Thai tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul takes office as PM after royal endorsement
The new Thai prime minister pledged to work at his “full capacity with honesty and morality”.
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The new Thai prime minister pledged to work at his “full capacity with honesty and morality”.
A majority of Thais want parliament to be dissolved without waiting the four months set out in a political pact, and support constitutional change section by section rather than a full rewrite, according to an opinion survey released on Sunday.
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A district court in Finland has sentenced Vernu Vasunta, CEO of berry company Kiantama, to three and a half years in prison for 62 counts of aggravated human trafficking involving dozens of Thai workers, reported Xinhua, quoting national broadcaster Yle.
Prime Minister-designate Anutin Charnvirakul has vowed “no retaliation” against opponents as he pledged transparency and rule of law under his administration.
The Pheu Thai Party is looking to move on after its loss in the prime ministerial election on Friday, pledging to work as a real opposition party that prioritises straightforward politics, Pheu Thai MP Anusorn Iamsa-ard says.
US immigration authorities arrested 475 workers, including over 300 South Koreans, at a Hyundai Motor car battery factory in the southern state of Georgia.
The Bhumjaithai Party has confirmed that it is considering reviving the government’s “Khon La Khrueng” (Let’s Go Halves) co-payment scheme as part of efforts to stimulate Thailand’s slowing economy.
A headline in an international media outlet describing prime minister-elect Anutin Charnvirakul as “Thailand’s cannabis king” has some people fuming, but those in his own Bhumjaithai Party are not among them.