by Hyunki Ryu | Apr 19, 2026 | George Mason University
13 and 9. These numbers are of coups d’état that happened in Thailand since adopting the constitutional monarchy in 1932: 13 were successful, and 9 were unsuccessful. Democracy and the political landscape have been turbulent in Thailand, and they still are. However,...
by Yidian Zhao | Dec 9, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh
In January 2025, a 30-year-old man from Chiang Rai, Thailand, Mongkol Thirakot, was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being accused of posting 27 Facebook posts related to Thailand’s monarchy. It is the heaviest sentence recorded so far under the country’s...
by Emma Mendoza | May 14, 2025 | James Madison University
Britons are feeling nostalgic for empire. In response to a 2019 YouGov survey asking Britons to indicate whether countries that were formerly colonized by Britain were better off for being colonial possessions, the plurality of respondents – 33% – answered yes. The...
by Poon Singhatiraj | Nov 21, 2023 | Northeastern University
Despite not winning Thailand’s most recent election in May 2023, Srettha Thavisin of the Pheu Thai Party (PTP) became the nation’s prime minister in August. How could someone lose at the ballot box yet still become the leader of their country? Examining Thavisin’s...
by LFELBER21@KU.EDU.TR | Jun 8, 2022 | Koç University
Cambodia’s new law regarding internet use could be a further step taken by the government to censor dissent and restrict free speech. When Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a sub-decree on the 16th of February 2021 on the establishment of a National Internet...
