Thank you and the other who responded. Now why can't an international news organization figure that this background information might be important to put into their story? They are often useless when they are not intentionally wrong.
The MSM is in a pretty sorry state, isn't it? Either they won't dig, or when they do it's for an agenda. Ratherism.
I don't have any special sources - I have an interest in Thailand and have followed events online, mainly through the BBC.