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OPINION: Perfect storm in the making as Thailand awaits the verdict of the Constitutional Court

Today marks a pivotal point in the history of Thailand as the Constitutional Court is set to rule on the future of the Future Forward Party for a breach of a law that the party says does not even...

Constitutional Court set to rule on Future Forward loan case

Thailand's Constitutional Court is set to rule on Friday over a loan case involving the Future Forward Party that could see the party dissolved and its executive committee banned from politics for five years.The case stems from a...

Parliament rejects Future Forward motion to establish anti-coup committee

Thailand's parliament on Thursday rejected a motion put forward by Future Forward to establish a committee that studies ways to prevent future coups.The motion, put forward by Future Forward Secretary-General Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, would establish a parliamentary committee that...

OPINION: Is Thailand’s political future with the Future Forward Party or the military?

It has been almost a year since the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the military group that led the 2014 Thai coup d'état, allowed the country to hold general elections.To a certain extent, the elections were only...

Thailand’s Constitutional Court orders revision of abortion law paving way for reproductive rights

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that Article 301 of the country's Criminal Code, which criminalizes abortion in many instances, must be amended by the government paving the way for reproductive rights within the country.Article 301 of Thailand's...

Thai Airways to cancel two routes to Japan due to coronavirus

Thai Airways International (THAI) announced on Wednesday the company will stop its flights to Nagoya and Fukuoka in March and are reducing the size of their planes that are flying to popular Japanese destinations such as Haneda and Narita...

Global coronavirus death toll exceeds 2,000 as number of cases reaches over 75,000

The global death toll from the coronavirus outbreak, now known as Covid-19, has surpassed 2,000, as the number of fatalities rose by 136 overnight, according to China's National Health Commission on Wednesday.All 132 fatalities were from Hubei Province, the...

Wuhan evacuees pass quarantine, to return home Wednesday

137 Thai citizens evacuated from Wuhan by the government will return home on Wednesday after passing their 14-day quarantine, government officials said.The quarantine facilities builtin Chonburi Province will also be closed down after the last person leaves the...

A coronavirus-inspired Chinese travel ban would hurt Thailand’s working class

Theerapol Saetung doesn’t really sleep. He closes his food stall at the Patpong night market around midnight before rushing to the Klongtoey fresh market to get the next day’s supplies. Once he gets home, he still has to prepare...

Shooting in Bangkok mall leaves one dead, one injured, police say

One person is dead and another injured after a shooting at a Bangkok mall, police said on Tuesday.The shooting took place at Century Mall in downtown Bangkok at a beauty clinic, a police sergeant at Phayathai Police Station...

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