BANGKOK, July 6 – Thailand’s election-winning Pheu Thai Party announced Wednesday that it expects to raise the daily minimum wage for workers nationwide to Bt300 (US$10) as early as January next year, as promised in its election campaign. Pheu Thai Party Secretary-General Jarupong Ruangsuwan made the announcement amid growing public attention to the implementation of […]
Work on implementing six economic policies heralded during the Pheu Thai Party’s election campaign will begin immediately after they are formally announced in parliament, prime minister-in-waiting Yingluck Shinawatra said on Wednesday. She was speaking after a meeting with Pheu Thai’s economic team, comprising former deputy prime minister Olarn Chaiprawat, former commerce minister Mingkwan Saengsuwan, former […]
The rumour about ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra tipped for the position of Thailand trade envoy was groundless, legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Wednesday. “Rumour mongers wanted to cause confusion and divisiveness,” he said, insisting Pheu Thai Party had not planned for a Thaksin appointment. Read more: The Nation
Fugitive ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is likely to be appointed Thailand’s “trade ambassador” in a government led by his sister Yingluck Shinawatra, a source from the Pheu Thai Party said yesterday. The appointment is expected to be made after the formation of a Cabinet, according to the source. Thanks to his good ties with leading […]
Pheu Thai source: Party doesn’t want image to be tainted; Yingluck joins hands with Chart Thai Pattana, Chart Pattana Puea Pandin, Palang Chon and Mahachon Speaking after a meeting with representatives of four other parties, which are willing to join the new government, Yingluck said an urgent task for her government would be to restore […]
Cambodia has welcomed a sweeping election victory in Thailand by allies of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who has strong links with Phnom Penh. Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said he hoped the new Thai government, which is expected to be led by Thaksin’s sister Yingluck Shinawatra, would help resolve the long and sometimes bloody border dispute […]
Thai PM candidate Yingluck Shinawatra Monday announced a five-party coalition with 299 MPs. The five Yingluck coalition parties are Pheu Thai, Chat Thai Pattana, Chat Pattana Phua Pandin, Palang Chon and Mahachon. The announcement came one day after the July 3 election which saw her party won over Democrat Party of Abhisit Vejjajiva. Read more: […]
BANGKOK, July 3 – Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party under the leadership of Yingluck Shinawatra, youngest sister of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, won the country’s 26th general election on Sunday, paving the way for her to be the first female prime minister of this Southeast Asian nation. The country’s Election Commission reports that the latest […]
