Paetongtarn, better known locally by her nickname 'Ung Ing' is one of the nominees for prime minister for the Pheu Thai party, which together with its previous incarnations has won every Thai election since 2001.

More than 1.3 million people have fallen sick in the kingdom since the start of the year as a result of air pollution, with nearly 200,000 admitted to hospital this week alone.

Thailand's election is shaping up to be another grudge match between warring elites in Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy.

According to a timeline in the constitution, an election must be held by May at the latest.

Duangpetch Promthep was captain of the 'Wild Boars' team whose seemingly impossible extraction by international divers and Thai navy SEALs captured huge global attention.

Richard Wakeling fled Britain in 2018 after he attempted to smuggle RM41.6 million of liquid amphetamine into the country in 2016.

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says cooperation will help address the problems in the restive provinces, specifically greater economic development and improved connectivity between the two countries.

The Thai government is expecting at least five million Chinese tourist arrivals this year, with some 300,000 coming in the first quarter.

Thai officials found assets belonging to adult children of Myanmar's junta leader during a raid on the Bangkok apartment of a Myanmar tycoon charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, reports say.

A volunteer with Thai rescue group said the blaze started on the first floor but spread quickly along the carpets, leaping up through the multi-storey building.

Prayut came to power as army chief in a 2014 coup before cementing his position in a controversial 2019 election, but his popularity has been in the doldrums.

There were no representatives from Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore - the junta's most vocal critics in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).