The euphoric days of the October 1973 uprising didn’t last long. Only three years later, the student movement that led Thailand’s first people’s revolt was crushed in a bloodbath engineered by rightwing extremists.

October 14, 1973: The day Thais thought they cemented democracy

  • October 17, 2023
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How elusive true democracy is. Even the super-massive protesting turnout on the Rajadamnoen Avenue 50 years ago cannot really establish a good political system immune to military intervention, bloodshed, corruption,…

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Thai Court revokes arbitrator’s ruling on Hopewell’s ฿24Bn compensation

  • September 19, 2023
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Thailand’s Central Administrative Court has revoked a ruling by an arbitration tribunal, ordering the Ministry of Transport and State Railways of Thailand (SRT) to pay Hopewell Thailand Company 24 billion…

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