<p>Parliament approved on Wednesday(8 June) a bill proposing amendments to the Excise Tax law, commonly known as the Progressive Liquor bill, to allow small- and medium-scale breweries to enter the alcohol market.</p>

<div>This past 15 March, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and Piyabutr Saengkanokkul led 26 people from the new generation to register the <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/7671">Future Forward Party</a> at the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT).</div> <div> </div> <div><img alt="" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4786/26947299398_12535471b9_h.jpg" /></div> <div><span><strong>The founding members of the Future Forward Party at a press conference on 15 March 2018 </strong></span></div>