Paul Chambers, who has spent over a decade teaching Southeast Asia politics at a Thai university, had his bail request rejected Tuesday by a court in Phitsanulok province after reporting to police to answer a charge of lese-majeste.
The UK pledged £10 million ($12.9 million) in humanitarian aid for Myanmar on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,600 people and caused widespread damage in the war-torn country.
The social media platform owned by China’s ByteDance is the latest in a string of big tech names to announce major spending projects in the kingdom, after Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
The slack performance means Thailand has had “one of the weakest recoveries in Asia” from the effects of Covid-19, with GDP just over four percent above its pre-pandemic level, Shivaan Tandon of Capital Economics said in a note.
The legislation must clear several more hurdles before becoming law, but after Wednesday’s vote a small but enthusiastic group of activists celebrated noisily outside parliament, weeping, hugging and waving rainbow flags.
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