BANGKOK, July 2 — Thailand's economy faces a challenging second half of 2025 due to uncertainty about the United States (US) tariffs, a central bank deputy governor said today, just as the country is caught in a new wave of domestic political turmoil.

BANGKOK, July 1 — Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has reshuffled her Cabinet following the departure of a key coalition partner and vacancies in ministerial portfolios.

BANGKOK, Nov 8 — Thailand plans to increase the daily minimum wage to 400 baht (RM51.51) next year, said Labour Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn.

BANGKOK, Sept 17 — The Thai government will nominate a ruling party loyalist and critic of the central bank governor for chair of the Bank of Thailand, seeking to assert influence on the institution amid a protracted rift over interest rates, according to two sources.

BANGKOK, Sept 6 — Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her 35 Cabinet ministers were sworn in today.

BANGKOK, Sept 4 — Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's new Cabinet, the Royal Gazette announced yesterday, with 12 new faces in the 36-member lineup.

BANGKOK, Aug 16 — Thailand's new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra plans to improve the quality of life and empower all Thais when she officially assumes office.

BANGKOK, Aug 16 — Thailand's parliament elected political neophyte Paetongtarn Shinawatra as its youngest Prime Minister today, only a day after she was thrust into the spotlight amid an unrelenting power struggle between the country's warring elites.

BANGKOK, Aug 16 — Pheu Thai party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra has secured majority votes in Parliament today to become Thailand’s 31st Prime Minister.

BANGKOK, Aug 15 — The dismissal of Srettha Thavisin as the Prime Minister of Thailand, who only served 11 months, has shocked many Thais.

BANGKOK, Aug 7 — Thailand's Constitutional Court has ordered the dissolution of the anti-establishment opposition party Move Forward, ruling its campaign to amend a law that protects the monarchy from criticism risked undermining the democratic system.

BANGKOK, Aug 7 — Thailand's Constitutional Court will rule on two politically charged cases next week which will decide the fate of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and the popular opposition party, amid heightened uncertainty over potential upheaval.

BANGKOK, Aug 6 — Thailand's Constitutional Court has ordered the dissolution of the popular anti-establishment opposition party Move Forward over its controversial campaign to amend a law that protects the powerful monarchy from criticism.

BANGKOK, Sept 1 — Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has commuted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's eight-year prison sentence to one year, the Royal Gazette said on Friday, a day after the billionaire submitted a request for pardon.

BANGKOK, Aug 5 — Thai former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was postponing his return from self-exile, as Thailand struggles to overcome a political deadlock after the general election in May was won by opponents of military-backed parties.

BANGKOK, Aug 2 — Pheu Thai Party, Thailand's second-largest party in the Lower House, on Wednesday announced a new coalition in its bid to form a government without the Move Forward Party (MFP), as the Parliament sits again on Friday.

BANGKOK, Aug 2 — Thailand's election-winning Move Forward Party is no longer part of an eight-party coalition hoping to form the next government after a May general election, the leader of a party in the alliance said on Wednesday.

BANGKOK, July 25 — The speaker of Thailand’s Parliament today postponed a vote for the next prime minister by the two houses of the legislature, media reported, as a political deadlock drags on more than two months after a May general election.

BANGKOK, May 15 — Thailand's opposition secured a stunning election win on Sunday after trouncing parties allied with the military, setting the stage for a flurry of deal-making over forming a government in a bid to end nearly a decade of conservative, army-backed rule.

BANGKOK, May 12 — Thai university student Supawut Presangeiam is eager to vote for the first time in a general election on Sunday (May 14), hoping that his support for a rising youth-led opposition party will change the country by moving away from old patronage politics.