'We're almost there', says Pheu Thai - Thai election runners-up inch closer to coalition majority

BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand's Pheu Thai party inched closer to forming a government and clearing the kingdom's political logjam on Thursday, announcing another party had joined its coalition, nearly three months after elections.

The kingdom has been politically deadlocked after the reformist Move Forward Party (MFP), which won the most seats in the May polls, was unable to get its leader approved as prime minister by parliament.