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Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing sworn in as presidentMyanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has become president. This follows a military coup five years ago. He took power after an election ex...- Thailand re-elects Anutin Charnvirakul as Prime Minister in parliamentary voteAnutin Charnvirakul has been elected Thailand's prime minister by the new parliament. His party secured a significant victory in the recent...
- Thailand PM's party takes wide lead in three-way election raceAnutin Charnvirakul's party is leading Thailand's general election. Preliminary results show a significant lead. Voters also decided on a n...
- Thailand votes in three-way race as risk of instability loomsThailand votes today in a crucial general election. A tight three-way contest is underway with no single party predicted to win a majority....
- What to know about Thailand's election as economic growth slows, nationalism risesThailand is heading into a snap general election on Sunday, called by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to avoid a no-confidence vote. The...
- Why Thailand will vote to decide a new constitution on February 8Thai citizens face a crucial referendum on February 8 to determine if a new constitution will replace the current 2017 charter. This vote s...
- Thailand: Surging in polls, reformist opposition tests new playbookThailand elections: Now reborn as the People's Party, Thai voters are once again backing the progressives' promises of change, making the p...
- Thailand's Anutin Charnvirakul elected PM by parliamentAnutin Charnvirakul secured the Thai prime minister position after a parliamentary vote, defeating the Pheu Thai party's candidate amidst p...
- Thai protesters call for Prime Minister Paetongtarn's resignationBangkok witnessed protests demanding Paetongtarn Shinawatra's resignation. The demonstration stemmed from anger over a border dispute with ...
- Daughter of former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra will be nominated as new leader in parliamentary voteThailand's Pheu Thai party has nominated Paetongtarn Shinawatra for prime minister following Srettha Thavisin's removal by court order. If ...
- Thai parliament passes historic same-sex marriage billThailand's parliament passed a historic same-sex marriage bill, making it the first Southeast Asian nation to recognize LGBTQ marriage equa...
- Thai king commutes former PM Thaksin's prison sentence to one yearThe country's most famous politician returned to Thailand last week in a dramatic homecoming after 15 years abroad in self-exile to avoid j...
- Thailand's fugitive ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra returns to jail from years in self-exileThailand's former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, has returned to the country for the first time since 2008. Thaksin, who had been in self-exile, ar...
- Real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin secures votes to become Thailand's 30th prime ministerThailand's Srettha Thavisin to become PM after securing endorsement of parliament. Srettha, a real estate mogul thrust into politics just a...
- Thai Constitutional Court suspends PM candidate Pita LimjaroenratThailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended the Move Forward party chief Pita Limjaroenrat and forced him to leave the house in the middl...
- Thailand's monarchy looms over battle for prime ministerThailand faces political deadlock over the role of the monarchy, after the progressive Move Forward party proposed amending lese majeste, A...
- What lies ahead for Thailand after dramatic opposition election win?Thailand's opposition racked up a stunning majority of the 500 seats at stake in the race for the House of Representatives, dealing a major...
- Thailand's opposition wins big election victory, challenging army-backed conservative establishmentWith 97 per cent of polling stations counted, the progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) had 13.5 million ballots in the popular vote, ahead ...
- Ex-MPs not to be banned for bid to change Thai constitutionThailand's Parliament voted not to impeach 248 former MPs, most of them from ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra's Pheu Thai Party, for atte...
- Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra dissolves Parliament, calls fresh elections"After listening to opinions from all sides, I have decided to request a royal decree to dissolve Parliament," Yingluck said in a televised...
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