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It could become ‘everybody vs the People’s Party’ as old power networks unite to crush the movement that won the popular vote in 2023.
Thailand has once again been shunted into a period of political uncertainty, after the Constitutional Court’s decision on Tuesday to suspend Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra while it investigates her conduct in a leaked call with Cambodia’s former ...
(Bloomberg) -- Thailand’s turbulent politics took a breather on Friday with the selection of the country’s third prime minister since 2023, but the developments also hint at further drama ahead. Anutin Charnvirakul, a conservative politician with ...
Thailand's lack of a formal government will not affect border security with Cambodia, the defence ministry said Saturday, as the kingdom scrambles to fill a power vacuum following the dismissal of the prime minister by the Constitutional Court. The ...
With an election on the horizon, the party’s electoral appeal is waning, with neither powerful policy pledges nor inspiring leadership in sight.
Thailand's next prime minister on Saturday pledged to make good on his promise to lead the fractured interim government to new polls. Conservative tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul was confirmed by parliament on Friday, ending a week-long power vacuum following ...
Following the suspension of Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra Tuesday by the country's Constitutional Court, analysts are seeing a troubled future for the Southeast Asian nation. Paetongtarn had been suspended by the court after it accepted a ...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire former prime minister of Thailand, remains one of the country’s most influential and controversial figures nearly two decades after being ousted in a 2006 military coup. His political journey, marked ...
With Thailand's prime minister sacked by court order, would-be successors are waging backroom campaigns to secure their rise to the kingdom's top office. A new leader could be voted in as soon as this week, but only those nominated by their parties as ...
Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In recent weeks, Thailand and Cambodia, which at times have had close diplomatic and economic ties, have engaged in an escalating border ...
BANGKOK — Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire former prime minister of Thailand, remains one of the country’s most influential and controversial figures nearly two decades after being ousted in a 2006 military coup. His political journey, marked by ...