#BREAKING: Thai parliament passes landmark Marriage Equality Bill, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to give #LGBTQ couples the right to tie the knot. #สมรสเท่าเทียม
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🇹🇭 Thailand Correspondent @ChannelNewsAsia. As seen on TV. Award-winning coffeeless journalist. Nordisch by Nature.
- As seen in previous days, protesters are making way for an ambulance passing through the crowd. Victory Monument has a few hospitals nearby. #ม็อบ18ตุลา #whatshappeninginthailand
00:00 - The concrete is still wet but everyone wants to see the new “People’s Plaque”. #19กันยาทวงอํานาจคืนราษฎร
- 17.05h: The entire roundabout at Victory Monument is now occupied by protesters despite increasing rain showers. #ม็อบ18ตุลา #WhatsHappeninglnThailand
- This is a different lot of protesters compared to the past 20 yrs. They grew up the last two decades seeing Thai power politics play out in all its ugly arbitrariness. They got enough of it. That’s why they say #ให้มันจบที่รุ่นเรา (Let it end with our generation). #ม็อบ17ตุลาLadphrao intersection circa 6.30pm 80% protesters in their 20s-30s. This is despite last minute announcement and shutting off of all subway, skytrain stations in the afternoon #whatshappeninginthailand
- Thai social media is buzzing this morning after Thai rapper @millimdk took to the stage at #Coachella2022 as part of a showcase by American-Asian record label @88rising, featuring a mostly Thai set list and, for the first time, a bowl of mango sticky rice. #MILLILiveatCoachella
- As the anti-govt students protests continue, the activists have decided to mix it up a bit: today’s theme is “Harry Potter vs You-Know-Who He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.” “Bringing Democracy to #Thailand shouldn’t be wizardry,” one organizer tells me.
- UPDATE 15.00h: - Malaysia-led talks under way with Thai and Cambodia leaders in Putrajaya - US and Chinese officials observing - cross-border fighting still ongoing despite talks
00:00- #BREAKING: The Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv have just called Wilas Tanna to confirm that his son Pongsak has been released after 15 months of captivity in Gaza. “Our son is finally coming home,” he tells @ChannelNewsAsia while holding a photo of his late wife.
- Thanks for following our coverage today. Good night and good luck - signing off in the only seemingly appropriate way given the gimmicks and props around me… 🦆 #ThaiProtests2020 #ม็อบ27พฤศจิกา #27พฤศจิกาไปห้าแยกลาดพร้าว
00:00 - อีนักข่าวไทยมึงดู CNN เขาถามค่ะ เขาถามว่าจากที่เขาฟังมามี what มี why แต่ไม่มี How เขาเลยถามว่า How? ละดูพิธาตอบค่ะ อีดอก คำถามเดียวมีประโยชน์กว่าที่มึงถามเรื่องเดิมๆมาทั้งชั่วโมงอีกอีเวน #MOU8พรรคร่วมรัฐบาล
- #BREAKING: Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra dismissed as Prime Minister Thai Const. Court finds her guilty of ethics and integrity violations in leaked call with Cambodian ex-PM Hun Sen. Thailand's 31st and 2nd female PM - incl the whole cabinet - is removed from office.






















