India making Bay of Bengal into a nuclear launchpad
India is constructing a submarine base in the Bay of Bengal that when completed will provide a sanctuary for its sea-based nuclear deterrent against Pakistan and China.
Shawn W Crispin in asian news
Why Thailand’s Thanathorn isn’t headed to the streets
BANGKOK – Two weeks after Thailand’s Constitutional Court dissolved the election-winning Move Forward Party for campaigning for royal reform, and Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit insists everything is going to plan for his popular progressive movement.
Fresh-faced Shinawatra takes the helm in tumultuous Thailand
BANGKOK – Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been elected Thailand’s next prime minister, a dramatic and unexpected shift in national leadership that consolidates the family clan’s hold on politics but won’t necessarily stabilize them.
Srettha’s fall resets Thailand’s topsy-turvy politics
BANGKOK – A Thai court has ruled Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin breached ethical standards in his appointment of a convicted felon to his Cabinet, knocking the embattled premier from power after less than a year in office and thrusting Thai politics back into relative chaos.
Move Forward ban a lurch backward for Thailand
In a lurch backward for Thai democracy, a court ruled today to dissolve the opposition Move Forward party for campaigning against a severe royal insult law, which the nine-judge panel ruled violated election laws and was tantamount to attempting to overthrow the constitutional monarchy.