Politics News

01-08-2011
Thailand to open new parliament[879 views]

BANGKOK, August 1, 2011- Thailand's new parliament is to officially open on Monday, faced with the daunting challenge of bringing stability to the kingdom after five years of political turmoil.
20-07-2011
Cambodia wants border observers before troops leave[725 views]

PHNOM PENH, July 20, 2011 - Cambodia on Wednesday said third party observers must be sent to its disputed border with Thailand before it will comply with a UN court order to immediately withdraw troops from the area.
19-07-2011
Murdochs in dock over phone-hacking scandal[644 views]

LONDON, July 19, 2011 - Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, son James and former top aide Rebekah Brooks on Tuesday faced a dramatic showdown with British lawmakers over the phone-hacking scandal which has enraged the nation.
04-07-2011
Outgoing Thai PM resigns as party leader[1,708 views]

BANGKOK, July 4, 2011 (AFP) - Outgoing Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva resigned as leader of his party on Monday after losing an election to the opposition allied to fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
04-07-2011
Thai military accepts opposition win: defence minister[1,551 views]

BANGKOK, July 4, 2011 (AFP) - Thailand's military accepts a landslide election win by allies of Thaksin Shinawatra, who was toppled by the army in a 2006 coup, the outgoing defence minister said Monday.
04-07-2011
Yingluck Shinawatra set to be Thailand’s first female premier[1,631 views]

Bangkok (CNN) -- Yingluck Shinawatra was poised to become Thailand's first female prime minister Sunday after her party won a majority of parliamentary seats in the nation's general elections.
03-07-2011
Thailand opposition set for big poll win – exit polls[1,519 views]

The party allied to ousted and exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra is set for a big victory in Thailand's general election, exit polls suggest.
03-07-2011
Thais start voting in crucial general election[1,044 views]

People are voting in a general election in Thailand, billed as a test of the nation's fragile democracy.
03-07-2011
Value of the vote in Thailand[1,882 views]

The first time I ever voted was in 2000. I turned 18 exactly two weeks before election day. I was excited to finally take part in the democratic process. After making my selections, I eagerly waited to find out who would be the next President of the United States. And waited. That was the year of the "hanging chad" and the final decision ultimately rested on the Supreme Court.
29-06-2011
Court rejects Red leader’s request for temporary release to vote in election[1,074 views]

BANGKOK, June 28 – Thailand’s Criminal Court on Tuesday rejected a request for bail from key leader of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) Jatuporn Prompan who sought temporary release from jail to vote in the July 3 general election, saying there is no reason to change an earlier court verdict.
26-06-2011
Elephants and Citizens Paraded to Raise Awareness of Election in Sattahip[1,188 views]

People together with elephants from Nongnuch Garden paraded to raise awareness of the forthcoming general election.
24-06-2011
Thai PM turns up heat on rivals as vote beckons[1,383 views]

BANGKOK, June 23, 2011 (AFP) - Thailand's prime minister launched a scathing attack on his political rivals Thursday in an attempt to reinvigorate his flagging fortunes ahead of an election seen as pivotal to the country's future.
23-06-2011
Colourful characters spice up Thai election[988 views]

BANGKOK, June 23, 2011 (AFP) - A charismatic former massage parlour kingpin and a one-time coup general are among the wilder characters wooing voters as elections loom in politically volatile Thailand.
20-06-2011
Pheu Thai still leading[1,218 views]

Bangkok, 20 June 2011 - Opinion polls, which Democrat Party senior officials were reluctant to believe, continue to tip the Pheu Thai Party as the frontrunner in the July 3 election - the latest indicating that Pheu Thai would win about half (51.5 per cent) of the vote for party-list candidates.
15-06-2011
Thaksin confident of sister’s victory in Thai election[1,429 views]

DUBAI, June 14 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra expressed confidence Tuesday that the party of his younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra will win an "outright" majority in the July 3 general election in Thailand.
15-06-2011
Opposition PM candidate takes campaign trail to South[696 views]

BANGKOK, June 14 - Yingluck Shinawatra, Pheu Thai No.1 party-list candidate, on Tuesday led her team to campaign for votes in the upcoming July 3 general election in the southern border region, the first campaign stop in the stronghold of her party’s main rival, the Democrats.
14-06-2011
Thai PM ‘very optimistic’ about winning election[884 views]

JAKARTA, June 13, 2011 (AFP) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said in Jakarta on Monday that he was "very optimistic" about winning next month's general election.
14-06-2011
Thai polling agency OKs European Union election observers[651 views]

BANGKOK, June 13 – Thailand's Election Commission (EC) has no objection to the European Union (EU) sending observers to monitor Thailand's upcoming general election, Chairman Apichart Sukhagganond said on Monday.
11-06-2011
Prayuth gives nod to target Pheu Thai[1,030 views]

Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has given the green light to army officials to launch a war of words with the Pheu Thai Party's politicians who criticise the army's role.
09-06-2011
Special Report: Defiance in Thailand’s “red shirt villages”[1,921 views]

NONG HU LING, 7 June 2011 – Its brilliant green rice paddies, thatched-roof huts and overgrown jungle resemble most rural villages in northeast Thailand. But the red sign looming over a quiet dusty road in the community of Nong Hu Ling is something different.