Politics

BANGKOK — Future Forward chairman Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha were named as candidates for the top government job by their respective parties Wednesday.

BANGKOK — PM Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday said he will take both legal and disciplinary actions against unnamed officials who let the heir to an energy drink empire accused of killing a policeman in a 2012 car crash off the hook.

(1 October) The leader of the royalist Yellowshirts movements has been convicted of lese majeste, or insulting the monarchy, by the Appeals Court for repeating remarks deemed offensive to the monarchy.

BANGKOK — Under new orders from the Office of Basic Education of Thailand (OBEC), criticism of the military junta is now banned in all Thai public schools.

BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Thailand on Saturday, after police arrested two leading anti-government protest leaders in an apparent attempt to stifle growing political unrest.

BANGKOK — Police briefly detained two men wearing T-shirts associated with a republican group in public yesterday, according to a civil rights group.

BANGKOK — Activists said they will petition the National Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday to recommend that the Supreme Court impeach the seven election commissioners over alleged irregularities.

BANGKOK — A senior government official on Wednesday filed a police complaint accusing a leader of a recent Harry Potter-themed political rally of defaming the monarchy.

KHON KAEN — A Khon Kaen appeals court Friday dismissed a request to free activist Jatupat “Pai” Boonpattararaksa on bail.

BANGKOK (AP) — Lawmakers in Thailand's lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday that would make the country the...