Thailand's Supreme Court has ordered Thaksin Shinawatra, a former prime minister of the country, to be jailed for one year, ruling that he improperly served a 2023 prison term in hospital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/asia-pacific/politics/thai-court-thaksin-jail-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thaksinshinawatra #thailand #southeastasia #paetongtarnshinawatra
Thai tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul took office as prime minister on Sunday, with the cannabis-championing conservative ousting the nation's dominant political dynasty and setting course for elections early next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-new-prime-minister/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand#anutincharnvirakul
Thailand's next prime minister on Saturday pledged to make good on his promise to lead the fractured interim government to new polls. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/06/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-next-pm-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics#anutincharnvirakul #thailand
Thailand's most powerful politician, Thaksin Shinawatra, has jetted off to Dubai — ostensibly for a medical checkup — ahead of the Thai parliament's vote for a new prime minister after his daughter lost the job. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-new-prime-minister/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #thaksinshinawatra #paetongtarnshinawatra#anutincharnvirakul #pheuthai #bhumjaithai
Conservative politician Anutin Charnvirakul is primed to become Thailand’s 32nd premier, but his power rests on an unstable alliance with strange political bedfellows, meaning his time at the top may be short-lived. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/asia-pacific/politics/thai-pm-anutin-charnvirakul/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #southeastasia#anutincharnvirakul
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. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-house-rival-pm-bid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #natthaphongruengpanyawut #thailand #southeastasia #paetongtarnshinawatra
Thailand's People's Party, a pro-democracy party whose rise to power has been thwarted by the country’s conservative establishment, is suddenly in pole position to anoint its next prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/asia-pacific/politics/thai-pro-democracy-kingmaker/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #southeastasia #paetongtarnshinawatra#anutincharnvirakul
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UPDATE 3: check this thread I will try to keep it updated
UPDATE2: nights are becoming dangerous and protest organizers are urging the public to stay home. You can continue to use the below if you want to support the delivery drivers and their surroundings (tell them the food is for them/family/friends and to tip)
Hey Southeast Asians, your Grab app works ACROSS the region. If you'd like to order medical supplies or food for the folks in Jakarta and Bandung, you can.
(Twt links to follow underneath)
#tootSEA#Indonesia#Malaysia#Singapore #thailand #vietnam #philippines#SoutheastAsia
(Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere on fedi)
UPDATE 3: check this thread I will try to keep it updated
UPDATE2: nights are becoming dangerous and protest organizers are urging the public to stay home. You can continue to use the below if you want to support the delivery drivers and their surroundings (tell them the food is for them/family/friends and to tip)
Hey Southeast Asians, your Grab app works ACROSS the region. If you'd like to order medical supplies or food for the folks in Jakarta and Bandung, you can.
(Twt links to follow underneath)
#tootSEA#Indonesia#Malaysia#Singapore #thailand #vietnam #philippines#SoutheastAsia
(Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere on fedi)
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👁️💰🚨 Achtung, Thailand: Iris-Scanning in Einkaufszentren lockt mit Krypto-Belohnungen. Doch die Risiken sind massiv – Identitätsdiebstahl, Cyberkriminalität und tiefe Eingriffe in die Privatsphäre drohen. Wie sicher sind Ihre Augen wirklich?
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👁️💰🚨 Achtung, Thailand: Iris-Scanning in Einkaufszentren lockt mit Krypto-Belohnungen. Doch die Risiken sind massiv – Identitätsdiebstahl, Cyberkriminalität und tiefe Eingriffe in die Privatsphäre drohen. Wie sicher sind Ihre Augen wirklich?
Mehr dazu jetzt auf wochenblitz.com:
👉 https://ift.tt/OtN1E3h
#ThailandNachrichten#Wochenblitz#Thailand#News#Nachrichten#LebenInThailand#DeutscheInThailand#AktuellesAusThailand
Looking to bolster his legacy as a global peacemaker, Donald Trump has boasted often in recent days that he’s ended at least six wars. Critics of the president’s record say the truth is a lot more complicated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/world/politics/trump-wars-settled-dispute/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #nobelpeaceprize #nobels #us #india #pakistan #democraticrepublicofcongo #rwanda #armenia #azerbaijan #cambodia #thailand #israel #iran #serbia #kosovo #egypt #ethiopia
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was cleared Friday of royal defamation charges, relieving one of the threats to his embattled dynasty, which has dominated the nation's politics for two decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/asia-pacific/politics/thaksin-thailand-acquitted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #thaksinshinawatra
China expressed support for Thailand and Cambodia in resolving their border dispute on Thursday and offered to provide assistance based on the wishes of both nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/asia-pacific/politics/china-cambodia-thailand-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #cambodia #thailand
Delta Electronics (Thailand), the country’s most valuable publicly traded company, is predicting "double-digit” sales growth to continue for at least the next couple of years on rising demand for AI-related tech. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/14/tech/thailand-delta-ai-boom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #thailand #ai #tech
Three Thai soldiers were injured by a land mine on Saturday while patrolling a border area near Cambodia, days after the two neighbors agreed to a detailed ceasefire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/asia-pacific/thailand-soldiers-land-mine-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia #landmines
One of Thailand’s top art galleries removed, at China's request, materials about Beijing's treatment of ethnic minorities and Hong Kong from an exhibit on authoritarian governments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/asia-pacific/politics/thai-art-gallery-authoritarian-china-pressure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #china #censorshipart #exhibitions #uyghur #hongkong #tibet
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to extend a shaky ceasefire deal that followed five days of deadly hostilities along their border last month, which led to at least 43 deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-peace-pact-extend/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #asean #temples
A Thai man who built a memorial to Japanese soldiers killed by members of a Thai resistance group during World War II hopes that their remains will be returned to their home country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/japan/thai-want-to-return-japanese-soldiers-remains/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #thailand #imperialarmy #wwii
When weeks of tensions escalated into a major border conflict with Thailand last week, former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appeared to take charge of his country's response. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/asia-pacific/politics/cambodia-hun-sen-border-thailand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hunsen #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia