Thailand’s Ruling Palang Pracharath Party Wins By-Election For Southern MP Domestic Affairs April 9, 2021April 10, 20210 BANGKOK, Thailand’s ruling Palang Pracharath Party, won yesterday’s by-election for a member of parliament (MP), in a southern constituency, defeating its coalition partner the Democrat Party. According to preliminary results of the by-election, in Constituency 3 of Nakhon Si Thammarat province,
Opposition Pheu Thai party seeks Charter Court ruling on PM’s ministerial status Domestic Affairs April 8, 2021April 9, 20210 Thailand’s opposition Pheu Thai Party has challenged the ministerial legitimacy of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over his announcement, in April 2019, extending the concession contract, for another 40 years, of the operator of the Green Line train service. A petition, co-signed
Cambodia’s PM Hun Sen Congratulates Himself For Destroying Opposition in New Year’s Address Domestic Affairs April 8, 2021April 9, 20210 Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen lauded himself for the 2017 ban of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party in a New Year’s address Thursday, saying the group had sought to sow chaos in the country, while observers urged both sides
Thai Deputy PM’s free bowls of troubled water Domestic Affairs April 6, 2021April 7, 20210 Deputy Prime Minister and Palang Pracharat party leader General Prawit Wongsuwan appears to have landed himself in hot water by reportedly handing out 200,000 water bowls (“khan” in Thai) to the party’s MPs for distribution to people in their constituencies
Thailand’s path to a democratic charter becoming vicious circle Domestic Affairs April 4, 2021April 5, 20210 The push to change the junta-sponsored Constitution is back at square one after the amendment bill paving the way for a charter rewrite was shot down in its final reading last month. This week will see political parties propose draft bills
Demonstrators of various political shades rally together to demand PM’s ouster Domestic Affairs April 4, 2021April 5, 20210 Hundreds of people, many of them wearing red shirts, are gathered in Bangkok’s Santiporn Park on Ratchadamnoen Avenue today (Sunday), where the Black May memorial is located, to show their opposition to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. The event was organized by
Activists and survivors of Thailand’s October 1976 massacre demand end to arbitrary arrests Domestic Affairs April 3, 2021April 4, 20210 Former student activists and survivors of the October 6th, 1976 massacre, in and around Bangkok’s Thammasat University, have launched a new group called “Octoberists For Democracy”, or OctDem. They are calling for an end to the selective prosecution of protesters and activists in recent months. Led by prominent politicians, who