Thai politics
Updates on Thai politics, including government actions, opposition movements, and policy changes.
- Politics News
Report calls for national reconciliation through constitutional reform
A report prepared by the House Committee on laws, justice…
- Politics News
PM planning to hear protesters’ grievances, expresses unease over certain demands
Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha says his administration is willing to…
- Politics News
Political activists taken to jungle for “attitude adjustment” lecture from officials
Anti-government protesters in the northern province of Phitsanulok say they…
- Politics News
Police remain tight-lipped on existence of “wanted activists” list
Thailand’s law enforcement officials are keeping schtum when asked about…
- Politics News
PM voices concern over pro-government rally planned for Bangkok today
The Thai PM, Prayut Chan-o-cha has issued a warning about…
- Politics News
No let-up in anti-government protests as activists call for constitutional reform
Anti-government protests are intensifying in Thailand, as activists call on…
- Covid-19 News
PM insists proposed emergency decree extension not due to anti-government protests
As PM Prayut Chan-o-cha looks set to approve an extension…
- Education
Opposition party threatened with boycott over comments about “haircut” teacher
The president of The Association of Secondary School Administrators says…
- Politics News
Prawit tipped to become leader of ruling Palang Pracharat party executive
Whilst the attention of the country has been on the…
- Politics News
Opposition criticises Government for unnecessary borrowing
The Pheu Thai opposition party is calling on the government…
- Politics News
Thai police deny using emergency decree as political tool
Following the arrest of two activists in Bangkok on Friday,…
- Politics News
Opposition criticises Thai government over economic toll of Covid response
Opposition party Pheu Thai has condemned the government’s management of…
- Politics News
Government claims 2010 Bangkok protest crackdown was legal
A spokesman for Thailand’s Democrat Party, currently part of the…
- Covid-19 News
Former Thai PM Thaksin says lock-down was not the way to deal with Covid-19
Former, and currently fugitive, PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he believes…
- Politics News
Former Future Forward members claim they’re behind political slogan campaign around Bangkok
Former members of the now defunct Future Forward party say…
- Politics News
Bangkok police hunt activists who projected slogans onto landmarks of 2010 protests
The slogan Seek the Truth (in Thai) has been projected onto…
- Politics News
Piyabutr acknowledges that Future Forward will probably be disbanded
Future Forward Party’s secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul is urging the party’s…