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Thai court orders former PM Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail

September 9, 2025 admin

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, left, and his daughter and former Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, right, arrive at Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Thailand’s Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) ruled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail, in another major…

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Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s youngest Prime Minister

August 16, 2024 admin

On the campaign trail in rural Thailand last year, Paetongtarn Shinawatra reminded voters of her influential billionaire family’s legacy of populism in what was her electoral debut. The 37-year-old, who spent weeks at the hustings while visibly pregnant, delivered mixed results. Her Pheu Thai party came only in second in 2023’s election but cobbled together…

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Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin faces possible ouster in court case

August 12, 2024 admin

Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin could be thrown out of office this week when the country’s Constitutional Court rules on his appointment of a cabinet minister with a criminal conviction. The case comes a week after the same court disbanded the kingdom’s main opposition political…

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Forty Thailand senators seek PM Srettha Thavisin’s dismissal over Cabinet appointment

May 17, 2024 admin

A general view of Thailand Senate. (File photo used for representational purpose only.) | Photo Credit: Reuters Forty caretaker senators on May 17 petitioned Thailand’s Constitutional Court to dismiss Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over a Cabinet appointment which they say breaches the constitution. The senators object to the appointment of Pichit Chuenban, a former lawyer,…

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Blocked Thailand PM challenger Pita Limjaroenrat resigns as party leader

September 15, 2023 admin

Pita Limjaroenrat. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pita Limjaroenrat, whose reformist party won the most seats at Thailand’s national elections in May, resigned as its leader on September 15. The young challenger led the Move Forward Party (MFP) to the top spot in the polls, capitalising on a swell of voters furious at a near-decade…

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Thailand’s new Prime Minister tells Parliament his government will urgently tackle economic woes

September 11, 2023 admin

Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin reads the policy statement at parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Thailand’s new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin vowed to act quickly to relieve the country’s economic problems in his inaugural speech to Parliament on September 11, following four months of political uncertainty while parliamentarians…

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