With two days to go before the general election and constitutional reform referendum this Sunday (8 February), major political parties are holding their final major campaign events in Bangkok on Friday evening (6 February)

On 14 January 2026, a policy forum hosted by Chiang Mai University (CMU) at Suan Anya in Chiang Mai challenged the traditional "top-down" approach to environmental conservation in Thailand. The event, titled "Transforming Research into Policy: Ethnic Environmental Heritage and Survival from the Climate Crisis," served as a platform for academics, activists, and politicians to demand a seat at the table for the country’s ethnic "forest guardians."

Students and lecturers at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok organised a march today (3 February) through its campus to call for people to vote in favour of a new constitution in the upcoming referendum.

Advance voting for the 2026 general election took place on Sunday (1 February). It has not been smooth sailing: many voters reported that they experience a myriad of issues, from polling officials writing down the wrong constituency code on the ballot envelopes to missing candidate information.

The Appeal Court has given a 3-year suspended sentence to a 29-year-old in a royal defamation case over a comment on a Facebook page.

Sugarcane farmers and mills in eastern Thailand are facing a deepening labour crisis as a shortage of workers threatens to derail this year’s harvest, with losses expected to exceed 3 billion baht, industry representatives said.

Four Thammasat University students face royal defamation charges after they participated in a political parody parade at the university last year.

As part of a campaign calling for people to vote in favour of a new constitution in the upcoming referendum, residents and students in Chiang Mai organized a run through Chiang Mai University campus yesterday (21 January).

The Constitutional Court has dismissed an ethics breach complaint filed against former Deupty Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and former Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong over the Department of Special Investigation (DSI)’s investigation into alleged vote manipulation during the Senate selection.

Following a verdict reversed by the Appeal Court, a 34-year-old protester has been sentenced to prison on a royal defamation charge for allegedly attaching a piece of paper with offensive words to a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn in front of the Supreme Court during a protest in 2021.

A food delivery rider has been sentenced to prison by the Appeal Court on a royal defamation charge for allegedly attempting to set fire to a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida during a protest in July 2021.

Ahead of the 2026 elections, which will coincide with the constitutional referendum, the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) has been urged to revoke its regulations that require voters to identify themselves twice at the same polling station for the elections and referendum, given that the redundant process could cause confusion.