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
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
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
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra testified in court on Wednesday, seeking to defend himself against royal defamation charges in a watershed case for his faltering political dynasty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/asia-pacific/thaksin-defamation-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #paetongtarnshinawatra #thailand #thaksinshinawatra #lesemajeste
Thailand has been plunged into its latest political crisis by the suspension of its prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/asia-pacific/politics/thai-political-crisis-prime-minister/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #paetongtarnshinawatra #cambodia #hunsen #southeastasia
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra being suspended raises fresh doubts about her survival, the country’s economy and the future of a dynasty that has loomed over the nation for decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/asia-pacific/politics/thai-leader-suspension-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #paetongtarnshinawatra #thailand #southeastasia
It was a Thai court decision last year that swept Paetongtarn Shinawatra into the prime minister's office and now, once again, the fate of the 38-year-old novice politician lies in the hands of the judiciary. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/asia-pacific/politics/thai-premier-fate-limbo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #paetongtarnshinawatra #thailand #hunsen #thaksinshinawatra
Thailand’s most influential political dynasty is facing two high-profile legal battles that could worsen the country's political uncertainty and risk bringing government functioning to a standstill. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/asia-pacific/politics/thai-political-crisis-shinawatra/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #paetongtarnshinawatra #thailand #hunsen #thaksinshinawatra
Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in Bangkok on Saturday, demanding Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resign after a leaked diplomatic phone call stirred public anger over her leadership. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-protest-resignation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #paetongtarnshinawatra
Thailand's controversial ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra goes on trial for lese-majeste next week with the kingdom teetering on the brink of political chaos. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-political-crisis-looms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #thaksinshinawatra #paetongtarnshinawatra
Thailand's Bhumjaithai party, which left the ruling coalition last week, said it will seek a parliamentary no confidence vote against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinwatra and her Cabinet. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-prime-minster-no-confidence-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #paetongtarnshinawatra #hunsen
Thailand announced a raft of security and trade measures to cripple transnational crime syndicates in Cambodia as Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra seeks an upper hand in a simmering border dispute with its neighbor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-scam-centers-border/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #paetongtarnshinawatra #southeastasia