Pattaya Vote Count on Hold After Ballot Sheets Go Missing
Unofficial results of Pattaya’s mayoral and city council elections have been withdrawn while officials investigate ballot sheets that went missing from two city polling...
8 Years to Day After Coup Arrest, Chadchart Voted Bangkok Governor...
Eight years ago Sunday, Chadchart Sittipunt was arrested, handcuffed and detained during the 2014 coup. On May 22 he was elected democratically in a...
‘More of Same’ as Kunplome Pick Leads Pattaya Mayor Race
Pattaya is headed for four more years under the rule of the Kunplome clan after handpicked successor Poramet Ngampichet won the unofficial vote count. The...
5 Countries Walk Out of Bangkok APEC Meeting to Protest Russia’s...
Representatives the United States, Japan and three other countries walked out of Saturday’s Asia-Pacific trade ministers meeting to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The two-day...
Prayut Heads to US for ASEAN Summit, Push Thailand as American...
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha departed for Washington on Wednesday to attend the second ASEAN-U.S. Special Summit. Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said Prayut’s visit follows several...
Thailand, Japan Agree to Further Investment in Manufacturing During Kishida Visit
Thailand and Japan agreed to expand investment opportunities and cooperate to combat Covid-19 during a state visit by Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. Prime Minister...
Thai Youths Use Online Platforms to Outwit Government
Young Thais increasingly are using the internet and social media to blast the government as it edges toward snap elections. Youths accuse the government of...
Opposition Parties Again to Try No Confidence Vote Against Prayut
Opposition parties on Tuesday said they intended to file a yet another no-confidence motion against the government once amendments to two organic laws necessary...
Democrats’ Jurin Apologizes After First Calling Prinn Sex-Abuse Scandal ‘Personal Matter’
Democrat Party leader Jurin Laksanawisit apologized for the sexual abuse scandal involving Prinn Panitchpakdi that he first called a “personal matter” for the ex-deputy...
Red Shirt Turncoat ‘Rambo Issan’ Resigns from Gov’t Amid Corruption Allegations
“Rambo Issan”, a former Red Shirt turned military-government apologist resigned from the government on Monday amid corruption allegations. Seksakol Atthawong quit all his positions in...
U.S. Names African Specialist as New Thailand Ambassador
A career politician who spent most of his career in the Middle East and Africa was nominated as the United States’ new ambassador to...
Election Filing Opens for Bangkok Governor
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has begun accepting applications for Bangkok governor candidates and has stated that the upcoming election will be held. According to Chalermpol...
Teen Faces 15 Years in Prison for Holding Sign at Rally
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Kittipon Thaingamsil protested that he was unemployed and starving. Now he faces lese majeste charge.
Thailand Still ‘Not Free’ Under Military-Backed Gov’t – Report
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Freedom House survey again lowers Thailand’s scores for political rights and civil liberties
On 8th Anniversary of Coup, Bangkok, Pattaya Finally Will Go to...
Bangkok and Pattaya voters will get to cast ballots for their local leaders for the first time nearly 10 years on May 22, the...
Bangkok Elections: Coup, Covid, Progressives Have Changed Gubernatorial Landscape
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It was once a given that when Bangkok voters go to the polls, the Democrat Party candidate would be elected governor. No more.
Pattaya Gets Chance to Oust Kunplomes in 1st City Elections in...
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Move Forward Party names lifetime Pattaya resident, banker as mayor candidate
NGOs Say Push to Expel Amnesty Shows Thailand’s Intolerance to Human...
NGOs of all stripes are taking a bid to expel Amnesty International from Thailand as a warning that the military-backed government is growing more...
Thai Police Accused of Beating, Degrading Stateless Activist in Custody
A stateless democracy activist says he was physically assaulted by police officers in Bangkok who detained him for participating in a candlelight vigil for...
Ruling Parties Claim Unity Before Latest Gov’t Censure Debate
Thailand’s ruling coalition claims it is still united as yet another government-censure debate looms. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called an informal meeting with key members...
Prayut Scolds Thailand’s Do-Nothing MPs to Show Up to Work
Thailand’s do-nothing legislature had drawn the pique of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha who admonished politicians of every party to actually show up for work. The...
EC Sets 400 Constituencies as Thailand Chomps at Bit for Early...
The Election Commission completed setting up constituencies for the next general election and is laying the framework for elections in the future. The EC has...
Voters Again Reject Thailand’s Ruling Party in Another Humiliating Election Defeat
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Wife running to be puppet of convicted Palang Pracharath fraudster places 4th in Bangkok by-election.
Thai Police Seize Children’s Book as Anti-Democracy Crackdown on Publishers Continues
Police raided a newly opened library in Bangkok and seized a children’s book on the 1932 revolution that overthrew Thailand’s absolute monarchy, rights activists...
Thailand, Saudi Arabia to Restore Ties 30 Years After Gems Theft,...
Thirty years after the theft of Saudi crown jewels and the murders of its diplomats, the Middle Eastern country and Thailand will fully restore...