A decision from the Royal Palace about the nomination of a new auditor-general may have already been relayed to His Majesty the King’s principal private secretary, Asa Sarasin, said the man who penned a best-selling book about challenges to the royal powers.

KAOHSIUNG RIOT: Employer is to blame, task force says

Taiwanese government investigation found Thai workers were treated like slaves. A Taiwanese subway-construction company is to blame for a riot involving some 300 of its Thai workers at its compound in the city of Kaohsiung last week, a Taiwanese government investigation team concluded yesterday.

Residents oppose transport-centre plan

Trumpeted as the government’s masterpiece traffic solution, the coming Taksin Transport Centre threatens to uproot more than 10,000 people who are fighting to stay where they have lived for decades.