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Thai junta chief in pole position as PM vote looms

June 05, 2019

Thailand's new lawmakers are set to vote for a prime minister Wednesday, with junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha in pole position to sweep away the challenge of a charismatic billionaire leading the anti-military bloc.

Old foes, millennials stand in way of Thai junta polls victory

March 21, 2019

Chaiyaphum -Thailand holds it first election in eight years on Sunday under rules concocted by a junta to keep it in power, but with the appeal of both old foes and the new millennial vote posing an unpredictable challenge.

Thai junta chief 'review' imperils King Power duty-free monopoly

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2019

Thailand's junta chief warned against the "monopolisation" of the country's airport duty-free sector on Thursday, ordering a review of the bidding process that could threaten the multi-billion-dollar empire of current concession holder King Power.

Amid netizens uproar over likely poll delay, EC tells govt to publish decree

FRIDAY, JANUARY 04, 2019

Left holding a hot potato to determine the election date, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday said it was ready to hold an election and was only waiting for the government to issue the royal decree.

Amnesty demands junta lifts all human rights restrictions

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2018

Amnesty International has called on the Thai junta to end all restrictions on human rights before the next election tentatively scheduled for February 24.

Prayut, Thailand fully deserving of support, Asean chair

THURSDAY, AUGUST 09, 2018

Re: “Don’t let Thai junta chief chair Asean next year”, The Nation, Aug 2

Don’t let Thai junta chief chair Asean next year

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 01, 2018

Next year, Thailand will get its turn to chair the 10-member Asean. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is scheduled to hand over his chairmanship to Thai counterpart Prayut Chan-o-cha in November. It will be a major political boost for the general.

UNHRC expresses concern over crackdown

THURSDAY, JUNE 07, 2018

THE United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday made public the letters it had sent to the Thai junta government about alleged rights violations even as the council holds its 38th session on June 18.

Thai junta feeling heat from Malaysia poll

FRIDAY, JUNE 01, 2018

Malaysia’s peaceful change of government and transition of power after the May 9 general election continues to send shock waves throughout Southeast Asia.

SPECIAL REPORT: Thai junta steers education reform to nowhere

THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018

FOUR YEARS after the 2014 military coup, Thailand’s education sector is still stuck over the same old question: which way forward?

As elections loom, Thai leader gets cosy with old political clans

MONDAY, MAY 07, 2018

The sons of a convicted murderer, a rural "don" who has spun a fortune from football and gun-loving provincial bigwigs -- as elections near, Thai junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha is cosying up to "influential figures", a group he vowed to expunge from politics with his coup four years ago.

Thai junta vows to lift politics ban in June

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2018

Thailand's junta will lift a near four-year ban on political activity in June, an official said Friday, as space for debate slowly expands in the kingdom with polls promised for next year.

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