Politics

BANGKOK — A university poll published Sunday said over half of respondents agreed with the idea of junta leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha remaining prime minister after the next elections.

BANGKOK — Pro-democracy Rangsiman Rome said a year-old warrant police cited to detain him Sunday was fabricated to stop him from speaking out about a controversial Sino-Thai railway project.

BANGKOK — Pro-democracy activist Rangsiman Rome was taken into police custody late Sunday afternoon, one day before he was to petition the military government for information about a controversial project.

BANGKOK — The struggle for democracy is far from over 85 years after a revolt brought an end to absolute monarchy, historians and political scientists said Friday.

BANGKOK — A political activist was taken into military custody Saturday morning for attempting to place a replica of the plaque commemorating the June 24, 1932, revolt at the spot where the original mysteriously disappeared from earlier this year.

BANGKOK — After the junta chief exempted the 179 billion baht, high-speed railway project from 10 laws and orders last week, questions have flown...

BANGKOK — All six members of the National Human Rights Commission will likely be removed by the interim legislature in a move proponents say will strengthen the body and critics worry will see them replaced with junta-cozy appointees.

BANGKOK — The military-installed parliament on Thursday passed a bill that allows the ruling junta to continue to impose its policies after it holds elections and officially relinquishes power.

BANGKOK — The military government on Tuesday sought to reassure the public that its deal to construct a high-speed railway did not give China...

KHON KAEN — Members of a civil rights group in Khon Kaen province woke up Wednesday morning to find security forces searching their headquarters without any court warrant.