Thailand articles
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Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children and increased crimes. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin wrote on the social
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Thailand’s biometric data collection stirs debate for Myanmar nationals
Hailed as a success by the Thai government, the pilot project could see another expansion.
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Rights group sees surge in cross-border repression of dissidents in Thailand and its neighbors
In a new report, Human Rights Watch chronicles more than two dozen cases of foreign dissidents in Thailand and Thai dissidents abroad attacked, abducted, deported or murdered over the past decade.