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Pheu Thai is ready to form a coalition without the Move Forward Party (MFP) and it will bring in parties from the outgoing government if MFP leader Pita Limjaroenrat fails to secure enough support to become prime minister in parliament on Wednesday, according to Pheu Thai sources.

The son of Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has apologised for an online tirade against the Move Forward Party, in which he called its supporters “bratty teenagers”, among other things.

A police investigation has been launched into an allegation that five policemen in Kalasin province abducted a woman, falsely accused her of drug possession and extorted 50,000 baht from her in exchange for her release.

A man suspected of killing four rubber plantation workers in Chumphon has been arrested, after his stolen getaway car was involved in an accident in Surat Thani yesterday.

Srettha Thavisin, one of the Pheu Thai Party's three prime minister candidates, has declared himself ready to become prime minister if he wins the trust of his party to take on the top job.

Eight coalition allies on Monday evening agreed to renominate Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat as the prime minister on Wednesday – but if he fails again, the Pheu Thai Party will have the next chance.

The Joint Public and Private Sector Consultative Committee (JPPSCC) in the Andaman provinces has urged Airports of Thailand (AoT) to continue its feasibility study on Phangnga Airport.

Senators hit back at supporters of the Move Forward Party (MFP) who have launched attacks on social media against them after its leader Pita Limjaroenrat failed to get enough support in parliament to become the new prime minister on Thursday.

Arsjad Rasjid, chairman of Asean Business Advisory Council (Asean-BAC) and chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), has shared his opinions about the electric vehicle industry in which Thailand and Indonesia can work together to establish an efficient and resilient supply chain in Southeast Asia for the…

PARIS - Jane Birkin, the British-born singer and actress who became a style icon in her adopted France, has died, a source close to her said on Sunday. She was 76.

The Philippines' top court has ordered the re-arrest of a former politician accused of killing a prominent environmentalist more than a decade ago, court documents published Sunday showed.