2023 has been a year of hope, despair and even more scandals. Here is a look back at the stories that made headlines throughout the year, as seen through the lenses of Thai PBS photographers.
Move Forward party supporters rally around the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, after it won the most House seats in the May 14th general election. Pita Limjaroenrat’s ambition to become PM was, however, scuttled, when most senators and conservative MPs voted against him, citing his party’s stated intent to amend the lèse majesté law. Pita also had his MP status suspended, as an investigation got underway into his ownership of shares in defunct television channel, iTV, when he registered his electoral candidacy, a potential breach of the election law.
Bangkok Governor, Chadchart Sittipunt, being soaked by revellers during the week-long Songkran celebrations on Bangkok’s Khao San Road…
