Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, founder of the now-dissolved Future Forward Party, is interviewed Bangkok after being accused of violating Thailand’s strict royal defamation law, Jan. 21, 2021.

Thai Opposition Figure Faces Royal Defamation Complaint over Vaccine Comments

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit criticized a government decision to purchase COVID-19 vaccines from a firm linked to the monarchy.

A Thai woman identified as Anchan Preelert talks to journalists as she arrives at a Bangkok court before being sentenced to more than 43 years for sharing online posts criticizing the royal family, Jan. 19, 2021.

Thai Court Hands Woman 4-Decade Sentence for Royal Defamation – a Record

2021-01-19

Anchan Preelert pleaded guilty to 29 counts of violating the Lese-Majeste law.

Pro-democracy demonstrators gather in Bangkok to send letters to the king asking for reforms to the monarchy, Nov. 8, 2020.

Thai Pro-Democracy Protesters Plan to Hit the Streets Again When Pandemic Eases

2021-01-13

Large anti-government protests outdoors have stopped in recent weeks amid a surge in coronavirus cases.

A satellite image shows the exposed river bed on the Mekong at Pak Chom, Loei province, in northeastern Thailand on the border with Laos. The U.S.-based Mekong Dam Monitor says the water at Pak Chom is at an “abnormally low level.”

China Notifies Downstream Mekong Neighbors Days After It Began Holding Back Water

2021-01-06

U.S.-funded Mekong Dam Monitor notes Chinese notification came only after it identified Jinghong Dam restriction on Dec. 31.

The future site of Laos’ Phou Ngoy Dam from a file photo.

Laotian Plan to Build Another Big Mekong Dam Concerns Thais

Lao villagers also fear displacement, loss of income.

Migrant workers queue up for a COVID-19 nasal swab test amid a coronavirus disease outbreak in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, Dec. 20, 2020.

Amid New COVID-19 Outbreak, Thailand to Give Migrants Temporary Work Permits

Undocumented laborers from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar would be eligible to get 2-year work visas.

Officials seal off a shrimp market with barbed wire amid an outbreak of the COVID-19 virus at a fresh seafood complex in Samut Sakhon province, southwest of Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 20, 2020.

Myanmar Migrant Worker Says His Seafood Market Boss Started Chain of COVID-19 Infections

Until Dec. 17, Thailand had contained the number of COVID-19 infections to only about 4,200.

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