India plans to repatriate some 500 of its nationals who fled over the border into Thailand following a military raid on a notorious scam center in Myanmar, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/crime-legal/india-repatriation-myanmar-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #india #myanmar #thailand #anutincharnvirakul
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
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