Prayut Chan-o-cha
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Commentary: Inequality fuelling the fire for Thailand’s political change
The changes in income of different classes from 2015 to 2019 reveal that the income of Thailand’s middle- and upper-middle…
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Thailand caretaker PM and ex-coup leader Prayut to quit politics
Gen Prayut became prime minister in 2014 after leading a coup d’etat to overthrow Yingluck Shinawatra’s democratically elected government. His…
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Commentary: Thailand’s military machinations will define post-election political manoeuvring
Prawit-loyalist Assistant Army Chief General Suksan Nongbualuang has a chance to beat out Jaroenchai as Army Commander, after which Pana…
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Military-appointed Senate poses potential hindrance for Thai PM candidate Pita Limjaroenrat
BANGKOK: Thai prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat may have sufficient support from political allies to form a government after an…
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Thai PM candidate Pita Limjaroenrat aims to form ‘a democratic government’ with 8-party coalition
BANGKOK: Thai prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat announced on Thursday (May 18) his Move Forward Party will form a democratic…
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Thai PM might quit politics after election loss: Party deputy leader
WHO CAN FORM THE GOVERNMENT Mr Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader and prime ministerial candidate of the Move Forward Party announced…
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Snap Insight: Thai general election – opposition parties win big but house of cards could still fall
AN OPPOSITION COALITION But Thai voters have called for change at the ballot box before. In the last general election…
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Thailand election sees Move Forward, Pheu Thai in the lead: Preliminary results
ROAD TO THE PREMIERSHIP About 52 million people were eligible to vote on Sunday to elect 500 members of the…
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Thai polls close with army-backed PM tipped for defeat
PROTEST LEGACY The election is the first since major youth-led pro-democracy protests erupted across Bangkok in 2020 with demands to…
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Thailand goes to the polls with 500 seats in Lower House being contested
WHO ARE THE FRONTRUNNERS? According to the final poll on the election by The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA),…
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