By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PROMINENT LAW ACADEMIC yesterday (August 13) advised that the ongoing controversy over Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s eight-year tenure be primarily settled on the basis of the recorded design and letter of the constitution and not of anyone’s arbitrary assumptions. Munin Pongsapan, dean of Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law, posted on
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Chula varsity opens lab to test Monkeypox, result out in 24 hours
A RAPID test for Monkeypox with the result available within 24 hours was launched today (July 27) by Chulalongkorn University’s Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Matichon newspaper said. Dr. Thiravat Hemachudha, a professor of neurology and head of this centre, said tests will be conducted by real time PCR, Conventional
Read moreFreshmen forced to dance naked in front of women during varsity hazing ritual
GOING viral on Thai social media today (July 16) are photos and a video clip of an orientation ceremony outside a private university campus where freshmen were forced to dance naked as women looked on, Matichon newspaper said. Twitter user Red Skull (@RedSkullxxx) who on July 13 shared photos from this hazing ritual said
Read moreSilpakorn varsity president persuaded to resign over air hostess photos
THE President of Silpakorn University who was heavily criticised for sharing photos of air hostesses of various airlines as they worked on his personal Facebook page resigned today (May 2) after being persuaded to do so, Matichon newspaper said. Informed sources said Asst. Prof. Chaicharn Thavaravej, this university’s president, was urged to step down before
Read moreSilpakorn varsity president gets flak for posting photos of air hostesses
THE PRESIDENT of Silpakorn University said he will be more careful in future after one of a few photos he took of air hostesses with an accompanying message drew strong criticism on social media today (Apr. 27), Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Chaicharn Thavaravej, Silpakorn University’s president, admitted that he was the one who took
Read moreFormer Thammasat rector says he is being harassed
THAMMASAT University’s former rector Prof. Dr. Chanwit Kasetsiri said in a post with surveillance camera photos attached that he is being harassed and stalked by four men who came to his condo but upon not finding him at home took a photo of the front of the unit and left, Matichon newspaper said (Mar.
Read moreFirst-year university student dies during hazing ritual
A FRESHMAN at a university in Nakhon Ratchasima province (Korat) died while undergoing a hazing ritual in a forest with senior students admitting that he was beaten to death during the orientation activities after first trying to cover it up, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Mar. 14). Facebook page Anti Sotus stated the university’s administration
Read moreLone gunman dead after shooting 4 people at Heidelberg University
By BBC and Sky News A LONE gunman is dead after injuring four people inside a lecture hall at Heidelberg University, German police have said. They said the gunman was in possession of a “long gun”, and that a large operation including emergency services was under way at the university’s campus in Neuenheimer Feld. Some
Read more23 university student organisations reject Constitutional Court’s ruling
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWENTY-THREE UNIVERSITY student organisations today (Nov. 11) issued a joint statement to repudiate the Constitutional Court’s ruling delivered yesterday that calls for monarchical reform were designed to “undermine democratic rule with the Monarch as head of state.” On behalf of the 23 university student organisations, the Student Council of Chulalongkorn University
Read moreTeachers, students break through art gallery gate over cancelled exhibition
SOME teachers and students at Chiang Mai University today (Oct. 16) broke through the gate and door of an art gallery to prepare for an annual art exhibition after being stopped from doing so with power and water supply being cut, Thai Rath newspaper said. These students also filed a complaint to pursue a
Read more1976 university massacre remembered, this year’s award goes to Penguin
STUDENTS and the general public today (Oct. 6) joined the activity entitled “October 6 the Unpaid Blood Debt” at the Historical Sculpture Park within Thammasat University, Tha Prachan campus, with this year’s Jarupong Thongsin Award going to protest leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, Thai Rath newspaper said. On October 6, 1976, state forces
Read moreThammasat University medical student infected with Covid-19
AN urgent announcement was issued by Thammasat University’s Facebook page Thammasat Today this morning (Feb. 16) that it has been confirmed a medical student at the Rangsit campus has got infected with coronavirus, Sanook.com reported. The initial announcement said, “Urgent! A medical student at TU’s Rangsit campus has caught Covid-19. Confirmation will be made through
Read more175 new Covid cases but university temporarily shut down
ALTHOUGH the daily coronavirus count remained low at 175 this morning (Feb. 12) Chulalongkorn University announced the closure of its campus in Bangkok till the end of this month after 20 cases were found within the large complex, Sanook.com reported. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said the addition of today’s cases took the
Read moreThammasat: Reports of students infected with Covid-19 fake news
THAMMASAT University today (Oct. 1) categorically denied any of its students have been infected by Covid-19 as claimed by widely circulated news reports with the administrators branding them as fake news, Siam Rath newspaper reported. The false reports are based on a fake document dated September 22, 2020 which the university administration debunked and stated
Read moreDemonstration starts at Thammasat University Tha Prachan campus
LEADERS of the demonstrators, who call themselves Thammasat Alliance and their rally “September 19 Reclaiming People’s Power”, were to start giving speeches from 2 p.m. onwards at Thammasat University Tha Prachan campus’ football field, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Sept. 19, 2020). The demonstrators had pushed their way into campus through the gate after cutting
Read morePolice move to arrest six Thammasat University students
PATHUM THANI provincial police have collected evidence to present to Thanyaburi Provincial Court to consider issuing arrest warrants against six students leaders of the August 10 rally at Thammasat University Rangsit campus on four charges, Naewna newspaper and INN News said this evening (August 18, 2020). The six student leaders are Ms. Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or
Read moreThammasat student leader says she is safe for now
THE LEADER of student demonstrators who had raised a 10-point manifesto on reforming the monarchy during Monday’s rally at Thammasat University Rangsit campus said today (August 13) that she is safe and thanked her friends and supporters for helping monitor the situation, Naewna newspaper reported. Ms. Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, the leader of the “Thammasat
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