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Thai election results show no clear winner but junta party favored

Asia Pacific / Politics May 8, 2019

Thai election results show no clear winner but junta party favored

Long-delayed results of Thailand's first election since a 2014 military coup released on Wednesday produced no clear winner but gave a pro-army party a clear advantage in its bid to install the current junta leader as an elected prime minister. The opposition threatened legal action ...

Thai king's rebuke of Thaksin points to junta-backed regime taking office

Asia Pacific / Politics Apr 1, 2019

Thai king's rebuke of Thaksin points to junta-backed regime taking office

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn issued a rare rebuke of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra about a week after an inconclusive national election, making it more likely that a pro-military party would form a government. The monarch revoked royal decorations given to Thaksin because he fled ...

Thailand's opposition parties form alliance and demand junta step aside

Asia Pacific / Politics Mar 27, 2019

Thailand's opposition parties form alliance and demand junta step aside

Thailand's opposition "democratic front" of seven parties on Wednesday said it had won a majority in the lower house of parliament after a messy election, and had the right to try to form a government after five years of military rule. But the opposition alliance ...

In Thai poll mess, allies of tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra race coup-prone generals to secure majority

Asia Pacific / Politics Mar 26, 2019

In Thai poll mess, allies of tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra race coup-prone generals to secure majority

by Siraphob Thanthong-Knight

Thailand's first election since the 2014 coup was always going to be messy. But it's turning out to be even more chaotic than many observers expected, setting the stage for renewed tumult after five years of military rule. Election authorities have faced calls to resign ...

Thailand faces escalating political risk as divisions flare

Asia Pacific / Politics Feb 11, 2019

Thailand faces escalating political risk as divisions flare

Thailand's political divisions are erupting again with just over a month to go to the first general election since a coup almost five years ago. The spotlight is now on the fate of a party linked to exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra. The party, Thai ...

Party that nominated Thai princess as leader could face ban

Asia Pacific / Politics Feb 10, 2019

Party that nominated Thai princess as leader could face ban

The Thai political party that nominated a princess as its candidate for prime minister could be banned from a general election in March after an activist said on Sunday he would file a petition seeking its dissolution. Thailand's Election Commission is to meet on Monday ...

Princess vs. coup leader in Thai poll as king's sister declared PM candidate for Thaksin's party in shock move

Asia Pacific / Politics Feb 8, 2019

Princess vs. coup leader in Thai poll as king's sister declared PM candidate for Thaksin's party in shock move

Thailand's royalty made an unprecedented move into politics Friday when the sister of King Maha Vajiralongkorn was declared a prime ministerial candidate in a March 24 general election, registration papers showed. The nomination of Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi, 67, the elder sister of King ...

Thailand's political tough guy back in the fray to support military as vote nears

Asia Pacific / Politics Jul 2, 2018

Thailand's political tough guy back in the fray to support military as vote nears

by Panu Wongcha-Um and Panarat Thepgumpanat

The last time most Thais saw politician Suthep Thaugsuban was in 2015 when he entered the Buddhist monkhood and announced his retirement after spearheading protests that culminated in a military coup against a government he detested. The military, after taking power, clamped a tight lid ...

Thai junta says 'not concerned' about ousted Thaksins' Asia tour

Asia Pacific / Politics Feb 21, 2018

Thai junta says 'not concerned' about ousted Thaksins' Asia tour

Thailand is not concerned about the movement of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, also an ousted former leader, after recent visits by the pair to several Asian cities and meetings with members of their party. The Shinawatras have dominated Thai politics ...

Ousted Thai leaders Yingluck Shinawatra and Thaksin Shinawatra leave Japan for Hong Kong

National / Politics Feb 14, 2018

Ousted Thai leaders Yingluck Shinawatra and Thaksin Shinawatra leave Japan for Hong Kong

Thailand's ousted ex-prime ministers, Yingluck Shinawatra and her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, both fugitives forced to live overseas, left Japan for Hong Kong on Tuesday, sources close to them said. They had stayed in Japan since Saturday, according to the sources. Yingluck was last year sentenced in ...

Ex-Thai leader's exile spurs debate: Is Thaksin era over?

Asia Pacific / Politics | ANALYSIS Aug 28, 2017

Ex-Thai leader's exile spurs debate: Is Thaksin era over?

The self-imposed exile of another popular Thai leader means the junta won't need to deal with a high-profile prisoner. Yet another question remains: Can Thaksin Shinawatra's family finally be beaten at the polls? Thaksin and his allies have won every election dating back to 2001, ...

In Thailand, bruised opposition seeks solace in 2017 vote prospects

Asia Pacific / Politics Aug 9, 2016

In Thailand, bruised opposition seeks solace in 2017 vote prospects

In Thailand's rural heartland, supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra say they will focus on winning an election next year, even though they would have to govern on military terms if they did. Thais handed the junta of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha a convincing ...

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