leader of the Thai Raksa Chart political party Preechapol Pongpanich greets party officials and media in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb 13, 2019. The Thai Raksa Chart party, which took the ...

BANGKOKBANGKOK — A court in Thailand on Thursday ordered the dissolution of a major political party ahead of this month’s general election because it nominated a member of the royal family to be its ...

BANGKOK — A Thai political party that nominated the sister of Thailand’s king as its candidate for prime minister was dissolved on Thursday by the constitutional court for “hostile action” against the ...

BANGKOK — Thailand’s election commission has called for the dissolution of the political party that put forward a princess as a candidate for prime minister, underscoring how the populist movement’s ...

THE PLAN was too bold. On the morning of February 8th the Thai Raksa Chart party surprised the world. It submitted just one name to the Election Commission to run as its candidate for the office of ...

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is being courted to join a newly established political party and “remake” his image ahead of next year’s general elections, according to local media reports ...

Leader of Thai Raksa Chart party Preechapol Pongpanich, center, talks to media at the Constitutional Court in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 7, 2019. Thailand's Constitutional Court has ordered ...

BANGKOKBANGKOK — The Thai political party that took the unprecedented and ultimately unsuccessful step of nominating a member of the royal family as its candidate for prime minister was fighting for ...