Thai Cabinet Greenlights Amendments to Alcoholic Beverages Control Law Despite Opposition
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On March 29th, 2024, Thai national media reported that the Thai cabinet approved five bills to amend the alcoholic beverage control law. These proposed changes included extending selling hours and permitting more flexibility for...
Thai Minister Pichit Chuenban Resigns in Attempt to End Political Drama
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At 9:00 AM on May 21st, 2024, Mr. Sutin Klungsang, the Minister of Defense, publicly addressed the case involving 40 Thai senators petitioning to impeach Mr. Pichit Chuenban, the Minister attached to the Prime...
Thai Prime Minister Addresses Concerns Over Influence in Senate Elections, Stresses Fair Verification for...
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Following the national senate election held on June 26th, 2024, by the Election Commission (EC), Mr. Sawang Boonmee, the Secretary-General of the EC and Director of the National Election, announced the vote count...
Thai Court Denies Thaksin Shinawatras Request to Travel Abroad for Medical Treatment
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On July 31st, 2024, Thai national media reported that on July 27th, Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, a defendant in a Section 112 lèse-majesté case, requested permission to travel abroad. The court scheduled a hearing...
Paetongtarn Shinawatra Officially Appointed as Thailands 31st Prime Minister
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At 9:29 AM on August 18th, 2024, Thai national media reported that the Secretary-General of the House of Representatives Pol. SubLt. Apat Sukhanan presented a royal command at the Pheu Thai Party headquarters...
What the Election Results mean and where the Thai Government goes from here for...
The following article is courtesy of Reuters. All credit is given to them. We are reposting it as it gives an excellent, unbiased summary of what the Election results at this point mean for...
Legal battles, threats of suing Industry Minister, class action lawsuits begin over failure to...
A network of 686 civic groups, which support the ban on paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos, has threatened to file charges against Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit for reneging on the previous resolution of the National...
Finance Ministry to propose financial support of 2000 baht a month per Thai person...
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The Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary, Prasoong Poontaneat, told the press earlier this evening he plans to bring a proposal at a Thai Cabinet meeting tomorrow which would give 2000 baht a month, for two...
Activist released from Thai prison on bail, warned not to make repeat offenses
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An anti-government, pro-democracy activist, 22 year old Parit Chiwarak, who is also known by his nickname Penguin, was released on bail this afternoon around 2:15 PM in the Bangkok area. You can read more...
Thailand’s ‘Super Poll’ indicates majority of Thai citizens admit to having never read Constitution...
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Noppadon Kannika, Managing Director at 'Super Poll', an Educational Research Center in Thailand, revealed recent poll results under the research topic "Foreign relations and their political intervention in Thailand" polled among 1,069 examples...
