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Also in this edition: arch-enemies Palang Pracharat and Pheu Thai team up to scupper electoral rule changes favouring smaller parties
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The story of the rise and fall, and rise again and fall again, of King Vajiralongkorn's "royal noble consort" Sineenat "Koi" Wongvajirabhakdi
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The inside story of the shenanigans surrounding last week's debate in parliament, plus discussion of other interesting stories from the past seven days
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Thailand's relations with Saudi Arabia were blighted for three decades by a fabled missing gemstone that probably never even existed
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The inside story of Vajiralongkorn's life in Germany, his unexpected 13 months in Thailand, and his return to Bavaria.
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Also in this edition: Thailand's partial reopening to tourists won't fix its economic woes anytime soon, and Prayut is trying to use the global climate…
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Five years ago I was the first journalist in the world to report that King Bhumibol Adulyadej had died. Here's the uncensored story of the end of his…
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Also in this edition: The ruling generals are still divided; violence is escalating in nightly clashes at Din Daeng; and royalists are fretting about…
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The story of the royalist massacre of students on October 6, 1976, which the Thai regime wants everyone to forget
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Thailand's monarchy is getting relentlessly richer as ordinary people struggle to survive. Here are the facts about the vast wealth of King…
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Also in this edition: The king reappears after going missing for months, lèse majesté charges are being thrown around indiscriminately, and rules are…
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Thailand's prime minister was shocked when one of his closest comrades tried — and failed — to stab him in the back. Here's the inside story of what…
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