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CHIANG MAI: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday visited the home province of the Shinawatra family where he inspected water management, a trade fair and local development projects.

Bangkok Post

'Oak' Panthongtae quietly marries

Panthongtae "Oak" Shinawatra, the eldest and only son of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has quietly married his long-time girlfriend Natthiya Puangkham, an executive at SC Park Hotel.

Bangkok Post

Prayut: Poll is just a poll

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has dismissed the findings of an opinion poll that placed him behind the opposition's Paetongtarn Shinawatra, saying his actions spoke louder than any pollster's political survey.

Bangkok Post

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Pheu Thai vows no complacency after opinion poll victory

Leading opposition party Pheu Thai has promised not to sit on its laurels after an opinion poll showed Paetongtarn "Ung Ing" Shinawatra was the people’s choice for prime minister by a considerable margin.

Bangkok Post

Paetongtarn Shinawatra most popular choice for PM: poll

Paetongtarn "Ung Ing" Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has emerged on top of potential rivals for the post of prime minister in a popularity rating of political figures by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

Bangkok Post

Public trust 'key' to securing Pheu Thai victory

Pheu Thai securing a landslide victory after an eight-year break from power will be an uphill battle but the party has the public's confidence it can turn the tide in politics, says Nattawut Saikuar, director of the Pheu Thai Family project.

Bangkok Post

Calling on the red shirts: Pheu Thai needs you to beat the dope vote!

The Pheu Thai Party has welcomed former red-shirt stalwart Nattawut Saikuar back to the fold, hoping his oratorical skills will help win support in the Northeast that has been tapped by the Bhumjaithai Party, political scientists say.

Bangkok Post

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NSC prepares fresh peace plan in South

National Security Council (NSC) chief Supoj Malaniyom said a new plan to solve the conflict in the deep South will be launched next year while dismissing proposals from ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra as nothing new.

Bangkok Post

'Family' tour takes aim at Bhumjaithai

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, on Saturday led the Pheu Thai Party on a tour of Si Sa Ket province where it appeared to target the coalition Bhumjaithai Party.

Bangkok Post

Paetongtarn tests positive

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Pheu Thai Party's chief of the Inclusion and Innovation Adviser Committees, has contracted Covid-19 after visiting her father, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, in Singapore on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

On this day in 2008: Sven Goran-Eriksson departs Manchester City

Thousands of City fans had signed a petition in support of Eriksson.

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Thamanat playing 'high-risk' game

Capt Thamanat Prompow, the former Setthakij Thai secretary-general, is playing a game of "high risk, high return", says former politician and media firebrand Chuwit Kamolvisit.

Bangkok Post

Chadchart's win omen of 'democracy', says Thaksin

Chadchart Sittipunt's landslide win to become Bangkok governor was the product of strategic voting by pro-democracy supporters and will be repeated in the next general election, according to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Bangkok Post

Rabble-rouser Suthep calls for a 'truly independent' governor

Former protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban on Friday insisted that the next Bangkok governor should be independent and free from any political affiliations.

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Capital poll portends Thailand's rule

Never has Bangkok's gubernatorial contest been so much about Thailand. The poll this Sunday is not just about how Bangkok will be run but how Thailand will be ruled. Beyond the usual grievances and issues that traditionally hang over Bangkokians' lives and livelihoods are larger forces at work. Whoever comes…

Bangkok Post

Chadchart win may 'aid unity'

An election victory for independent governor candidate Chadchart Sittipunt on Sunday could ease intense political polarisation in the next general election, says a political scientist.

Bangkok Post

Smear sparks poll unrest fear

The final stretch of the Bangkok governor campaign is heating up with the front-running candidate smeared with a scare tactic last employed in the March 3, 2013 Bangkok election governor campaign.

Bangkok Post

Scare tactics set to fall on deaf ears

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Suthep takes aim at Pheu Thai

Former protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban announced he will fight against "Thaksinocracy" after Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a daughter of fugitive ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said the Pheu Thai Party with which she is affiliated would win the next election by a landslide.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai up in arms over Abhisit claim

Former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has come under fire from Pheu Thai members over an interview in which he claimed the party wants to win the next election by a landslide in order to allow Thaksin Shinawatra to come home.

Bangkok Post

Thaksin's daughter repeats call for landslide in next election

The daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Sunday renewed a call for supporters to give the Pheu Thai Party an overwhelming victory in the next general election.

Bangkok Post

Thaksin says he doesn't see daughter running for PM -- yet

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has dismissed speculation that his youngest daughter Paetongtarn may run in the next general election.

Bangkok Post

Paetongtarn tipped as candidate for PM

All eyes are on whether Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, will be named as a candidate for prime minister in the next general election after she was put in charge of a campaign aimed at promoting unity in the Pheu Thai Party.

Bangkok Post

Paethongtan's big test with new Pheu Thai role

Will Thaksin Shinawatra's youngest daughter Paethongtan make history as the third Shinawatra to become prime minister of Thailand? The question must be on the public's mind as Ms Paethongtan took centre stage at a Pheu Thai party meeting in Udon Thani last Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Blast from the past Thaksin eyes power

As Thai politics is about to take another turn, with the next election on the horizon, fugitive ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is making a stir by vowing to stage a comeback.

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