After dismantling the initial coalition of eight pro-democracy parties that secured a majority of seats in Thailand’s lower house, the Pheu Thai party, which now has the whip hand, is forming a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of Thailand's leading pro-democracy activists was convicted of insulting the country's royal family and sentenced on Tuesday ...

On Sunday, Thai voters will decide whether they want to live in a real democracy or stick with the fake one that Thailand’s military-dominated government has crafted for them. The election has been ...

Last Spring, Thailand’s pro-democracy movement became the latest symbol of resistance to authoritarianism. Known as the Red Shirts, it followed the lead of movement leaders in Iran, Burma and ...

On 7 August 2024, the Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolved the Move Forward Party on the basis of its attempts to amend the country’s lese majeste law, banning its executives from politics for a ...

Thai police on Friday arrested a prominent democracy activist following his participation in protests calling for government reforms, a new constitution and an overhaul of a law shielding the powerful ...

(Bloomberg) -- Thai senators appointed by the army blocked pro-democracy candidate Pita Limjaroenrat from becoming prime minister in the first vote since his party won the most seats in a May election ...

2023 was remarkable in Thai politics. A fairly clean general election ousted the pro-military government, replacing it with a coalition headed by a leading opposition party. But the coalition — which ...

Politics in Thailand has for years been defined by a battle between ardent royalists (known as “yellow shirts”) and the red-shirted supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra, a tycoon turned populist-leader, ...

(CNN) — The sole nominee to be the next prime minister of Thailand failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to form a government Thursday, a set back for the future of democracy in the country ...