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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday outlined her government's policy agenda to parliament, headlined by plans to give away 450 billion baht ($13.4 billion) in ...
Thailand’s parliament voted on Friday for Paetongtarn Shinawatra to become the country’s youngest prime minister, thrusting another member of the kingdom’s most famed and divisive political ...
While his political fate hung in the balance on Wednesday, Srettha himself had appeared quite unbothered, touring a market in Bangkok and getting his secretary-general to attend court on his behalf.
Third wave (February 2021 – April 2021) Protestors took a break in December 2020 and January 2021 as Thailand was hit by a second wave of COVID-19 infections during the pandemic. During the break from street protests, the movement continued to voice their opinions online, while prominent members faced legal battles.
According to the 2017 constitution, Thailand's entire political system is under the control of the army, through the appointed Senate but also via an array of military-dominated oversight bodies [6] The King of Thailand has little direct power under the constitution, but is a symbol of national identity and unity.
On 22 May 2014, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by Prayut Chan-o-cha, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d'état, the twelfth since the country's first coup in 1932, [1] against the caretaker government following six months of political crisis. [1] The military established a junta called the National Council for ...
Thailand's lese-majeste law, or article 112 of the criminal code, is among the strictest of its kind i Thailand's anti-graft body opens new probe into embattled political opposition Skip to main ...
v. t. e. General elections were held in Thailand on 14 May 2023 to elect 500 members of the House of Representatives. [2] The Move Forward Party, led by Pita Limjaroenrat, surprised analysts by winning the most seats, followed by fellow opposition party Pheu Thai who had won the most seats in the 2011 and 2019 elections.