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The Nation
March 17, 2018
NEW POLITICAL parties and fresh faces often emerge ahead of a general election but only a handful of them actually succeed. ... one House seat in Bangkok in the following general election, Thaksin left it to form his own political party called Thai Rak Thai, which literally means “Thais Love Thais”, in 1998.
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
March 17, 2018
Is Thanathorn that person, and could a Macron-like revolution happen in Thailand? It is unlikely. His party, like all political parties, is not yet allowed to reveal its policy positions, and it remains unclear what he will actually stand for. Some Thais suspect that the leader of the new party is actually a Puea ThaiÃâà...
Khmer Times
March 16, 2018
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A scion of Thailand's biggest autoparts group launched a political party in Bangkok yesterday as an alternative to established parties, promising to bridge a festering political divide. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, 39, executive vice president and director of the Thai Summit GroupÃâà...
Borneo Bulletin Online
March 16, 2018
BANGKOK (AFP) – A 39-year-old business tycoon entered Thailand's political bear-pit yesterday with the launch of a new progressive party, courting the youth vote in a kingdom plagued by coups and corruption. Dubbed 'Future Forward', the party was born out of a late night conversation three months agoÃâà...
ABC News
March 15, 2018
Thai billionaire Thananthorn Juangroongruangkit smiles after announcing the launch of his new Future Forward Party in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 15, 2018. Thailand's slow move from military to civilian governance has lured dozens of new political parties to register in barely two weeks,Ãâà...
Borneo Bulletin Online
March 5, 2018
Representatives of New Palangdharma Party hold poster before their registration to set up political party at the Election Commission Bangkok, Thailand, March 2. – AP. Thailand had been wracked by occasionally violent political fighting between supporters and opponents of former Prime Minister ThaksinÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 2, 2018
A member of the Nitirat group has said he and his auto-parts tycoon friend would set up a political party as an alternative to voters in the upcoming ... Asst Prof Piyabutr told BBC Thai in an exclusive interview on Friday that now was the right time. ... “Thailand has been weakened by decade-long conflicts.
South China Morning Post
March 1, 2018
More than 30 new Thai political parties submitted names and logos on the opening day of party registration in Bangkok on Friday, an early step in the junta-ruled kingdom's halting return to democracy. Thailand has been under army rule since a 2014 coup toppled an elected government that was accusedÃâà...
The Straits Times
February 27, 2018
BANGKOK • More than 100 new political parties are expected to launch within weeks in Thailand after registration opens on Friday. ... A junta order signed by the Thai leader last December allows new political parties to be registered, along with their members, starting tomorrow, with existing parties able toÃâà...
The Straits Times
February 26, 2018
BANGKOK (THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - More than 100 new political parties are expected to launch within weeks in Thailand after ... for Peace and Order (NCPO) and the party's name could resemble the government's large-scale development project, which is called "Pracha Rath" in Thai.
