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Dems meet Tuesday on PM pick
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/06/2019
» Democrat MPs and executives will meet on Tuesday to decide how the party MPs will vote in the prime ministerial selection in parliament timed for the next day, party spokesman Rames Ratanachaweng says.
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.
Voice of democracy: What they do, and what your money pays for
News, Published on 09/09/2018
» Bangkok residents have had elected district councillors since 1985. Usually, voters elect both city and district councillors at the same time. City councillors are responsible for legislature, budget approvals and inspecting the work of BMA officials and the Bangkok governor. City councillors would work at district level, mostly assisting community development and keeping checks on the district office's works and budget spending.
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.
Yingluck and Thaksin in Japan to attend event
Published on 29/03/2018
» TOKYO: Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her brother Thaksin, both fugitives forced to live abroad, arrived in Japan on Thursday.
Regime 'strays from the path of reform'
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 22/01/2018
» Deputy Democrat Party leader Nipit Intarasombat has offered his take on why Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will prefer to be an unelected prime minister after the general election.
Supreme Court upholds grenade attack sentence
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/01/2018
» The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the Appeal Court's ruling sentencing a former red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) guard to 35 years and four months in jail for his role in a grenade attack on a group of rival political protesters in 2014.
NLA urged to take graft bill to court
News, Published on 17/01/2018
» Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) chairman Meechai Ruchupan has urged the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to ask the Constitutional Court to end a controversy surrounding the anti-corruption bill.
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.
Abhisit gets army rank back
News, Published on 17/01/2018
» The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the Appeal Court's ruling revoking former defence minister ACM Sukumpol Suwanatat's retroactive order dismissing former prime minister Abhisit Vejajjiva from the army reserve in 2012.