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Former Democrat party deputy leader Khunying Kalaya Sophonpanich has resigned to join a new party with Suchatvee Suwansawat, a Democrat party candidate in the Bangkok gubernatorial election about four years ago.
The push for a new, people-driven constitution is facing formidable opposition from entrenched conservative elites who are desperate to preserve their traditional political dominance in Thailand, analysts warn.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called on Thailand and Cambodia to bring all issues related to their border conflict to the negotiation table through their Joint Border Committee (JBC).
The chief of staff of First Army Region, Maj Gen Suravich Daengchan, condemned the Cambodian government today for using women, children and monks to incite border tensions, citing the recent incident at Ban Nong Ya Pong and Ban Nong Chan villages in Sa Kaeo province.
Fair party leader Kannavee Suebsueng has called on the new prime minister to look into what he called “bribes-for-citizenship,” in which stateless people are having to pay bribes to brokers to obtain legal status.
The BBC’s “Thailand: The Dark Side of Paradise” seems to have really touched a nerve. Try replacing the country name in that title and you’ll get the picture: “Paris: The Dark Side of Romance,” “London: The Dark Side of Majesty,” or “Los Angeles: The Dark Side of Dreams.” The list goes on.
Cambodia’s attempt to use the 46th meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), in Kuala Lumpur today, as a forum to discuss the Thai-Cambodian border conflict was foiled, when the majority of the member countries rejected Cambodia’s proposal.
About 28 tonnes of Burma padauk (Pterocarpus macrocarpus) precious wooden planks, worth about 14 million baht, were seized from a Chinese-owned warehouse in Nong Khai province today, in a raid by park, Department of Special Investigation, customs and police officials.
Auttapol Rerkpiboon, who is expected to take over the Energy Ministry in the new government, brings decades of expertise, having previously served as president and chief executive officer at PTT Public Co Ltd, the country’s largest energy player—a hybrid entity owned by the government but operating as a public company.
The Area 10 office of the Department of Livestock Development has declared seven areas in Bangkok’s Nong Chok district as infectious zones for rabies, under which no live animals, especially dogs or their carcasses, are banned from being moved in or out of the zones without written permission from veterinarians.
The debate on reopening Thailand's border with Cambodia has intensified after Japan urged both countries to relax border checkpoint measures, which are impeding Japanese supply chains in the ASEAN free trade area.
The armed forces hold decision-making authorisation in the handling of the ongoing Thai-Cambodian border conflict, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today.
People’s party MP Parit Wacharasindhu has warned the Bhumjaithai party not breach its agreement by trying to expand the party, or any coalition, into a parliamentary majority.
Former chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park, Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, was sentenced to one year in prison today by the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases, after he was found guilty of malfeasance in office in connection with a construction project at the park.
The man tipped to become the finance minister of the new government has a stellar track record as a senior official at the Finance Ministry and is widely respected.
Prof Borwornsak Uwanno, architect of Thailand’s constitutions for the past three decades, has been handpicked by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to serve as deputy PM overseeing legal affairs.
