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A Thai media provider was reported to be censoring a foreign news network reporting the protests. [ 266 ] A severe state of emergency was declared in Bangkok during 15–22 October, [ 267 ] during which the police moved to ban or block anti-government or independent media, together with the Free Youth Facebook page, [ 268 ] and seized books ...
Thai politics after the pro-Thaksin protest has so far been the stage of the two opposing factions: the Democrat Party-led government allied with their coalition partners, who also have the tacit support of the PAD, the military, and the police, against the Thaksin loyalists, the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD). Both sides ...
The party was officially founded on 1 May 2014 as the Ruam Pattana Chart Thai Party. [29] In early 2020, the party became a de facto successor to the Future Forward Party, which had been dissolved by a controversial Constitutional Court order, as following the decision, 55 of Future Forward's 65 MPs (led by Pita Limjaroenrat) announced their plan to join.
The Pheu Thai party has two eligible candidates, including Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Another frontrunner would be Anutin Charnvirakul, head of the Bhumjaithai party, which came third in the election.
Srettha Thavisin won a parliamentary vote to become Thailand's prime minister last August, after a closely-fought election where his party had finished only second. Srettha's rise to the highest ...
Thailand's controversial billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday after serving six months in detention. Thaksin founds the Thai Rak Thai (Thais Love ...
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One part of that video juxtaposed pictures of feet over the king's image, a major taboo in a culture where feet are considered dirty and offensive and the king is not to be disrespected by anyone according to the Thai constitution. The soundtrack was the Thai national anthem. [45] The ban has led to more YouTube videos mocking the Thai king. [46]