By Global Issues A Thai man has been talking about how he is able to reduce the harm caused by using the drug crystal meth thanks to a programme supported by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Thailand. Read the full story, “First Person: Reducing the harm caused by drugs in Thailand”, […]
By SCMP’s Asia desk Thai police, who hired the journalist as a coordinator due to her fluency in Chinese and overseas connections, will pursue legal action against her for using deputy police chief Surachate Hakparn’s name to solicit bribes. Source: Thailand seizes passport of Chinese journalist who used police connections to get bribes
By Richard Heydarian The opposition in power will be restrained by contentious domestic politics, a growing ‘multi-alignment’ consensus and the sheer value of strategic and economic ties with China Source: Political shake-ups in Thailand and Turkey unlikely to spring foreign policy surprises