Law and judiciary
Legal framework
Prayut fine-tunes curfew ban on some groups
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has allowed some groups or sectors to be excluded from a nationwide curfew that keeps people at home to facilitate their work.In a televised update on Friday, Gen Prayut said he had signed an order to allow people in selected sectors ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Emergency decree bans entry to foreigners
All foreigners will be banned from entering the country under the emergency decree being invoked to combat at the coronavirus pandemic.The emergency decree comes into effect at midnight on Wednesday, and remains in force through April 30.The decree bans all foreigners from entry at all ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Abortion decriminalised by court ruling
The Constitutional Court has ruled a section of the Criminal Code unconstitutional, effectively decriminalising abortion in Thailand. The ruling takes effect 360 days after the ruling date on Wednesday, or on Feb 13 next year. The court also ordered the section and a related one be ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
New rule allows the growth of cannabis plants
The Cabinet has agreed to the removal of cannabis from the narcotic list under an approved ministerial regulation of the Public Health Ministry, said Traisulee Traisaranakul, Deputy Government Spokesperson, on Tuesday (January 28).The regulation states that researches would be conducted on the effects of cannabis ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand gets ready for data protection law
Thailand has joined Singapore and Malaysia in Southeast Asia to enact a personal data protection law to protect the privacy rights of individuals.The country’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), modelled on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will come into effect on 27 ...
Aaron Tan
New health regulations for tattooists
Tattooists are required to get an annual health clearance and to know about proper use and disposal of their tools and waste under a new regulation announced by the Public Health Ministry.The announcement was published in the Royal Gazette on Thursday, and was signed by ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Govt eases fishing regulations after protests
Commercial fishermen across Thailand have decided to end their protests after the government pledged to assist with problems which they believed stemmed from measures taken to curb Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.Rallies against the government’s stringent regulations aimed at countering IUU fishing have been ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Fishermen threaten strike action
Disgruntled fishermen from 22 coastal provinces have threatened to raise the level of their protest if the government does not respond positively to their demands for relaxation of stringent regulations within three days.An estimated 8,000 fishing trawler operators and boat crew on Tuesday converged outside ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Fishermen vow 10,000-strong rally
Fishing groups from 22 coastal provinces on Thursday vowed to gather in Bangkok for a mass rally to pressure the government into relaxing laws and regulations they say are threatening their livelihoods.“We’ve already notified Nang Loeng police station as required by the law on public ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Thailand near bottom of privacy protection table
Thailand placed in the bottom five out of 47 countries ranked for privacy protection, according to a study by Comparitech, a website that researches and compares technology services.Thailand and Malaysia posted scores of 2.6 out of 5, trailed only by India (2.4), Russia (2.1) and ...
Bangkok Post Reporter