Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Analysis-Some new faces but old divisions to haunt Thailand's May election

Thailand's general election set for May 14 will bring new faces into the fray but is likely to be over-shadowed by old animosity between the military-royalist establishment and popular opposition parties challenging the status quo.

Reuters

Myanmar’s democratic struggle at stake in Thailand’s election

Myanmar people in Thailand hope a new government in Bangkok will take a tougher line on the coup leaders in Naypyidaw.

Al Jazeera

Factbox-Who are the main candidates for Thailand's next leader?

Thailand's parliament was dissolved on Monday, paving the way for elections to be held in May. The race will showcase a long-running political battle between the billionaire Shinawatra family and a conservative pro-military establishment.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Thailand: Paetongtarn Shinawatra leads polls as country heads towards election

As parliament dissolves, party of Paetongtarn, whose father was deposed in 2006, has best chance of forming majority

The Guardian - UK

Thai Parliament dissolved, general election set for May

Thailand’s Parliament has been dissolved by a government decree, setting the stage for a May general election, which has the potential to lessen the military’s influence in politics

The Independent UK

Thai PM dissolves parliament, calls election

Bangkok (AFP) - Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha dissolved parliament on Monday, setting up a general election in May as the former coup leader seeks to extend army-backed rule.

AFP

Thailand dissolves parliament for crunch election in May

Thailand dissolved its parliament on Monday to clear the way for an election in May, a vote set to reignite a long-running power struggle between a military-backed establishment and a political movement that has dominated elections for two decades.

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Pheu Thai ups stakes in race

The Pheu Thai Party has recently revised its MP target, aiming to capture 310 House seats in the next polls — an ambitious scale-up from the 250 seats — and form a solid single-party government. The move is seen by academics as a major task and tactic to intensify the…

Bangkok Post

PTP pitches 'business zone'

The Pheu Thai Party (PTP) backed more decentralisation of power while proposing a "new business zone" policy as key party figures met local leaders and businesses in Pattaya on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai leads with digital wallet

The Pheu Thai Party has touted a number of campaign policies involving cash handouts to woo voters ahead of the general election, including a "digital wallet" and financial aid for families that earn a monthly income of 20,000 baht or less.

Bangkok Post

Thailand's opposition party unveils policies and candidates

Thailand’s main opposition party has paraded its slate of parliamentary candidates and outlined its policy pledges in a well-choreographed show of confidence ahead of the general election

The Independent UK

PPRP expects to hold ground in city

The ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) aims to capture at least a dozen House seats in Bangkok in the next election, the same number it won in the previous poll.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai: No deals if we meet poll target

The Pheu Thai Party has promised a three-year debt moratorium to farmers while reiterating it will not join hands with the ruling Palang Pracharath Party in forming the next government should it meet its House seat target.

Bangkok Post

Avoiding the third rail

The Move Forward Party (MFP) has declared amending the ultra-sensitive lese majeste law will not take precedence in its election campaign, a "watered down" stand that could see the party easing into membership of the next government.

Bangkok Post

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Bangkok Post

Sansiri boss moves shares to daughter

Srettha Thavisin, president and CEO of the real estate developer Sansiri Plc, has transferred his shares in the company to his daughter as he prepares to throw himself into the political fray.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai raises target for number of MPs

The Pheu Thai Party has now set the bar higher and is targeting at least 310 House seats -- not 250 -- to form a single-party government after the next general election.

Bangkok Post

Sansiri shares fall as Srettha takes political leave

Shares of the property developer Sansiri Plc (SIRI) tumbled on Thursday on the Stock Exchange of Thailand after chief executive Srettha Thavisin said he would take an unpaid leave to focus on his new role as an adviser to the Pheu Thai Party ahead of the coming general election.

Bangkok Post

Gen Prayut, Comeback Man?

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's chances of returning to power after the upcoming general election have improved as his political opponents face significant challenges, according to political experts.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Bangkok Post

Srettha appointed Paetongtarn's chief adviser

The Pheu Thai Party has appointed property tycoon Srettha Thavisin chief adviser to Paetongtarn "Ung-Ing" Shinawatra, head of the Pheu Thai family.

Reuters

Thai opposition names property tycoon as adviser amid rumours of PM candidacy

Thailand's biggest opposition party on Wednesday named a well-known local property tycoon as its new adviser ahead of an upcoming election, adding fuel to speculation he was being lined up as another prime ministerial candidate.

Bangkok Post

'Ung Ing' denies deal to work with PPRP

Pheu Thai Family chief Paetongtarn "Ung Ing" Shinawatra has rejected a claim by former massage parlour tycoon and ex-politician Chuvit Kamolvisit that the party is working towards a secret deal with the Palang Pracharath Party.

Reuters

Thailand election likely on May 7, PM says

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Tuesday said he would dissolve parliament next month ahead of an election that would likely take place on May 7, a potential date previously outlined by the country's poll body.

Reuters

Prayuth narrows gap in poll on top choice for Thailand PM

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has gained ground on frontrunner Paetongtarn Shinawatra in a new survey on Thailand's top choice for premier, which showed the former coup leader was the most popular choice in the capital Bangkok.

Reuters

Exclusive-Daughter of Thaksin banking on nostalgia to win Thailand election

Touting her billionaire family's legacy of populism and massive election victories, Thailand's Paetongtarn Shinawatra is emerging as the candidate to beat in upcoming polls, betting that nostalgia can win millions of working class votes.

Bangkok Post

Paetongtarn hits back at critics

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the Pheu Thai Party's chief adviser on public participation and innovation, on Friday said she is ready to be the kingdom's next prime minister if given the chance.

1 … 6 7 8 9

People

Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

51 stories

Paetongtarn Ung Ing Shinawatra

Chaiyanat Tuhao Kornchayanant

35 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the House of Representatives

480 stories

The Election Commission

The Move Forward Party

195 stories

UTN

172 stories

Palang Pracharath Party

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.