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High turnout expected for Sunday vote
Kyodo News, Published on 20/03/2019
» Thais are keenly awaiting the first general election in eight years on Sunday, with many of them expressing hope that a post-junta government will somehow bridge the nation's political divide that has existed for years.
Thailand openly airs hope to join TPP
Kyodo News, Published on 02/05/2018
» Thailand has expressed its hope of joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Japan's minister in charge of the free trade deal said Tuesday.
Govt hopes for human trafficking credit
News, Published on 22/01/2018
» After Thailand was ranked Tier 3, the lowest, in the Trafficking In Persons report in 2014, the government set human trafficking as a national agenda item.
Hundreds of police block civil groups' march
Published on 20/01/2018
» Hundreds of police on Saturday blocked protesters planning to march from Bangkok to Khon Kaen in the northeast of the country in a rare display of public discontent.
Government seeks brothel's politics ties
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/01/2018
» Justice Minister ACM Prajin Juntong is vowing to investigate reported links between the alleged human trafficking suspected at Victoria's Secret Massage, raided last Friday, and a group of politicians.
PM to review S44 orders, search for 'Thai democracy'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha vowed Tuesday to look into a civic network's call to annul 35 orders and announcements issued by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) that allegedly violate the rights of the public and infringe on the judicial process.
Irate Prawit defends watches, refuses to resign
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/01/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon claimed Tuesday that "all" 24 luxury watches belong to his friends, and said he will resign from the cabinet only if the national graft-busting agency decides there are sufficient grounds to pursue a case against him.
Activists launch campaign to 'disarm' NCPO
Online Reporters, Published on 15/01/2018
» Activist groups are inviting people to sign a petition calling for the annulment of 35 orders issued by the National Council for Peace and Order they say violate people's rights.
Pheu Thai puts boot into NCPO 'failures'
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 15/01/2018
» The country's economy under the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is good only for big companies while causing difficulties for small and medium-sized businesses and the people, a Pheu Thai economic team told a seminar on the NCPO's track record Sunday.
PM plots path to post-election power
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 15/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's New Year remark that he was a soldier-turned-politician may have surprised some but it was far from unexpected.