Thailand

Bangkok is hedging its bets, and fully seizing all the opportunities that multilateralism presents.

Bangkok says that membership would help boost the country's global economic and political profile.

The pact between Thaksin's camp and the royalist establishment, which allowed the former leader to return from self-exile last year, may be starting to fray.

Both were granted bail pending an appeal, following the recent death of a monarchy-reform activist in custody.

Military-appointed senators are seeking Srettha Thavisin's removal from office after he appointed a minister with a past conviction for bribery.

The economic rationale of the Bank of Thailand, and the political incentives of the current government, have been at odds since the COVID-19 pandemic.

As expected, the newly rehabilitated former prime minister is again flaunting his political influence – to Thailand's detriment.

The death of Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom has drawn attention to the Thai government's cruel use of pretrial detention to silence peaceful critics of the monarchy.

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission says that connections supplying Shwe Kokko, a center of online fraud operations in Myanmar's Kayin State, were illegal.

Attempts to create an upper house that is "above" the dirty reality of Thai politics have failed before – and will fail again.

The former leader met officials from the opposition National Unity Government and a number of ethnic armed groups during recent trips to northern Thailand.

Satya Nadella has pledged to expand the infrastructure needed to support the firm's AI services in the fast-growing region.