Thai Move Forward party

Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, a member of the now disbanded opposition Move Forward Party, reacts before a press conference to announce a new political party in Bangkok, Thailand, August 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Asia

Thailand's disbanded opposition regroups in new anti-establishment party

The anti-establishment Move Forward, which won most seats in the last election but was blocked from forming a government, was dissolved by the Constitutional Court on Wednesday, which ruled its...

Former Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat reacts during an interview with Reuters, ahead of an August 7 court verdict in a case seeking the dissolution of the opposition group, in Bangkok, Thailand, July 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Patipat Janthong/File Photo
Politics

Thai politics on edge as court decides fate of anti-establishment party

People walk outside the parliament, after Thailand's constitution court ordered the temporary suspension of the Move Forward Party's leader Pita Limjaroenrat from the parliament, in Bangkok, Thailand, July 19, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo
Asia

Thai court sets July 17 for next hearing in opposition Move Forward party case

Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin looks on during an interview with Reuters in Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, Thailand, April 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo
Asia

Thai court cases that could unleash political crisis