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The pardon expected to reignite public debate over Fiji’s turbulent past.

The suspects were linked to transporting detained protesters, 78 of whom suffocated to death in trucks in 2004.

Western well-wishers of the region’s nations must focus on supporting institutions that outlast personalities.

These parties are using courts as tools but infighting threatens to tear apart the Palang Pracharath Party, analyst says.

The 37-year-old faces a vote to succeed Srettha Thavisin, who was ousted by the Constitutional Court.

Critics and activists questioned the political and economic policies in the 11 months he served.

The Constitutional Court rocked Thai politics by ruling 5-4 to remove Srettha Thavisin over what it deemed was a gross ethical violation.

The party’s superb showing in 2023 election demonstrated it emerged stronger from ashes of its similarly dissolved predecessor.

People’s Party also named new leader after court banned old party’s top leaders from politics for decade.

Thai Constitution Court dissolves Move Forward Party

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled to dissolve Move Forward Party over its campaign to reform the royal insult law. The party’s current and former ...

The court ruled on complaints brought against the party over its 2023 campaign promise to abolish Thailand’s royal defamation law.

Monitoring will continue for decades while the contaminated waste is released from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Elections may have been restored, but Thailand’s democracy has not yet recovered from May 22, 2014, analysts say.

Thailand’s military still has sway over the government, although a new civilian-led administration is in place, analyst Zachary Abuza writes.

Netiporn Sanesangkhom had been detained on charges linked to lèse-majesté, the strict anti-royal defamation law.

A new crop of lawmakers will soon be selected from a cross-section of society to replace junta-appointed Senate.

Party, former leader Pita Limjaroenrat tried to overthrow the “democratic regime” under monarchy, commission official says.

A two-tiered justice system consolidates Thai elites’ control over politics, analyst Zachary Abuza argues.

The event angered Myanmar’s junta and Thailand’s foreign minister abruptly canceled his speech.

Thai opposition leader: ‘Use us as a bridge’

Move Forward can help Thailand build a new consensus, party leader Pita Limjaroenrat says in interview.

Thaksin Shinawatra’s release on parole has outraged opponents and spurred talk of unequal treatment before the law.

There is cause for concern about democracy because the ex-special forces commander with ties to a late dictator will become Indonesia’s next leader, analyst ...

The Constitutional Court ordered the party to stop all activity aimed at amending Article 112 of the Criminal Code.

The Constitutional Court ruled Pita Limjaroenrat, whose Move Forward Party was the top vote-getter in the 2023 general election, can remain an MP.

The convicted ex-PM has been hospitalized for months without having spent a single full day behind bars.

Roughly 80 are contesting for legislative seats, as parties recruit famous faces to boost chances of winning.

They are uncomfortable with MFP and will try to undermine its leaders through legal cases.

Rukchanok Srinork, a former pro-democracy activist, was found guilty of insulting Thailand’s powerful monarchy.

Residents of a small Indonesian island are fighting against a plan to turn their home into an economic hub. A win for press freedom in the Philippines as ...

Pita Limjaroenrat says he is stepping down because his suspension as an MP means he cannot lead the opposition.