Last week’s Supreme Court ruling banning former MP Pannika Wanich from elections and political office for life has been criticized as political “capital punishment” by many observers. Ending her political…
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Last week’s Supreme Court ruling banning former MP Pannika Wanich from elections and political office for life has been criticized as political “capital punishment” by many observers. Ending her political…
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The Move Forward party will press for more change in Thai society, expand its political base across the country and transform the party into a political institution of the people,…
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Foreign multi-national companies are now less worried about investing in Thailand, except for some legal issues which need to be addressed to facilitate investment, claimed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin upon…
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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said this morning (Sunday) that he had not told the media that he has appointed convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as one of his advisors….
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The Progressive Movement’s core leader Piyabutr Saengkanokkul has vowed to stop criticising the Move Forward party, after its supporters bombarded him with condemnation. In his live session on Facebook, Piyabutr…
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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has hinted that convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra could be assigned an advisory role in his government, once he completes his time in prison. “I…
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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is following the old approach to Thailand’s foreign affairs in a bid to rebuild confidence in the country on the global stage. The prime minister is…
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Pannika Wanich has vowed to stay engaged in political activities, despite being banned from election or appointment to political office for life by the Supreme Court. Writing on her Facebook…
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The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders has decided to permanently revoke the right to contest elections of former MP of the disbanded Future Forward party Pannika Wanich,…
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Pita Limjaroenrat, the initial frontrunner to become Thailand’s 30th prime minister, has made a huge sacrifice in a bid to secure the post of opposition leader for his Move Forward…
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Move Forward Party Secretary-General Chaithawat Tulathon has been tipped to become the new party leader, succeeding Pita Limjaroenrat who stepped down on September 15. Pita is currently banned from performing…
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Thaksin Shinawatra, who is currently serving a prison sentence, underwent surgery last week and is in recovery, according to his youngest daughter Paetongtarn today (Tuesday). She declined to disclose any…
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The Move Forward Party, best known for its radical ideas, has always been seen by its critics as being politically naïve, but it may have finally started to learn the…
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Cambodia is looking forward to Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s visit to Phnom Penh later this month, aimed at further boosting ties between the two countries, according to Cambodia’s government…
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Deputy House speaker Padipat Suntiphada has defended his planned Singapore trip, saying people should not jump the gun in criticising him or his trip. “It is strange, because the trip…
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National Social and Economic Council (NESDC) is unsure that the digital wallet scheme will boost domestic consumption to the level desired by the government, as the current consumption rate remains…
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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin says he is thinking about moving into the Government House living quarters, to ease the daily traffic congestion possibly caused by his motorcade. Srettha Thavisin told…
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Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward party, who almost became Thailand’s 30th prime minister, has been included on Time magazine’s “TIME100 Next” list for 2023. Pita is the only…
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A political network filed a petition with the prime minister on Wednesday, calling for convicted Thaksin Shinawatra to be returned to prison from the hospital where he has been since…
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How do you describe someone who is seen as having become the country’s top executive by sheer luck? An MP of the Move Forward Party believes he has just the…
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The newly appointed Deputy Minister of Finance, Krisada Chinavicharana, was a former top official at the Finance Ministry. Though familiar with the workings of the ministry as the former permanent…
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A National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) investigative panel has voted 3:3 in finding MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra and BTS Group Holding chairman Keeree Kanjanapas, guilty of violating the Public-Private Partnership Act (PPP Act)…
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Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has promised to cut train fares on the Purple and Red lines to a maximum of 20 baht for the entire route within three months. Responding…
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Move Forward party-list MP Chaiwat Sathawornwichit has claimed that the government has over-estimated the benefits of the “digital wallet” scheme in boosting the economy, as the timing is not right…
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In a move, described as a win-win, deputy police commissioner Pol Gen Roy Ingkapairote will be appointed National Security Council (NSC) chief, paving the way for Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol…
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Thailand’s Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew said today (Monday) that he intends to set up a National Health Security Board and push for medicinal cannabis, among other public health policies…
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Many Pheu Thai election manifesto promises were missing from the policy statement delivered by PM Srettha Thavisin to parliament, said Move Forward MP deputy leader Sirikanya Tansakul on Monday. “The…
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Acting Democrat party leader Jurin Laksanawisit told parliament today (Monday) that the government’s policies, delivered by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, do not match those promised by the Pheu Thai party…
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In his policy statement, delivered in parliament this morning (Monday), Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin detailed the main political, social and economic challenges facing Thailand, on top of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat declared the victory of his party’s candidate, Pongsathon Sonpechnarintr, in the Rayong Constituency 3 by-election on Sunday, as he thanked voters for their support….
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Move Forward party candidate Pongsathon Sonpechnarintr is ahead of his closest rival from the Democrat party, Banyat Jetanachan, by a wide margin about one hour after vote counting began in…
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Thailand’s new defence minister Sutin Klungsang denied a report today (Sunday) that he has appointed two members of the Shinawatra family as his chief advisor and secretary. The report was…
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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has rejected a request from the Udon Thani provincial administration for an additional 3 billion baht, on top of the 2.5 billion baht already approved by…
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The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders dismissed the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s (NACC) charge of making a false asset statement against former Palang Pracharath MP for Ratchaburi province…
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Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has instructed all provincial governors to check the backgrounds of individuals before they are appointed as officials, citing the case of “Praween”, aka “Kamnan Nok”, a…
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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, accompanied by some members of the Cabinet, met with people in a northeastern province of Khon Kaen today (Friday) and discussed drought problems. This is his…
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The Interior Ministry is known as one of Thailand’s most bureaucratic and hierarchical government agencies and this is something that new Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul wants to change. On his…
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Election Commission (EC) has confirmed that Pongsathon Sonpechnarintr, the Move Forward party candidate running in the by-election in Constituency 3 of Rayong province, is qualified to contest the poll this…
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Before going to take oath of office at Dusit Royal Palace on September 5, Prime Minister Srettha arrived at Government House in his new Lexus LM 350h Executive saloon, causing…
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A formal complaint has been lodged with National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) by the director of the National Parks Office,accusing 29 state officials at various agencies of involvement in the trafficking…
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With Thailand’s new government, led by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin of Pheu Thai Party, finally in place, there is growing anticipation among Thai business leaders for a swift economic recovery….
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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said today (Wednesday) that he will work diligently, because the public are expecting him to solve their problems, but asked for time to do what is…
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A meeting of political parties to assign the chairs of 35 House Standing Committees yesterday (Monday) made no progress, as the parties refused to compromise, according to Pichet Chuamuangphan, second…
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Former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn has offered some advice to Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang regarding military reform, suggesting that he should not follow everything told to him by the military’s…
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Prime Minister-elect Srettha Thavisin said today (Monday) that what he intends to do with the media centres in Government House is renovation, not demolition. He denied media rumours that he…
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Months of wait for the new Cabinet ended on Saturday, but reservations were expressed by many observers on Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s choice of ministers. Srettha has kept with himself…
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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang had an informal meeting over lunch today (Sunday) with the military’s new top brass for familiarisation and an exchange of views….
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will seek a meeting with the new government to discuss cooperation on issues of public interest, problems in the city as well as projects proposed…
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A 3-year debt moratorium for farmers and a flat rate 20-baht electric train fare in Bangkok and its suburbs are the two most favoured policies of the Pheu Thai party…
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The secretary-general of Thailand’s House of Representatives has informed the House speaker that she would prefer the government’s delivery of its policy statement to parliament, by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin,…
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Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, like other inmates, will be eligible for further royal clemency on important occasions, out-going Justice Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam told Thai PBS. Thaksin’s eight-year prison…
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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will lead his 34 cabinet ministers to take the oath of allegiance before His Majesty the King at the Royal palace on Tuesday, after a Royal…
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Controversial former lawyer for the Shinawatra family, Phichit Chuenban, was dropped from the Cabinet line-up of the Srettha government at the last minute. On Friday night, Phichit announced that that…
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A Royal Command has been issued by His Majesty the King and published in the Royal Gazette approving the line-up of the new cabinet led by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin,…
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HM the King has granted a Royal commutation, reducing the prison term to be served by convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one. The commutation was…
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Prime Minister-elect Srettha Thavisin said today (Thursday) that he has asked the Office of the Council of State (OCS) to examine whether Phichit Chuenban is qualified for a ministerial post…
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Outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said today (Thursday) that he will quit as a party-list MP and will only retain his post as leader of the Palang Pracharath party….
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Energy prices will be cut immediately following the first meeting of the new cabinet, which is yet to be scheduled, said Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin after a meeting yesterday (Wednesday)…
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Pheu Thai’s recent decision to embrace parties linked with the 2010 bloody military crackdown on red-shirt protesters may have shaken many members of the movement. However, it has far from destroyed its…
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Cholnan Srikaew quit as leader of the Pheu Thai party today (Wednesday), with immediate effect, to keep his pre-election promise to resign if Pheu Thai were to partner with Palang…
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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had a private meeting over dinner with Thailand’s top business executives from diverse private sector fields on Monday night. The special informal event was organised and…
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After chairing his last cabinet meeting today (Tuesday), outgoing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told the media that he will spend the rest of his life in retirement with his family…
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As Pheu Thai Party decides to nominate one of its deputy leaders, Sutin Klungsang, as defence minister, Prime Minister-elect Srettha Thavisin is playing down expectations that there will be any…
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The Thai Pakdee party submitted a petition to Corrections Department director general on Monday, opposing any attempt by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to seek a Royal pardon. The party’s…
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The Department of Rail Transport believes that, if the Pheu Thai party’s policy to reduce the fare for electric train services in Bangkok and its suburbs to 20 baht, to…
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Prime Minister-elect Srettha Thavisin confirmed this morning (Monday) that his cabinet list is now complete, after a long night of discussions both inside his Pheu Thai party and among coalition…
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Pheu Thai Party’s proposed Cabinet line-up has undergone a last-minute change, which sees former trade representative and seasoned politician Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara tipped as foreign minister in the Srettha government, according…
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The new cabinet line-up is about almost complete, with the core party, Pheu Thai, taking most of the economic portfolios, including finance, commerce and transport. The latest cabinet line-up of…
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Night entertainment operators in Phuket have proposed that Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin allow their venues on Patong Beach to stay open until 4am, instead of the current 1am. Weerawit Kruasombat,…
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Outgoing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha bade farewell to the Thai people, after about nine years in the office, in his farewell message on Facebook today (Saturday) by expressing his hope…
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Pheu Thai party’s Chiang Mai MP Julapun Amornvivat, who is a member of a political clan in the northern province, is being widely tipped to become foreign minister in the…
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Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat has wished Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin well, hoping that he will keep his election campaign promises. Pita was in Rayong province yesterday to campaign…
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Thailand’s new prime minister Srettha Thavisin has set a new record, even though he has not yet started work as the country’s new leader, thanks to his height. Srettha, whose…
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Before formally taking office, Thailand’s next prime minister Srettha Thavisin flew to Phuket province today (Friday), accompanied by Pheu Thai party staff in charge of tourism promotion, to meet with…
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Srettha Thavisin has become Thailand’s 30th prime minister after being endorsed by royal command. The property tycoon turned politician – one of coalition leader Pheu Thai’s three prime ministerial candidates…
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New Thai PM Srettha Thavisin said that outgoing PM Prayut Chan-o-cha asked him to move past conflicts, so that the country can move forward. Srettha, who was appointed as the…
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Thaksin Shinawatra, who is receiving medical treatment at the Police General Hospital, can receive visits from blood relatives from August 28, said Bangkok Remand Prison chief Nastee Thongplad on Thursday….
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A group of people gathered at the Ministry of Justice today (Thursday), demanding an investigation into the conduct of the director-general of Corrections Department for alleged double standards in the…
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The 16 rebel Democrat MPs, who voted in support of Srettha Thavisin’s prime ministerial candidacy on Tuesday, insist that they are still with the opposition, unless they are invited to…
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Incoming prime minister Srettha Thavisin met with his predecessor Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday at Government House. Prayut presented Srettha with a bouquet of flowers and they chatted for a while….
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The 16 rebel Democrat MPs, who voted in support of Srettha Thavisin’s prime ministerial candidacy on Tuesday, insist that they are still with the opposition, unless they are invited to…
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India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Srettha Thavisin, saying “Heartiest congratulations @Thavisin on your election as the Prime Minister of Thailand.” In his X (Twitter) post, Modi said…
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A team of six doctors, specialising in heart and lung diseases and COVID-19, has been assigned to treat former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is currently an in-patient at the…
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New Thai prime minister Srettha Thavisin promised today (Wednesday) to work tirelessly and honestly for the utmost benefit of the country and the Thai people. He pledged to make Thailand…
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Outgoing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha congratulated Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday, who is to become the new prime minister of Thailand. Speaking after hosting an interim cabinet meeting at Government House,…
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The Pheu Thai-led government is expected to assume office at the end of September, according to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (Wednesday). He explained that, even though there is…
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A Move Forward MP from Samut Songkhram province, who collapsed during the joint parliamentary sitting to elect a prime minister on Tuesday, remains in hospital, but his condition is improving….
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One of the 16 rebel Democrat MPs, who defied a party resolution by voting for Pheu Thai party’s prime ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin, has claimed that they did so because…
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PM-elect Srettha Thavisin is scheduled to receive a royal command, endorsing him as the new prime minister of Thailand, this evening (Wednesday), said Kampee Ditthakorn, spokesperson of the House of…
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Former Democrat party leader Chuan Leekpai described as “unbelievable” on Tuesday that 16 Democrat MPs voted in favour of a Pheu Thai prime ministerial candidate, despite the long rivalry between…
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Despite being the largest single party in Thailand’s House of Representatives, the Move Forward party has announced that it will work in opposition, after parliament overwhelmingly endorsed the Pheu Thai…
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Move Forward MP Arnuparp Likhitamnuaychai collapsed in parliament during the vote for the new prime minister today (Tuesday), prompting the deputy parliament president, Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, to suspend the selection process…
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Former real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin has been elected as the 30th prime minister of Thailand on Tuesday, after having received overwhelming support from members of parliament and senators in…
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Many Thai netizens were glued to coverage of the return to Thailand and surrender of now former fugitive ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who had been in self-imposed exile for the best…
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Former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban and five co-defendants have been found not guilty of corruption, in the construction of 396 police stations and apartments around the country, by the…
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287 MPs and senators have seconded a motion by Pheu Thai leader Cholnan Srikaew, proposing the nomination of former real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin as Thailand’s next prime minister. Cholnan’s…
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Paetongtarn Shinawatra posted photos taken inside Don Muang airport VIP suite on Tuesday, showing her father, Thaksin, together with all of his children, grandchildren and in-laws. On her Facebook page,…
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Pheu Thai party’s prime ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin said today (Monday) that he has had to renege on promises he made during the election campaign, namely that his party would…
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A political activist lodged a complaint with the national anti-graft body today (Monday), against Deputy House speaker Padipat Suntiphada’s use of parliamentary funds to host a buffet for maids working…
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Pheu Thai party leader Cholnan Srikaew announced today (Monday) a coalition of 11 parties, to form a new government for Thailand, commanding a total of 314 seats in the House…
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