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• Military ro continue energy overhaul

  23 Jun 2014 : Energy sector reform is likely to take place within six months and price structure reform for petrol and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) should conclude by the end of this month, said ACM Prajin Juntong, deputy chief of National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).
  

• Army urges EU to ‘understand’

  23 Jun 2014 : The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has pleaded with the European Union to understand its need for staging the coup.
  

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  Eastern fruit growers to get help

  23 Jun 2014 : Fruit growers in the East hit by low produce prices will be the next to get help from the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).

• Govt House posts fail to spark enthusiasm

  23 Jun 2014 : What do former Department of Special Investivation chief Tarit Pengdith, former defence permanent secretary Gen Nipat Thonglek, and former House of Representatives secretary-general Suwichak Nakwatcharachai have in common? They have been given new jobs that do not fill them with enthusiasm.

• Spectrum revamp tipped

  23 Jun 2014 : The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) will seek amendments to the frequency allocation law to revamp its budget and revenue structure to improve transparency and public accountability.
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  Suthep in talks with Prayuth ‘since 2010’

  23 Jun 2014 : People’s Democratic Reform Committee leader Suthep Thaugsuban has been advising the junta chief on how to unseat the Thaksin regime since 2010, Mr Suthep revealed at the weekend.
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  NCPO wins early post-coup praise

  23 Jun 2014 : The National Council for Peace and Order’s (NCPO) performance is approved of by most people, according to a recent poll, but the honeymoon may not last long.
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  Marching to the army's tune

  23 Jun 2014 : A big clean-up. That’s how one would describe the military regime’s whirlwind of activity in the past month.

• Police detain 8 anti-coup protesters

  22 Jun 2014 : Police arrested eight people Sunday for demonstrating against Thailand's military junta, including a man who was dragged away by undercover officers for reading a copy of George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" outside one of Bangkok's most luxurious shopping malls.
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  Soldier slams police officer video goes viral

  22 Jun 2014 : A video clip of an army general berating a Nan district police chief for failing to crack down on illegal timber trading and a casino racket run by his own subordinate has gone viral with internet users voicing over-whelming support for soldiers.
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  People give thumbs up to NCPO, Prayuth

  22 Jun 2014 : The National Council for Peace and Order's performance in its first month of governing Thailand has received an approval rate of 8.82 out of 10 in an opinion survey conducted by Suan Dusit Poll.

• Most Thais want Prayuth as PM

  22 Jun 2014 : The highest number of people say in responding to an opinion survey conducted by the National Institute for Development Administration has found a large proportion of people want the National Council for Peace and Order to nominate Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha for prime minister of a planned provisional government.