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Thai election: Army-backed party takes surprise lead
The Thai election 2019 took a surprise turn in the afternoon of March 24 as...
Thai election: Pheu Thai leads in early counts
Early counts in Thailand's first election since a 2014 coup, held on March 24, indicated populist-liberal Pheu...
Elections kick off in Thailand with long lines at voting stations
Hundreds of thousands of voters across Thailand were heading out on March 17 to cast early ballots, a week ahead the country's first general...
Thailand finally to hold elections on March 24
Thailand will hold a general election on March 24, 2019 for the first time since the latest military coup in May 2014. The date...
Indonesia polls close and count begins
Polls open for around 187 million Indonesians eligible to vote in single-day legislative elections closed at 1pm local time on April 9 and count...
‘Without talks, Thailand will burn down’: Chuwit
Thai politician Chuwit Kamolvisit, 53, who made his fortune with sleazy massage parlours all over Bangkok before he launched his own party, said in...
More explosions, gunfire in Bangkok
New explosions and gunfire occurred near an anti-government protest site in Thailand's capital early on February 25 after the protesters' leader warned that government...
Thai elections peaceful, but gridlock continues
Elections in Thailand ran peacefully on February 2, with only a few isolated incidents, but many election venues were not operating especially in Bangkok...
Surin Pitsuwan: Thailand needs new order
Former ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan in an opinion piece published in the Bangkok Post on January 29 demanded a" new order" for Thai...
Bangkok faces biggest gridlock ever
Mass protests on December 22 are likely to cause the biggest gridlock that Bangkok has ever seen. In the morning, tens of thousands of...
Pitsuwan tipped as Dem candidate in Thai election
Former ASEAN secretary-general and ex-Thai foreign minister Surin Pitsuwan is seen as a possible Democrat Party candidate for the snap elections on February 2,...
Thailand’s celebrity fighter: Beer heiress joins protests
Among the 150,000 protesters that took to the streets in Bangkok over the past weeks to oust the Yingluck Shinawatra-led government, a prominent figure...
Emergency law imposed throughout Bangkok
The Thai government on November 25 has invoked the Internal Security Act (ISA) across the whole of Bangkok and nearby provinces - including the...
Dozens hurt in Thai farmer protest
Dozens of people were injured on August 23 in a clash between protesting farmers and Thai police in Nakhon Si Thammarat province.
The protesters were calling...
Bangkok malls fear riots, shut down
Shopping malls and businesses in central Bangkok will shut down on Sunday, May 19, as a large gathering of Red Shirt protesters is expected...
Surin heads new think tank in Thailand
Former ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan has been made head of a new institute in Thailand that aims to provide what it says are alternatives...
Bangkok braces for weekend riots
Investor confidence could be severely shaken in Thailand when a planned anti-government demonstration will take place on November 24 in Bangkok's government district.
The demonstration...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...