Former Thai prime minister Thaksin has new job in prison: overseeing sewer cleaning
Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to be assigned a role overseeing sewer-cleaning crews from Bangkok’s Klong Prem Central Prison, his daughter Paetongtarn said following a visit to the facility. “The prison director said Dad will be assigned to supervise sewer cleaning,” she told reporters outside the prison on Thursday, according to Thai […]
Read MoreWhat’s next for Thailand? Unpacking the rise of Anutin Charnvirakul
By Aidan Jones In Thailand, elections do not necessarily decide who governs. Over the past few weeks, that paradox has played out once more, with a prime minister ousted, the country’s best-known political dynasty sidelined and a new leader taking the reins. For young Thai activist Aitarnik Chitwiset, the endless chaos feels like it has […]
Read MoreWhat’s next for Thailand? Unpacking the rise of Anutin Charnvirakul
By Aidan Jones In Thailand, elections do not necessarily decide who governs. Over the past few weeks, that paradox has played out once more, with a prime minister ousted, the country’s best-known political dynasty sidelined and a new leader taking the reins. For young Thai activist Aitarnik Chitwiset, the endless chaos feels like it has […]
Read MoreThailand’s Thaksin Shinawatra jailed after apex court rejects hospital stay
Aidan Jones and Agencies Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire tycoon who once dominated Thai politics, spent his first night behind bars on Tuesday after the Supreme Court sentenced him to a year in prison. The verdict was a stunning blow for the former prime minister, whose political dynasty has, for now, been pushed aside. Thailand’s top […]
Read MoreThailand’s Anutin Charnvirakul elected PM by parliament
Thailand’s Anutin Charnvirakul was elected prime minister on Friday after breezing through a parliamentary vote, trouncing the candidate of the Shinawatra family’s once-dominant ruling party to end a week of chaos and political deadlock. With the decisive backing of the opposition, Anutin easily passed the threshold of more than half of the lower house votes […]
Read MoreThailand’s ruling party seeks house dissolution as opposition backs rival’s PM bid
BANGKOK, Sept 3 : Thai politics were in chaos on Wednesday as the ruling Pheu Thai party said it had sought royal approval to dissolve the parliament for a new election, moments after the biggest group in the house said it would back another party to form a government. The chief whip of the Pheu […]
Read MoreThai opposition holds kingmaking summit deciding new PM
Thailand’s largest opposition party was set to hold a kingmaking summit today (1 September) to decide who to back as the nation’s next prime minister, after the incumbent was ousted by court order. Paetongtarn Shinawatra was on Friday sacked as prime minister by Thailand’s Constitutional Court after it found she had breached ethical standards during […]
Read MoreGroundhog day as Thai court sacks PM Paetongtarn and Shinawatra clan runs out of options
By Aidan Jones Thailand’s constitutional court dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister on Friday for breaching ethics in a call with Cambodia’s former leader, a ruling that tips the country into uncertainty and lands a hammer blow to the ambitions of her political dynasty. Paetongtarn, 39, the daughter of divisive but influential billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, […]
Read MoreCourt acquits Thailand’s former premier Thaksin Shinawatra in royal insult case
A court in Thailand on Friday dismissed a royal insult case against influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire and his lawyer said, the first in a series of high-stakes rulings involving the powerful Shinawatra dynasty. The criminal court in Bangkok has yet to publicly announce the decision. “The case was dismissed,” Thaksin told reporters […]
Read MoreRBC meeting sees Thais raise demining, scam centres, Cambodia urges removal of barricades
Today’s August 16 Cambodia-Thailand Regional Border Committee (RBC) meeting saw both sides agree on importance of closer communication, while Cambodia called for Thai forces to halt the installation of barbed wire on Cambodian territory. The meeting, held in Trat Province, Thailand, was led by Lieutenant General Uy Hieng, commander of Cambodia’s Military Region 3, and […]
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