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Leading political parties appear to be in consensus on the desired outcome of Sunday’s national referendum, being held on the same day as the general election: that the Constitution should be rewritten.
Voters casting ballots in the general election and referendum this Sunday while wearing football jerseys or numbered clothing risk violating the election law, as doing so could be interpreted as election-related advertising.
Thailand’s Second Army Region has reassured the public that the border situation remains under control after a 40-millimetre grenade was fired from Cambodia into Kantharalak district in Si Sa Ket on Thursday morning.
Thammasat University law professor, Prinya Thaewanarumitkul, has voiced his support for one of his colleagues in challenging the Central Administrative Court’s ruling which puts the blame on the voter for their failure to register to vote in the referendum on February 8 from outside their constituencies within the timeline set by the Election Commission (EC).
Electoral politics, while necessary, is like unhealthy football fandom. It turns people who otherwise would have loved one another and cared for one another against one another, all for the sake of those they don’t really know and who don’t even know their names.
A 15-year-old boy has been taken into police custody in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani on suspicion of robbing a shopping mall gold shop in Hat Yai, Songkhla province, on Tuesday.
Analysts predict Bangkok is set for another orange sweep on Sunday, with voters expected to hand the reformist People’s Party a repeat of the landslide it achieved as Move Forward in 2023.
More than 2,000 crates of smuggled foreign-manufactured cigarettes, worth about 67 million baht, were seized in downtown Hat Yai district of Songkhla province in a major crackdown by a joint force of police, military personnel, customs, excise and local officials.
A Myanmar worker was buried alive late Wednesday night in an underground tunnel near the Bang Na train station.
The Office of the Election Commission (EC) has warned the secretary-general of the New Alternative Party, Mongkolkit Suksintharanon, that some of his party’s election policies are unrealistic and may be against the law.
Buddhist monks walking from Texas to Washington to promote peace have become a surprise popular hit as they near the US capital -- attracting crowds of thousands who line the route or join in for a few miles.
The February 8 general election will be a battle between the progressive People’s Party and the conservative Bhumjaithai, according to analysts and opinion polls.
An urgent investigative panel has been set up to examine the death of a wild elephant during its transport from Khon Kaen to Loei province, according to a statement from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.
A 64-year-old war veteran who has fought on several battlefields said he would volunteer to fight again if Thai–Cambodian border clashes were to erupt for a third time.
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Major political parties campaigning for the general election on February 8 have promised their support to local firms, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have suffered from a flood of cheap Chinese goods and a loss of competitiveness.
