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BANGKOK -- Thailand's old political rivals are again firing salvos in their decades-old power struggle, this time over military promotions scheduled for July. The battle pits the royalist-military faction against the Pheu Thai party, founded by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
BANGKOK -- Thailand's most influential political clan, the Shinawatra family, which has produced the former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck, is pulling the plug on an outspoken television station it bankrolled for years in a further sign of the shifting trends across the Southeast Asian nation's media landscape.
BANGKOK -- Thailand's air force chief will fly to Sweden and the U.S. this month to discuss details of a planned procurement of new fighter jets, a deal that could include a technology transfer agreement to foster the Southeast Asian country's nascent arms industry.
BANGKOK -- From their perch in Thailand, air force officers track radar blips of the busy skies above neighboring Myanmar, where Russian-made fighter jets and helicopter gunships are being deployed in aerial attacks as Myanmar's troops increasingly lose control on the ground.
BANGKOK -- When Sitanan Sirisuwa voted for the first time at last May's Thai general elections, she backed the policies of the youthful, reform-minded Move Forward Party. The party secured 151 seats, becoming the largest party in the 500-member legislature.
BANGKOK -- Where is Chuwit Kamolvisit? Until recently, Thailand's colorful "massage parlor king," politician and anti-corruption campaigner was one of the capital's most prominent public performers, wowing crowds in the lobby of an upmarket hotel with tales of illegal gambling, Chinese triads and corrupt politicians.
BANGKOK -- Southeast Asian countries are on the cusp of reaping a digital economic fortune, but the road to riches rests on the region upskilling its labor force, says Rich Lesser, the global chair of the U.S. consultancy Boston Consulting Group.
BANGKOK -- While a decadeslong ethnic conflict rages in Thailand's three southernmost provinces, online platforms are extending their reach as a political voice for Malay-Muslims, the largest minority in this predominantly Buddhist country.