protest movement demanding limits on the king’s power

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Thai protesters surround Government House

    Queen Suthida jeered as her limousine passed within metres of demonstrators

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    The king’s money: Thailand divided over the $40bn question

    The role and wealth of the Germany-based king is under unprecedented scrutiny amid national protests

  • Sunday, 11 October, 2020
    Thai king’s sojourn in Bavaria causes headache for Berlin

    King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s residency becomes flashpoint in student protests in Thailand

  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    IPOs
    Thai IPO set to raise $1.5bn as investors look past unrest

    Listing of SCG Packaging will be the country’s second-biggest this year

  • Sunday, 4 October, 2020
    Thai activist vows to escalate protests against monarchy

    Anon Nampa criticises king for living abroad and his lavish spending

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    Inside BusinessJohn Reed
    Investors unnerved by rise of political risk in Thailand

    Businesses face increasingly turbulent outlook due to pandemic, student protests and policy drift

  • Friday, 25 September, 2020
    #RepublicofThailand trends as protesters maintain push on monarchy

    Senators forced to leave parliament by boat after rejecting constitutional reform demands

  • Sunday, 20 September, 2020
    Thai protesters directly challenge king

    Students deliver list of 10 demands for royal reform after biggest demonstration in years

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