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Unlike the 2024 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, which has been calmer than expected, the Pacific Ocean typhoon season, on the other hand, has been quite severe. Typhoon Yagi, which passed through southern China en route...

Thailand is slated to hold its next general election on May 14, following the dissolution of parliament in March. While there have been no reports of any significant protests leading up to the election, given the precede...

Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act officially became law on June 1. Though the law has many similarities to the EU's data laws, it differs in that companies could face criminal penalties for violations. This report...

Vaccination rollout against the coronavirus pandemic has been sluggish in the East Asia Pacific region. Originally, the region was among the most successful in the world at implementing successful mitigation measures aga...

Seven months have now passed since the introduction of initial COVID-related travel restrictions. OSAC has updated its interactive map with the latest entry restrictions for U.S. travelers to the Asia-Pacific region, com...

In 2019, there was a global increase in authoritarianism and nationalism as well as unprecedented civil unrest. In the Asia-Pacific region, communities and countries grappled with identity in a modern world, the spread o...

On November 5, insurgents in Yala province killed 15 people and injured four more in what is the deadliest separatist attack in Southern Thailand since violence flared in 2004. The attack comes after a period of relative...

Residents of most industrialized western countries are used to freedom of speech at some level, usually restricted only when it has the potential to harm others. But some locations – including some of the more popular co...

On March 24, Thai voters will participate in the first elections since a military-led government assumed power in May 2014. Although Thailand has experienced turbulent political transitions in recent decades, there are n...

May 22 marked the four year anniversary of a peaceful military transition that saw General Prayuth Chan-ocha and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) assume power in Thailand. While political activity since 20...

From October 25-29, Bangkok will host the Royal Cremation for His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej marking the conclusion of a one-year mourning period. Although OSAC is unaware of any specific or credible threats related to t...

On May 22, a bomb exploded at a military hospital in Bangkok injuring more than 20 people. The incident, which occurred on the third anniversary of the 2014 military coup, marked the latest in a series of small-scale exp...

The King of Thailand, His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-remaining monarch and longest serving head of state, died on October 13 at the age of 88. As the nation’s central unifying figure, head of state,...

On August 11 and 12, a series of low-scale attacks using improvised explosive and incendiary devices occurred across seven provinces in Thailand’s upper south region, killing four people and injuring nearly 40 others. Al...

Thai authorities recently announced that a national referendum on the draft constitution will be held on August 7. Some observers have characterized provisions within the constitution, as well as laws that prohibit campa...

As of September 14, Thai authorities had arrested two suspects and had issued 12 arrest warrants. Multiple suspects had been identified in Thai media as Turkish nationals, while a suspect arrested at the Thai-Cambodia b...

A recent attack at shopping mall on an island popular with tourists in Thailand – and the inability to easily identify the responsible actors and motive – provides valuable insight into the country’s complex security env...

On Wednesday, April 1, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha announced that martial law was being lifted in Thailand. In its place, the ruling National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) issued a security order which maintaine...

The civil war in Syria has drawn in thousands of foreign fighters from across the world, including scores of militants from the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) region. As the Afghanistan experience in the 1980s and 1990s demonst...

Thailand's Eastern Seaboard is a hub for manufacturing and export-oriented industries compromised of: Chon Buri Province, Chachoengsao Province, Samut Prakan Province, and Rayong Province. The attached report is an analy...