<p>After seven years of operation, a small non-profit public library is calling for book lovers and others to help prolong the life of Bangkok’s rare space for knowledge and the arts.</p> <p>Narawan Pathomvat, founder of the Reading Room, a small public library on Silom Road in central Bangkok, told Prachatai she is now trying to raise funds to maintain the library.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://deklanghong.com/sites/default/files/cover-picture/reading.jpg" /></p>

<div><span>The military on Thursday afternoon forced a seminar on land and tax reform to be canceled, saying that they should only speak to the junta’s National Reform Council (NRC). </span></div>