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A political dynasty’s decades-long dominance of politics in Chon Buri province will be threatened by strong challenges at the upcoming Pattaya mayoral election on May 22, analysts say. The Khunpluem family, who have held the mayoral seat for generations, are risking a shock loss at the hands of newcomer candidates, said Yuthaporn Issarachai, a […]
Current and unelected Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang hinted today (Thursday) that he may quit his post to contest the Bangkok gubernatorial election, set for May 22nd, as an independent candidate. A rumour is making the rounds at City Hall that the incumbent governor, appointed by the military junta’s National Council for Peace and Order, […]
MP Rangsiman Rome, of Thailand’s Move Forward Party, is now the subject of an arrest warrant after twice failing to report to police in the past month, in response to officialsummonses. The summonses were issued in relation to a criminal defamation charge, following claims he made during a censure debate in Parliament in 2020 targeting […]
Sixteen entertainment establishments are calling on the government to scrap a law, introduced by a military junta in 1972, which bans the sale of alcoholic beverages between 2pm and 5pm. Former president of the Thai Alcohol Beverage Business Association and an executive of a liquor company, Thanakorn Kuptajit, said today (Thursday) that the 50-year-0ld […]
BANGKOK, Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) delivered continuous growth in 2021 with a 13-percent increase in total trading volume to 135,117,308 contracts or 560,653 contracts per day, and a 25-percent surge in the number of total trading accounts to 270,494. Overall, Stock Futures was the most active product, dominating 52 percent of the total trading […]
P-move demonstrators, who have been camping in front of the United Nations building on Ratchadamnoen Road for the past five days, resumed their protest march towards Government House this morning (Monday) to press their 15-point demand for civil and land rights. Some of their demands include the ceasing of forced relocations of forest dwellers who […]