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The latest news and top stories on Pheu Thai party, a political party that is dedicated to populist policies and improving the lives of Thailand's rural and urban voters. Headquartered in Bangkok, it is the third incarnation of the Thai Rak Thai Party, currently leading the nation's governing political coalition.
A view of the Thai parliament in Bangkok in September 2025. Photo: EPA
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Thailand’s parliament opens amid scrutiny over bar codes on election ballots

The ombudsman has cited 21 public complaints that bar codes and QR codes on the ballots could be used to ⁠identify how people voted.

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Iran war fallout threatens ‘quick wins’ for Thailand’s economy

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Thai PM agrees to form coalition with Thaksin-backed Pheu Thai

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Conservatives storm to victory in Thailand’s election

The Bhumjaithai Party is forecast to win nearly 200 seats as People’s Party concedes election.

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Thailand’s caretaker PM, Anutin Charnvirakul, reacts on Sunday in Bangkok as his party takes the lead. Photo: Reuters
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Asian Angle | Thailand’s election will pass verdict on the architecture of elite control

After court rulings removed successive PMs, this election tests whether a popular mandate can finally survive the state’s veto traps.

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As Thailand prepares to vote, can election deliver the change it needs?

Whoever wins will become Thailand’s fourth prime minister in three years but face a daunting task to revive the economy and ease political gridlock.

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‘Still handsome’ Abhisit breathes new life into Thailand’s oldest party

Although the ex-prime minister trails behind other candidates in support, he has helped the Democrats win back conservative voters.

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Democrat Party prime ministerial candidate Abhisit Vejjajiva (centre) walks through a market in Bangkok during an election campaign rally on January 27. Photo: Reuters
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Meet the PM candidates vying for leadership in Thailand

Reformers, conservatives and populists face off in the coming election with lofty promises to fix the country’s economy and political system.

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‘Critical point’: can Thailand election pave way for national reset?

With the economy struggling and corruption rife, Thai voters will look to the February 8 election as a chance to turn the country around.

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Thailand’s Pita hopes to rise again through reformist People’s Party successor

The former leader was blocked from leading government and banned from politics after his party stunned the ruling elite in 2023.

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Former party leader Pita Limjaroenrat speaks on stage during a People’s Party election campaign event in Bangkok on Sunday. Photo: EPA
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Ruling Thai party vows to end Cambodia conflict, close scam hubs if it wins poll

Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Bhumjaithai’s second candidate after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, believes his party has popular support.

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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre) looks on as Thailand’s Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow (right) shakes hands with Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn during a meeting in China’s Yunnan province on December 29, 2025. Photo: Agence Kampuchea Presse/AFP
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Money for babies, combat pay: Thailand’s poll turns into a cash splash contest

From US$2,000 for newborns to debt write-offs, Thai political parties are dangling a raft of handouts in a bid to woo voters on February 8.

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Who is running for Thai PM? Unofficial campaign starts as parties name candidates

PM Anutin seeks re-election in a three-way race against People’s Party and Thaksin’s Pheu Thai amid constitutional referendum in February poll.

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Thailand’s Anutin named PM candidate for ‘consequential’ February poll

Caretaker leader Anutin Charnvirakul named Bhumjaithai’s PM candidate, banking on nationalism and Cambodia tensions to win election.

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Thailand’s caretaker PM Anutin Charnvirakul reacts at a Bangkok event on Wednesday while unveiling policies ahead of February’s general election. Photo: Reuters
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Will holiday high season survive Thai-Cambodian border conflict?

Curfews, increased airport screening and the bombing of the province housing Angkor Wat have rattled foreign travellers.

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Displaced residents prepare a shelter at a temporary camp set up outside a pagoda in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province on December 12. Photo: AFP
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Thailand’s sidelined reformists battle ‘baan yai’ dynasties to repeat poll win

It could become ‘everybody vs the People’s Party’ as old power networks unite to crush the movement that won the popular vote in 2023.

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Floodwaters recede in Thailand but Malaysia braces for new deluge

Thai rescuers struggle to reach communities outside urban areas as swathes of Thailand’s south and Malaysia’s north remain under water.

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Can Thailand’s new PM fix the economy and political woes by January?

Thailand’s PM Anutin Charnvirakul targets cost of living, tourism recovery and border stability in a four-month plan to revive the economy.

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Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul delivers the policy statements to the parliament in Bangkok on Monday. Photo: Reuters
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Jailed former Thai prime minister Thaksin has new job overseeing sewer cleaning

As a foreman, Thaksin Shinawatra is unlikely to get his hands dirty and will be allowed to leave the prison during work hours.

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Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul to dissolve parliament by end of January

A general election will be held in March or early April.

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Asian Angle | Thai politics is no longer orange, yellow and red. Anutin turned it blue

The political colours of 2023 have faded as Thailand’s progressive and dynastic parties embrace the new PM’s Bhumjaithai blue of compromise.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul attends a press conference at Bhumjaithai party headquarters on September 7. Photo: Reuters
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No special privileges for Thailand’s Thaksin in jail, lawyer says

Thaksin has been placed in an area used for quarantine and elderly inmates, and remains under standard security measures, the lawyer says.

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Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on September 9. Photo: Zuma Press Wire/dpa
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Anutin’s ascent: how the ‘new face’ of Thailand’s elite took control

A master political operator and heir to a construction empire, Thailand’s new prime minister rose to power with ruthless pragmatism.

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Thaksin Shinawatra’s fall from grace ends in a Thai prison cell

A judge ruled that the billionaire ex-PM’s time in a VIP hospital room could not count as time served towards his jail sentence.

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Thaksin back in Thailand ahead of court verdict

Thaksin could be imprisoned if judges decide that the six months he spent in hospital in 2023 instead of jail does not count as time served.

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Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra leaves after exiting a private jet terminal at Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport on Monday. Photo: Reuters
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Thailand’s next PM Anutin reaffirms promise to hold fresh election

New leader Anutin Charnvirakul says parliament is expected to be dissolved in four months, and will form his cabinet as soon as possible.

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Anutin Charnvirakul performs a traditional greeting to thank lawmakers after being elected as prime minister during a voting session at parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday. Photo: EPA
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Thailand’s unlikely political alliance sets stage for Anutin’s rise to power

As Thai lawmakers vote for a prime minister on Friday, the Bhumjaithai leader has received unexpected support from the People’s Party.

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Thailand’s acting leader moves to dissolve parliament to block rival’s PM bid

The decision came after the People’s Party said it would back tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul’s bid to form a new government.

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