This special issue of Daily News Alert compiles news articles relating to the Thailand General Election, held on 14 May 2023. The regular Daily News Alert will be released after 4 pm today.
This issue includes the following commentaries and articles with citations attributed to ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers. You can click on the links to go to these articles directly.
- No. 3: Napon Jatusripitak, Visiting Fellow
- No. 6: Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Visiting Fellow
- No. 8: Napon Jatusripitak, Visiting Fellow
- No. 13: Napon Jatusripitak, Visiting Fellow
- No. 14: Napon Jatusripitak, Visiting Fellow
- No. 16: Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Visiting Fellow
1. Diplomacy a very different ball game
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 16 May 2023
2. Victorious parties urged to move fast
Phusadee Arunmas
Bangkok Post, 16 May 2023
3. Thailand’s Harvard-educated election winner challenges military’s grip on power
Eli Meixler
Financial Times, 16 May 2023
4. Orange blossoms in Chiang Mai: Field reflection on Thailand polls
Bridget Welsh
Malaysiakini, 16 May 2023
5. Who will be Thailand’s next PM? Some possible scenarios
Tan Hui Yee
Straits Times, 16 May 2023
6. Analysis: Election results show young voters want more progressive Thailand, but uncertainty remains over next government and PM
NAVENE ELANGOVAN
Today, 16 May 2023
7. ‘Bangkok Spring’ Sets Up Showdown Over Role of Thai Monarchy
Philip Heijmans and Patpicha Tanakasempipat
Bloomberg, 15 May 2023
8. Thai election may be turning point as taboo over monarchy fades
Rebecca Ratcliffe
Guardian, 15 May 2023
9. Move Forward, Pheu Thai and 4 others join up to form new coalition govt
Nation Thailand, 15 May 2023
10. Timeline to the formation of a new government after the May 14 election
Nation Thailand, 15 May 2023
11. Despite Their Electoral Victory, Thai Opposition Parties Will Struggle To Form a Government
Rane Worldview, 15 May 2023
12. Thai voters have spoken. But will conservatives listen?
Tan Hui Yee
Straits Times, 15 May 2023
13. The Voting in Thailand’s Election Is Finished, But the Politicking Is Just Beginning
Charlie Campbell
Time, 15 May 2023
14. Pro-Democracy Party’s Election Win ‘Turning Point’ for Thailand
Zsombor Peter
VOA, 15 May 2023
15. 社论.泰国政坛变天？休想军方顺应民意！[EDITORIAL. Sea change in Thai politics? The military is not going to follow the will of the people]
星洲网, 15 May 2023
16. 为泰党意外未获压倒性胜利 与前进党联手组政府料问题多 [Pheu Thai unexpectedly fails to win an overwhelming victory, expect many problems forming a government with the Move Forward Party]
廖慧婷
联合早报, 15 May 2023
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