United Thai Nation, the party of former junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha, is an ultra-conservative, pro-military, pro-monarchy party that fielded two Prime Minister candidates in the last election ...

Thai parliament picks Srettha Thavisin as next prime minister ending 3 months of political deadlock By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn , CNN Updated 1257 GMT (2057 HKT) August 22, 2023 ...

Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday voted for real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin to be the country’s next prime minister, bringing an end to three months of political deadlock.

After a three-month delay, Thailand’s Parliament chose the country’s next prime minister on Tuesday, picking a real estate tycoon from a party seen as acceptable to conservative elites.

Why Thailand’s new prime minister, its youngest ever, adds to old divides. Paetongtarn Shinawatra is just 37, ... was approved by parliament to be Thailand’s next prime minister on Friday.

In the race to become Thailand’s next prime minister, opinion BANGKOK — She has confidence, she has charisma, but most of all she has the family name and a face that reminds many of her famous ...

Thaksin's sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, was Thailand’s first female prime minister from 2011 to 2014. An in-law, Somchai Wongsawat, also served briefly in 2008.

Thailand’s top court has suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from official duty while it decides whether he will be allowed to continue to govern beyond the country’s 8-year prime ...

But with a new prime minister, the $14 billion stimulus plan could be getting revised again. Thailand’s economy could use the help. The country expanded by just 1.9% last year, lagging regional ...

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha came to power in a 2014 military coup. ... Prayuth must call a new election by March next year, though he has the option of calling one before that.

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Thai capital Bangkok on Saturday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra ... ahead of a potential no confidence ...