BANGKOK, Feb 23 -- A Joint seating of the House of Representatives and Senate commenced at 9:30 am to deliberate three bills seeking an amendment of Section 291 of the Constitution to allow establishment of a Constitution drafting assembly.

BANGKOK, Feb 22 - The red-shirt movement, or United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), on Wednesday pledged that the group will not mobilise its supporters to support the charter amendment as a joint sitting of parliament is scheduled to considere the three drafts on Thursday.

BANGKOK, Feb 22 Thailand's nine-member bench of Constitution Court ruled on Wednesday in favour of the legality of two executive decrees allowing the government to borrow Bt350 billion in loans and transferring debt out of the Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF).

BANGKOK, Feb 22 - Thailand’s Constitution Court is scheduled to rule at 2pm today on the constitutionality of two executive decrees allowing the government to borrow Bt350 billion in loans and to transfer the debt of the Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF).

BANGKOK, Feb 21 -- The Office of the Ombudsman has decided to investigate whether Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has violated any code of conduct regarding her meeting last week with property developers at a Bangkok hotel during working hours, for which she failed to give a clear explanation to the public.

BANGKOK, Feb 21- Thailand has formally requested extradition of a man suspected of being involved in Bangkok's explosions in a Sukhumvit neighbourhood last week to the Malaysian authorities on Tuesday, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi.

BANGKOK, Feb 21 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her ministers were heading to the northeastern province of Udon Thani Tuesday morning for their second 'retreat' cabinet meeting today and tomorrow (Feb 21-22).

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 20 - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Monday reaffirmed to visiting Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra that Malaysia did not support the insurgency and opposed violence in Thailand’s southern border region, pledging to support the neighbouring country to seek long-term peaceful solution in the region.

BANGKOK, Feb 20 - Thailand's Court of Appeals on Monday rejected a bail application for Somyot Preuksakasemsuk, editor of a Red Shirt magazine detained for lese majeste, citing concern over his possible flight.

BANGKOK, Feb 20 -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is leaving Bangkok Monday morning for an official one-day visit to Malaysia to strengthen bilateral relations between the two neighbouring countries, which are fellow members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).