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'Big Joke's' fall from power
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/01/2026
» From deputy police chief to a man facing arrest warrants, the downfall of Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn has become one of the country's most dramatic policing sagas.
Pheu Thai names Chaikasem as PM candidate in parliament showdown
Online Reporters, Published on 04/09/2025
» The Pheu Thai Party will propose Chaikasem Nitisiri as its candidate for prime minister when the House of Representatives convenes on Friday, the party said on Thursday.
Ex-abbot comes clean about pre-monkhood life
Online Reporters, Published on 26/08/2025
» The embattled former abbot of Wat Phra Bat Nam Phu has broken his silence about his early life, admitting he evaded military service and assumed a friend’s identity before illegally entering Malaysia where he worked for several years before returning to Thailand.
Crisis of governance
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/08/2025
» As tensions along the Thai–Cambodian border continue, the Pheu Thai-led government faces one of its most pressing internal crises in recent memory. Thailand finds itself in a state of "headless" governance, with both the premiership and the defence portfolio effectively leaderless at a time when national security requires coherent direction.
Support for embattled 'Covid hero' doc
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/08/2025
» Civil society groups and academics on Sunday came out in defence of Dr Supat Hasuwannakit, president of the Rural Doctor Society, who faces dismissal over alleged irregularities in the procurement of antigen test kits (ATKs) during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Trump calls Thai, Cambodian leaders in bid to end conflict
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/07/2025
» US President Donald Trump said he called the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia to urge them to stop the fighting that erupted earlier this week, warning he wouldn’t make a trade deal with either country while the conflict continued.
Coalition in crisis
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/07/2025
» Amnesty bills are now taking precedence over the more controversial Entertainment Complex Bill as the administration walks a political tightrope, with critics wondering if the move is a sincere attempt to reconcile a fragmenting coalition or rather a strategic manoeuvre by an embattled government.
Democrat quits over PM's phone call
News, Published on 01/07/2025
» Divisions within the Democrat Party have resurfaced with LCdr Sutham Rahong resigning as secretary to the natural resources and environment minister over the party's decision to remain with the embattled government.
Don't rush censure bid, Bhumjaithai told
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/06/2025
» The opposition People's Party (PP) appears reluctant to join the Bhumjaithai Party's swift move in seeking a no-confidence debate against embattled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra immediately after parliament reconvenes on July 3.
Embattled Thai PM won’t quit, says party
News Agencies and Post Reporters, Published on 21/06/2025
» Embattled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will not resign or dissolve parliament, a senior official of her Pheu Thai Party said on Saturday.