Is the Thailand desk live on Nation Runner?

Yes. It draws IPU Parline, Thailand House of Representatives, election of 8 February 2026, the Election Commission's party-list votes for 8 February 2026, and the CIA World Leaders list for Thailand, updated 7 April 2026. It is an editorial dashboard, not an official record.

Which culture figures does the Thailand desk show?

Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index for Thailand in 2016 (2.69 out of 9) only. The Migrant Integration Policy Index does not cover this country, so the welcoming score is shown as unknown. No Pew row for Thailand is on the perceptions page, so none is added here.

Does the money tab score political donations in Thailand?

No. Zeros mean the access scale is not filled. A zero is not a finding that a party has no donors.

Country desk · updated 12 Nov

Thailand

500 seats, and Bhumjaithai Party holds 192.

Key takeaways

1
Parliament. Bhumjaithai Party holds the most seats: 192 of 500 (38%). A majority needs 251.
2
Headlines. The tone is steady: 15% of the last 14 days' headlines read grim, 7% upbeat. Top topic: Politics (17%).
3
Government. Government barometer 54/100 (Mixed record). 0 of 2 moves on file read as smart, 0 as harmful.

Headline mood · 14 days

Line: mood · bars: stories

12 Nov · 7 stories · leaning grim0 upbeat · 6 neutral · 1 grim

What the headlines are about

Other 40%
Politics 17%
Economy 15%
Society 14%
Security 12%
Climate 3%

A simple word-list estimate from the daily wire headlines. Not a judgement.

Who holds the seats · House of Representatives

500 seats · 251 for a majority (line)

Bhumjaithai Party

192 seats · 38.4%

192 of 500 seats. IPU Parline lists 192 seats for Bhumjaithai, 173 from constituencies and 19 from the party list. Its party-list share was 17.90 percent. NIDA Poll printed 12.08 percent in September 2026. It leads the coalition with Pheu Thai.

Map · mood compared

Thailand

Overall mood: 15% grim, 7% upbeat · today -14

What changed today

12 Nov

12 Nov: 7 stories (average 7); tone as usual.

New headlines

Lao singer arrested in Thailand for performing without work permit
PATHUM THANI – Thai police arrested a 30-year-old Lao singer after discovering that he had been performing concerts in Thailand on a tourist visa without a work permit. Police in Pathum Thani province said on Wednesday (11 November) that they had received information about a Lao male singer who was scheduled to perform at the […] The post Lao singer arrested in Thailand for performing without wor…
Khaosod English · 11 Nov
Thailand’s longest railway tunnel nears completion, opening planned for 2028
LAMPANG – Construction of Thailand’s longest railway tunnel, stretching 6.2 kilometres through northern Thailand’s mountainous terrain, is nearing completion, with excavation expected to finish in December and train services scheduled to begin in 2028. Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn presided over a tunnel breakthrough ceremony for the Ngao Tunnel in Ngao dis…
Khaosod English · 11 Nov
Sihasak to visit Myanmar for talks on conflict, border issues
Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow will visit Myanmar on Thursday for talks with the country’s leaders about the ongoing conflict, border security, trade and cross-border pollution.
Bangkok Post Thailand · 11 Nov
Airport operator stresses safe skies for Loy Krathong
Airports of Thailand (AoT) has urged people living near its six airports to refrain from releasing lanterns, smoke lanterns, fireworks, rockets and balloons, or flying drones during the Loy Krathong festival from Nov 23-25 to ensure aviation safety.
Bangkok Post Thailand · 11 Nov
6 crew missing after oil tanker sinks off Chon Buri
Six crew members are missing from an oil tanker that sank off the coast of Sattahip in Chon Buri on Wednesday morning, according to the Royal Thai Navy.
Bangkok Post · 11 Nov

2 more headlines

Empathy works, if you lead with the right kind
Your best performer asks for a raise and tells you why: they need the money. You know they deserve it, and you also know company policy will not allow one before the end of the year.
Bangkok Post · 11 Nov
Thai Enquirer News Summary – November 11, 2026
November 11, 2026 Economic News Thailand has 164% higher Cyber Attack than Global average According to True Digital Cybersecurity, Thailand has become a primary target for cyber threats, with organizations facing an average of 3,200 attacks per week—164% higher than the global average—ranking the country among the top 10 globally for ransomware attacks. Thitirat Siriphattanalert, […] The post Tha…
Thai Enquirer · 11 Nov

Earlier this week: 10 more headlines

Thailand Facebook Group Exposes Non-Consensual Sharing of Women's Images
Over 127,000 members in a secret Facebook group shared women's photos without consent, turning public profiles into explicit AI fakes and real-life harassment.
X · 2 Nov
Smugglers caught with 32,400 assault rifle cartridges
TRAT – Authorities seized 32,400 rounds of 7.62mm assault rifle ammunition and arrested four Thais and a Cambodian on a speedboat at the mouth of a canal in this eastern province bordering Cambodia on Sunday morning.
Bangkok Post · 2 Nov
Myanmar airstrike on Karen damages homes in Thailand
MAE HONG SON - Blast waves from a Myanmar military airstrike targeting Karen forces near the border damaged at least 17 homes and several public buildings across the Salween River in Thailand's tambon Mae Sam Lap of Sob Moei district, local offiials said.
Bangkok Post Thailand · 2 Nov
Air force deploys two F-16 jets for patrol over Mae Sot
TAK — 1 November 2026, The Royal Thai Air Force deployed two F-16 fighter jets for an aerial patrol over Mae Sot district and surrounding areas on Sunday, warning residents that they might hear unusually loud aircraft noise and urging them not to panic. The Ratchamanu Task Force issued a public announcement on behalf of […] The post Air force deploys two F-16 jets for patrol over Mae Sot appeared…
Khaosod English · 2 Nov
Myanmar migrant worker leader assaulted during protest outside UN office
BANGKOK — 1 November 2026, A leader of a migrant worker group was physically assaulted during a protest outside the United Nations office in Bangkok on Sunday while calling on Thailand to abolish its nationality verification centres for Myanmar migrant workers. The incident drew condemnation from an opposition MP, who said political differences could never […] The post Myanmar migrant worker lead…
Khaosod English · 2 Nov
Police raid Bangkok shop selling cannabis sweets
A cannabis shop selling cannabis infused sweets was raided after a couple complained to Bangkok police they passed out after eating some of them.
Bangkok Post · 2 Nov
Drug shipment seized on Mekong River bank
NAKHON PHANOM - Border patrol police seized about 1 million methamphetamine pills found in 10 sacks on the bank of the Mekong River in That Phanom district of this north eastern province.
Bangkok Post Thailand · 2 Nov
Pond and Phuwin Review Thai Restaurant in Lyon for Global Fans
Pond Naravit Lertratkosum and Phuwin Tangsakyuen savored authentic Thai dishes at a cozy Lyon spot, blending their star power with a mission to share Thailand's flavors abroad.
X · 3 Nov
Thailand Facebook Group Exposes Non-Consensual Sharing of Women's Images
Over 127,000 members in a secret Facebook group shared women's photos without consent, turning public profiles into explicit AI fakes and real-life harassment.
X · 3 Nov
Google pledges US$160 million for water infrastructure amid Malaysia’s data centre boom
As the digital revolution accelerates across Southeast Asia, data centres have become some of the world’s most discussed topics. To address growing environmental and resource concerns head-on, tech giant Google has announced a landmark $160 million (about RM651 million) investment in water infrastructure in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The funding will finance a brand-new off-river storage […] The…
Khaosod English · 3 Nov

Headlines and summaries come from the linked sources; the selection is automatic.

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Parties, people, promises, money

Seats 8 February 2026 · votes at that election

500 seats, and Bhumjaithai Party holds 192.

The seat map is IPU Parline, Thailand House of Representatives, election of 8 February 2026. It shows 500 seats: Bhumjaithai Party 192, People's Party 120, Pheu Thai Party 74, Kla Tham Party 58, Other parties (16 with seats) 35, Democrat Party 21. A majority of 500 is 251. The People's Party won the most list votes but far fewer constituencies than Bhumjaithai. Voters also backed drafting a new constitution in a referendum on the same day. The next election is expected by 31 January 2030. Vote shares are from the Election Commission's party-list votes for 8 February 2026. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.

A score on this desk is an editorial average of six work topics, times ten, with the method written on the row.

The room

House of Representatives

500 seats · 251 to govern alone · Bhumjaithai Party and Pheu Thai Party 266

The deal

Two big partners lead a coalition past 251

251 seats are a majority of 500. Bhumjaithai has 192 and Pheu Thai 74, so the two hold 266. Smaller parties add more; Wikipedia's cabinet summary says 293 MPs backed Anutin. The People's Party leads the opposition with 120.

The mood

Election vs now

The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 500. They are different counts.

Bhumjaithai
12.1%
People's
35.4%
Pheu Thai
18.4%
Kla Tham
0.0%
Others
0.0%
Democrat
9.8%

The first point is the 2023 party-list vote, when Move Forward, the People's Party's predecessor, came first. The second is the 2026 party-list vote. The third is NIDA Poll's telephone survey of 2,500 adults on 18–23 September 2026, in which 7.64 percent said no party was suitable. Party-list votes are only part of the House: 400 of 500 seats are won in constituencies.

The trend

From election night to now

Public pollster blend — not a forecast

The split

Seat share beside the vote share

The right bar is seats divided by 500. The left bar is the vote share. The electoral system means the two differ.

The mismatch

Seats they hold vs the poll

The seat bar is seats divided by 500. The other bar is the NIDA Poll quarterly survey of 18–23 September 2026.

The rude gauge

Growth king or a fight with work

Who grows the pie, who picks a fight with work. Cabinet sits at 54 / 100. The number is an editorial reading, not an official index. Six topics are averaged and multiplied by ten: energy supply, hiring, keeping and investing money, building, hours in paid work, and paperwork. Ten means the public record makes that easier for work. Zero means it makes it harder. The band is a label for that average, not a court ruling.

Against the workMixed recordGrowth king

Full causal chains live on every promise

This week

The pulse

Government2026-03-19

House re-elects Anutin

IPU Parline reports that the new House re-elected Anutin Charnvirakul as Prime Minister on 19 March 2026, with Pheu Thai in his coalition.

Polls2026-09-28

NIDA: People's Party at 35.4 percent

NIDA Poll's September survey put the People's Party first at 35.40 percent, Pheu Thai at 18.44 and Bhumjaithai at 12.08.

Politics 101

How this country actually works

What this chamber drawing is

500 seats. 251 to govern alone.

Who holds the offices this desk names

Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime Minister; Yodchanan Wongsawat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Higher Education.

Office holders come from the CIA World Leaders list for Thailand, updated 7 April 2026. Party leaders are named from the press reports linked on each bio.

How foreigners are seen

Openness in Thailand

Published surveys only. Each figure shows its source and year.

Who's welcomed

Share of adults in Thailand with a favourable opinion of each country Pew asked about. A view of a country, not of its people.

How would my country be seen here?

UnknownNo country view on file

Pew's 2025 Global Attitudes survey did not poll in Thailand, and no other survey of views of other countries is on this desk yet. Nothing is guessed. The other measures here, and the comparison below, still work.

Welcoming index

Derived from the two published measures below, not a survey result. Each input keeps its own year.

UnknownNo index for this country

MIPEX does not cover this country, so the index cannot be built. The Gallup figure is shown on its own below. We do not fill the gap.

The measures behind it (shown separately)

2.69/9People: acceptance of migrants
Gallup, 2016

UnknownLaw: integration policy
MIPEX does not cover this country

What expats say

InterNations Expat Insider 2025: rank out of 46 destinations, 1 is best.

Ease of settling in9 of 46
Culture and welcome14 of 46
Local friendliness8 of 46
Finding friends8 of 46

InterNations, Expat Insider 2025

All desks side by side

Pick a measure. Countries without a published figure show Unknown and sit at the end; they are not counted in the average.

Average of the 20 of 22 desks with a figure: 63.3 of 100. Unknown left out: Georgia, Thailand.

In plain words

Expats ranked Thailand 9 of 46 for ease of settling in (2025); its best sub-score was local friendliness at 8.
No published survey here asks people about other countries, so who's welcomed is unknown for this country.

Sources and method are listed under “How we source this” at the bottom of the page.

What it means for you

Only figures with a source and a date. Each source is listed under “How we source this” at the bottom of the page. Anything not listed here is not on file.

Taxes
The standard rate is 10 percent, but it is reduced to 7 percent until 30 September 2027 unless extended.
Pay
Net income up to THB 150,000 is exempt, and income above THB 5,000,000 is taxed at 35 percent.
Business
The corporate income tax rate is 20 percent. Dividends paid abroad bear a 10 percent final withholding tax.

Sources, licences and image credits

Data

Wire (public RSS feeds): Khaosod English, Bangkok Post Thailand, Bangkok Post, Thai Enquirer.
The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 500. They are different counts.
Editorial economic-competence gauge, not a court and not a Nobel. Six axes: energy, hiring, capital, building, hours in work, red tape. Scores are a judgement from public records of this term and the last — not a bribery charge, not a voting recommendation.

Survey sources

Thailand — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index 2016: Gallup. Neli Esipova, John Fleming and Julie Ray, “New Index Shows Least-, Most-Accepting Countries for Migrants”, Gallup, 23 August 2017. The full-country table lists Thailand at 2.69. The survey-methods note says the index was asked in 138 countries in 2016, so the year used here is 2016. Source. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.
Thailand — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index (2019 update) 2019: Gallup. Neli Esipova, Julie Ray and Anita Pugliese, “World Grows Less Accepting of Migrants”, Gallup, 23 September 2020. The table of least-accepting countries lists Thailand at 2.48 for 2019 and marks it as not on that list in 2016/2017. The welcoming score is not built from this figure. Source. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.

Image credits

Bhumjaithai Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
People's Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
Pheu Thai Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
Kla Tham Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
Democrat Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
Other parties (16 with seats) mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
Flag of Thailand — Wikimedia Commons · Public domain Source

Questions the desk actually answers

FAQ

Questions the desk actually answers

Is the Thailand desk live on Nation Runner?: Yes. It draws IPU Parline, Thailand House of Representatives, election of 8 February 2026, the Election Commission's party-list votes for 8 February 2026, and the CIA World Leaders list for Thailand, updated 7 April 2026. It is an editorial dashboard, not an official record.
Which culture figures does the Thailand desk show?: Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index for Thailand in 2016 (2.69 out of 9) only. The Migrant Integration Policy Index does not cover this country, so the welcoming score is shown as unknown. No Pew row for Thailand is on the perceptions page, so none is added here.
Does the money tab score political donations in Thailand?: No. Zeros mean the access scale is not filled. A zero is not a finding that a party has no donors.

How we source this

Seats: IPU Parline, Thailand House of Representatives, election of 8 February 2026. Votes: the Election Commission's party-list votes for 8 February 2026. Ballot support: House election 2026 (party list); NIDA Poll, 18–23 Sep 2026. Offices: the CIA World Leaders list for Thailand, updated 7 April 2026. Culture: Gallup 2016; MIPEX does not cover this country, so the welcoming score is unknown.

How foreigners are seen

Pew asks adults for their opinion of a country. That is a view of the country, not of its people or of any visitor. We never estimate a pair that was not asked; it shows as unknown.

InterNations ranks come from expats living in the country (46 destinations in 2025). Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index runs from 0 to 9. MIPEX scores integration law and policy from 0 to 100.

Welcoming index: the mean of the Gallup index rescaled to 0–100 (score ÷ 9 × 100) and the MIPEX overall score, rounded to one decimal. It is derived, not a survey result, and the two inputs come from different years. If either input is missing the index is unknown: it is not estimated, it sorts last and it is left out of the average.

Pew Research Center, Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey, topline (June 11, 2025), Q3a opinion of the United States · checked 2026-10-26
Pew Research Center, Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey, topline (July 15, 2025), Q3b opinion of China · checked 2026-10-26
Pew Research Center, Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey, topline (June 23, 2025), Q3f opinion of Russia · checked 2026-10-26
Pew Research Center, Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey, G7 topline (June 11, 2025), Q3n–Q3u: U.S. adults' opinion of other G7 countries · checked 2026-10-26
InterNations, Expat Insider 2025 survey report: The Complete Ease of Settling In Index (46 destinations, 10,000+ respondents) · checked 2026-10-26
InterNations, Expat Insider 2022 survey report: Ease of Settling In Index (52 destinations). Used only for Estonia, which had fewer than 50 respondents in 2025 and is not ranked there · checked 2026-10-26
Gallup, 2016

What it means for you

PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Thailand, other taxes, data as of 2026-08-24
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Thailand, taxes on personal income, data as of 2026-08-24
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Thailand, taxes on corporate income, data as of 2026-08-24