Drug abuse, the violence in the Thai South and environmental decay are the major concerns for the new government to address, Her Majesty the Queen said in her birthday speech yesterday. She turns 79 today. Her Majesty also mourned Her Royal Highness Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda, who died on July 27, while honouring all 16 people […]
BANGKOK, Aug 10 — His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Wednesday urged Thailand’s new cabinet to work with honesty for the country’s stability amid the present global turmoil. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her 35-member cabinet took the oath of allegiance in an audience with HM the King at Siriraj Hospital where he has been […]
BANGKOK, Aug 10 – The royal plane impounded in Germany was released after the Thai government posted a 38 million Euro bond in a long-standing dispute with German company Walter Bau AG, former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday. German insolvency officials seized a Boeing 737 used by Thailand’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn while […]
Thailand’s new prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has unveiled a new cabinet after receiving the approval of the country’s king. Details of the 35-member Cabinet were released late Tuesday, a day after Ms. Yingluck took office with a call for peace and national reconciliation. The new Cabinet includes four “outsiders”, or non-lawmakers, but notably excludes leaders […]
BANGKOK, Aug 9 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday said the new cabinet lineup has been submitted to the Office of His Majesty’s Principal Private Secretary via the Cabinet secretary-general pending royal endorsement. Speaking to reporters at Pheu Thai Party headquarters one day after being royally endorsed as the country’s first female prime […]
Yingluck Shinawatra has officially become the 28th prime minister of Thailand after receiving the royal endorsement this evening. His Majesty the King granted his royal command to formally endorse Pheu Thai’s number one party-list MP Yingluck Shinawatra as Thailand’s 28th prime minister, also the country’s first female leader. House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranon received the royal […]
A 23-year-old university graduate was detained on Friday for alleged lese majeste – offending the monarchy – in messages written on his blog, prachatai.com on-line newspaper reported yesterday. The male student, whose name was withheld, is a recent accounting graduate from Kasetsart University. The man’s parents will seek bail tomorrow. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, Aug 6 – House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranond was called on by the Office of His Majesty’s Principal Private Secretary to be granted an audience on His Majesty the King’s behalf in order to hand down a royal command appointing Yingluck Shinawatra as Thailand’s newest and first female prime minister. The command will take place […]
