Politics

According to Thai style political science, the Prime Minister is the most powerful person in the executive branch - so long as he does not try to use his power against the commander of the country's two hundred thousand strong military.

The red shirts gathered at military barracks nationwide on Thursday to show their stance against a coup that only they say will happen. The numbers at each site were reportedly small. They dispersed dispersing without any violence.

Thailand still has chronic problems in many areas and changes need to be made, especially politicians' behaviour, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Monday. "Thailand has strong fundamentals but there are many chronic problems in the economic, social and political sectors. The political crisis...

US prosecutors indicted a former governor of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and her daughter on charges that they accepted bribes from a Los Angeles filmmaking couple to run Bangkok International Film Festival and other projects between 2002 and 2007. Reports on US and Canadian news websites qu...

Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban Thursday threatened criminal and disciplinary action against state officials who leak classified information after Foreign Ministry's classified information had been leaked to the Opposition. National Security Council secretary-general Thawil Pliansri said the...

Ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra has given his instruction on the drafting of the closing statement on his seventy six billion Baht in impounded assets, his legal adviser Noppadon Patama said on Friday. Under his instruction, Thaksin wanted his defence team to fully outline pertinent facts related to t...

The Criminal Court on Friday found activist Daranee Chancheonsilapakul aka Da Torpedo, guilty of lese majeste and sentenced her to a combined jail term of eighteen years.Daranee, 46, made a series of inflammatory speeches at the red-shirt rallies, notably the demonstration last June at Sanam Luang. ...

Savings bond increased by 30 billion baht to 80 billion. Thailand's Government agreed on Tuesday to extend relief measures for five months to help poorer workers cope with hardship caused by the economic crisis and increased the size of a savings bond to help pay for its stimulus package.

Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra confirmed yesterday that he had stayed overnight in Malaysia and had been provided with special-branch police security. "My private jet stopped for refuelling in Malaysia and they sent twenty special-branch policemen to guard me. They love and care a...

Thailand's foreign minister reported to police Monday to hear charges related to his involvement in the mass demonstrations that climaxed with the seizure of Bangkok's airports last year.Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya and thirty five other leaders of the "yellow shirt" protest movement face criminal...