Pheu Thai

Thailand opposition group should unite to force military out of politics, says popular Move Forward leader

Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat believes that the collaboration with Pheu Thai is essential to unseat Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha after more than eight years in government. Pita's progressive party is well-liked among young people

Thailand's first transgender MP, Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, dismissed from Parliament

Her Future Forward Party was dissolved in February this year, a move that fuelled pro-democracy activists to demand that the government step down

Hundreds register as candidates as Thailand prepares for its first National Election since 2014 military coup

Hundreds of aspiring politicians, including a masked costumed hero, registered on Monday for Thailand's first election since the 2014 coup, promising a colourful cast of candidates stumping for political parties both old and new.

Thailand king Maha Vajiralongkorn issues royal decree: Country to have first general election since 2014 military coup

Thailand's king Maha Vajiralongkorn has issued the royal decree endorsing the first general election since a 2014 military coup, with the date of the long-delayed poll expected to be announced imminently.

Thai PM Shinawatra struggles to stay in power

The coup touched off a societal schism that in broad terms pits the majority rural poor, who back the Shinawatras, against an urban-based elite establishment that draws support from the army and staunch royalists who see Yingluck's family as a corrupt threat to their power.