Thailand

Surachai knows the government cannot do anything for him and his stay in prison will likely be until the end of his life.

Developing physical infrastructure is relatively easily. Improving Thailand's lacklustre performance on education will be a much more daunting task.

Letters seized by the French in northern Laos in 1902 cast light on the regional networks of the Shan rebellion.

We pay respect to the late Dr Pattana Kittiarsa (р╕нр╕▓р╕Ир╕▓р╕гр╕вр╣М р╕Юр╕▒р╕Тр╕Щр╕▓ р╕Бр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕нр╕▓р╕йр╕▓) (1968-2013), a great ethnographer of contemporary Thai society.

Proposed dam sets the stage for an uncertain future in Kok Wao village according to a Thailand-based research team.

The massive yellow crowd that assembled to mark King Bhumipol’s birthday leaves no doubt that he remains an enormously potent figure in Thai public life.

Acclaimed photojournalist Nick Nostitz reports from the weekend's "pretty disastrous" Pitak Siam rally in central Bangkok.

The Pitak Siam rallies have failed in terms of leadership, numbers and coordination among the various groups.

Inevitably there are questions from the vantage of 2012 -- 80 years after the 1932 revolution -- about what any future Thai coup might look like.

Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit will be exploring gender and sexuality through a discussion of their translation of an epic poem.

With all the buzz over Obama's visit and Pitak Siam's looming rally, it appears to have escaped the attention of most media that we are seeing the biggest Red Shirt gatherings in a year.

Andrew Walker reflects on the political symbolism of Barack Obama's short visit to Bangkok.

The ASEAN way, which includes the ‘non-intervention’ principle and consensus-based decision-making, has weakened any possibility of intervention in the now-receding border conflict.

James Bean offers a brief account of recent troubles in Patani, with analysis of the changing terrain of conflict and debate.

In southernmost Thailand unlawful attacks by the insurgents should be classified as war crimes.

Given the number of protesters on 28 October 2012, which was more than any recent PAD, Siam Samkkhi or Blue Sky event, we may be in for more interesting times.

There is a revolution going on in Southern Thailand and I'm not talking about the insurgency.

Thailand's numerous environmental handbooks (р╕Др╕╣р╣Ир╕бр╕╖р╕н, р╕Хр╕│р╕гр╕▓) have proven to be a valuable blend of common sense, superstition and rationalist understanding.

Far from a great novel, but The Village offers some perceptive insights into the micro-politics of rural Thailand.

The politics of farming are starkly different in South Korea and Thailand, but not in the way you might expect.

The deprivation of liberty of Mr Prueksakasemsuk, being in contravention of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is arbitrary.

Photojournalist Nick Nostitz reports on recent Democrat and Red Shirt political action in Bangkok.

The People’s Movement for a Just Society is working to bring justice for marginalized groups in Thailand, including land rights for small-scale farmers, citizenship for stateless persons and fair compensation for relocated communities.