The Thai military has vowed to fight to protect the country’s sovereignty if they are pressured to withdraw from the border areas following reports that the Cambodian army has reinforced troops and heavy weapons along the border. Reports doing the rounds say there are Cambodian troops fully equipped with tanks and cannons pointing at the […]
Prime minister-in-waiting Yingluck Shinawatra said on Saturday that her brother, former prime minister Thaksin, and members of the No.111 House group had not involved in her party. She was responding the move by head of legal team of the Democrat Wirat Kalayasiri who had on Friday filed a petition with the Election Commission asking the […]
People’s Alliance for Democracy leader Chamlong Srimuang on Friday petitioned for the Constitution Court to intervene and nullify the Sunday’s vote. Chamlong lodged his petition via the Office of Ombudsman, citing the Election Commission’s confusing rules as ground to cancel the balloting outcome. Read more: The Nation
The outgoing ruling Democrat Party on Friday has launched a legal action seeking to dissolve Pheu Thai, following its election loss. The Democrat Party asked the Election Commission to recommend the rival Puea Thai Party, the poll winner, be abolished… Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK, July 7 – Thailand’s prime minister-to-be Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday denied media reports that her brother, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, is involved in selection of her Pheu Thai-led government’s cabinet, asserting that the selection process will be done in Bangkok, not abroad. Unconfirmed reports claim that several groups of elected Pheu Thai MPs are […]
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya will lead a team to the International Court of Justice in the Hague which is scheduled next week to rule on a request by Cambodia for Thailand to immediately withdraw its troops from a disputed area near Preah Vihear Temple. The Court said in its website on Friday, “On Monday 18 […]
Sem Pringpuangkaew, a former public health minister and the first surgeon to use new technology to operate on Siamese twins, died early Friday morning, reports said. He was 100 years old. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK, July 7 – Thailand’s Democrat Party is expected to hold its general assembly in mid-August to choose a new leader to replace Abhisit Vejjajiva who resigned Monday to take responsibility for his party’s loss to the opposition Pheu Thai party in the July 3 general election, according to former party secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban. Mr […]
