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Oct 2, 20241 min read
School bus fire in Thailand kills at least 23
BANGKOK - At least 23 people died in Thailand when a school bus carrying more than 40 students and teachers on a field trip caught fire...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Thailand's new PM outlines policies to parliament as consumer mood drops
BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday outlined her government's policy agenda to parliament, headlined by...
Sep 12, 20242 min read
Factbox-Key points of new Thai government's policy statement
BANGKOK - Thailand's new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will deliver a policy statement to parliament on Thursday to mark the...
Aug 20, 20243 min read
'We're going nowhere' - Thai opposition figure says court interventions must stop
BANGKOK - Politicians in Thailand must reform the judiciary to prevent interventions that have the country "going around in circles", a...
Aug 19, 20243 min read
Thai king endorses Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister
BANGKOK - Paetongtarn Shinawatra was endorsed as prime minister by Thailand's king on Sunday, two days after parliament elected her,...
Aug 16, 20243 min read
Baptism of fire awaits Paetongtarn as Thailand gears up for PM vote
BANGKOK - Political newcomer Paetongtarn Shinawatra is bidding to become Thailand's youngest premier in a crunch parliamentary vote on...
Aug 16, 20241 min read
Thailand's Paetongtarn Shinawatra nominated for PM in parliamentary vote
BANGKOK - Paetongtarn Shinawatra was nominated to become Thailand's prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Friday by Pheu Thai party...
Aug 14, 20243 min read
Thai politics braces for shakeup after court dismisses PM Srettha Thavisin
BANGKOK - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and ruled he "grossly" violated ethics...
Aug 14, 20243 min read
Srettha Thavisin's dramatic rise and fall in Thai politics
BANGKOK - Srettha Thavisin won a parliamentary vote to become Thailand's prime minister last August, after a closely-fought election...
Jul 17, 20242 min read
Six foreign nationals found dead in Bangkok hotel, Thai PM orders probe
BANGKOK - Thai police are investigating the deaths of six foreign nationals whose bodies were found in a room at an upmarket hotel in...
Jun 18, 20243 min read
Explainer-Thai court cases that could unleash political crisis
BANGKOK -Thailand weathered a critical day of court cases on Tuesday, including those involving the fate of the prime minister and the...
Jun 18, 20242 min read
Thailand to be first Southeast Asian country to recognise same-sex marriage
BANGKOK -Thailand's Senate passed the final reading of a marriage equality law on Tuesday, paving the way for it to become the first...
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