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 parliament rejects ‘people’s charter’ amendment draft

  • November 17, 2021
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Thailand’s Parliament, during a joint session for its first reading today (Wednesday), voted to reject a constitutional amendment draft, dubbed “the people’s charter”, which sought to abolish the Senate, revamp…

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