Thailand

Recent high-level engagements have improved the mood music in the relationship; that momentum needs to be sustained.

Once the law is approved by the Senate and the King, the country will become the first in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.

Companies like BYD, XPeng and Great Wall Motors are quickly growing their sales in Thailand, challenging longstanding market leaders.

Critics say that the military junta's involvement in the aid program will prevent the assistance from reaching many of those most in need.

The Myanmar junta's conscription drive has backfired, bolstering the rebels' ranks.

Srettha Thavisin has pledged to tackle Thailand's horrific air pollution problem, but he needs to address the root of the problem.

Unlike like most past defense chiefs, Sutin Klungsang is a civilian politician with virtually no experience in security matters.

The return of the Shinawatra clan in Thailand has delivered a fillip to relations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh.

A same-sex marriage amendment has passed its first reading in the country's House of Representatives.

The 25-year jail term came just days after the Election Commission ordered the disbanding of a major opposition party for advocating the reform of the lese-majeste law.

The two countries have agreed to resolve their outstanding claims in the Gulf of Thailand, but will be forced to negotiate their way around a host of nationalist tripwires.

Thaksin Shinawatra's quasi-official reception will do little to damp down rumors that he remains the real power behind the Pheu Thai-led government.

Srettha Thavisin is acting as a roving economic salesman on state visits to France and Germany this week.

If the MFP is disbanded, the party's political energy is almost certain to re-emerge in an alternate, and likely more radical, form.

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Yingluck, who served as prime minister from 2011 to 2014, is benefiting from the reconciliation between the Pheu Thai Party and the country's conservative establishment.

Under Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, there are signs that the country is finally taking a more active role in helping resolve the multifaceted crisis next door.

The move comes less than two years after the Thai government became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize the cultivation and consumption of marijuana.

Policymakers have clung to the fiction that damage to fish populations from hydropower projects can be avoided – with devastating consequences.

The controversial release of the former prime minister has presented the progressive MFP with a political opportunity.

The former Thai leader established a close relationship with Hun Sen during his 15 years in self-exile.

As controversy over his parole simmers, attention turns to what influence the controversial former leader will have over Thai politics.

A genuine flowering of popular culture would inevitably showcase the repressive nature of the Thai state.

Zachary Abuza of the National War College discusses the latest developments in long-running peace talks.