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Farmers working the fields in Isaan region, Thailand. Photo: Shutterstock

‘We can breathe’: Thailand’s poorest hail US$14 billion cash handout scheme

Critics say the move to give Thailand’s poorest a US$300 cash subsidy papers over structural issues that are holding back the economy.

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Is Thai mega project a land bridge too far for ‘desperate’ government?

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Thaksin is back, but can the Shinawatras win over a changing Thailand?

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Thailand’s new PM Paetongtarn to remain in father Thaksin’s ‘shadow’: analysts

Thaksin will ‘hold even more sway’ over policymaking behind the scenes, with pro-China stance expected to continue, observers note.

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Pheu Thai party’s leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra after the Thai parliament confirms her as the country’s next prime minister, in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Thailand to indict ex-PM Thaksin over royal insult

Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin to face trial for royal defamation

Thailand’s lese-majeste law, which carries up to 15 years in jail per conviction, has been wielded against pro-democracy activists in recent years.

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Ethics probe into Thailand PM Srettha seen as power play by country’s old powers

The prime minister faces potential removal if the Constitutional Court finds his appointment of Pichit Chuenban breached ethics rules

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Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin at a news conference in Bangkok on April 10. Photo: AP

Thaksin’s parole stirs anger at ‘double standards’ across political spectrum

Critics are concerned that conflict could ensue if Thaksin remains ‘above the law’ amid mounting speculation of his return to politics.

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Jailed ex-Thai leader Thaksin to be released Sunday, PM Srettha says

Thaksin has been in hospital detention since August, after making a dramatic homecoming from living abroad for 15 years in self-exile to avoid prison for a conflict of interest.

Former Thai PM Thaksin charged with royal insult

Thailand has some of the world’s strictest royal defamation laws protecting King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his close family, with each charge bringing a potential 15-year prison sentence.

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Thailand’s attorney general is considering prosecuting convicted former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra over an alleged insult of the powerful monarchy. Photo: AFP

Jailed Thai ex-PM Thaksin qualifies for ‘special’ parole next month

Thaksin, whose eight-year jail sentence was commuted to a year following a royal pardon, qualifies for release on parole next month due to his age and health.

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Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra waves at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok on August 22. Photo: Reuters

‘Most popular’ Thaksin could play advisory role after jail release, says Thai PM

Thailand PM Srettha Thavisin says Thaksin Shinawatra can play a role in the government, and that it would be ‘unwise’ of him not to seek the ex-premier’s opinion.

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Thaksin’s daughter says ex-Thai leader fatigued as hospital stay criticism grows

Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand last week after 15 years of self-imposed exile and was immediately sent to prison, but was transferred to a hospital just hours after he began serving an eight-year sentence.

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Thailand’s Thaksin spotted at Cambodian leader Hun Sen’s birthday party

Just a day earlier the former prime minister had said he would delay plans to return to Thailand following years of self-imposed exile.

Outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, gives a souvenir to former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on Saturday. Photo: AP

Thaksin Shinawatra returning to Thailand from exile on August 10: daughter

The 74-year-old former PM is a bogeyman for Thailand’s pro-military and royalist establishment and his return could inflame an already tense political situation.

Thailand’s self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra pictured in Hong Kong in 2019. Photo: AFP

Just 2 days after giving birth ‘Ung-Ing’ Shinawatra resumes Thai PM campaign

Paetongtarn Shinawatra said her new baby boy wouldn’t affect her ability to rally support for her Pheu Thai Party with just under two weeks to go before the polls.

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Leading Thai PM candidate ‘Ung-Ing’ Shinawatra gives birth to baby boy

The birth of Thasin comes two week’s ahead of Thailand’s May 14 elections, in which Paetongtarn ‘Ung-Ing’ Shinawatra’s Pheu Thai Party is expected to win the most lower-house seats.

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As Thaksin’s daughter readies for Thai polls, army and youth pose challenges

Paetongtarn faces challenges from the pro-military camp backing incumbent PM Prayuth on the right and the youth-centric Move Forward Party on the left.

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Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who is expected to be prime minister candidate for Pheu Thai Party, is the youngest daughter of exiled former deposed Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra. Photo: AP

Thailand dissolves parliament for election

Polls are expected to highlight long-running political battle between conservative pro-military establishment and billionaire Shinawatra family.

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Paetongtarn for PM? Thaksin’s daughter banks on nostalgia to win Thailand polls

Paetongtarn Shinawatra is emerging as the candidate to beat in elections expected by May. She is far ahead in the opinion polls, with twice the support of incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.

Thailand ‘needs to be fixed’ and Pheu Thai is one to do it: Thaksin’s daughter

Paetongtarn Shinawatra says she’s confident of a landslide election win for her party and is ‘100 per cent ready’ to be a nominee for prime minister.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, pictured at a Pheu Thai party general assembly meeting last month. Photo: AP

About 3 in 4 Thais think Thaksin’s Pheu Thai Party should be in charge: poll

Pheu Thai has said it’s aiming for a ‘landslide’ win in a general election expected early next year, as it seeks to end nearly a decade of military-backed rule.

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Photo: AP

Thailand politics: 4 ways Prayuth Chan-ocha’s suspension might play out

Will he stay or will he go? Thailand’s Constitutional Court is set to rule on former junta chief Prayuth’s fate – but that could take months, and the suspended prime minister has other options in the meantime.

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Can exiled former Thai leader Thaksin sway redshirts to oust Prayuth in 2023 election?

Thaksin Shinawatra, from his base in Dubai, has raised the redshirt members from their dormancy, calling on supporters to vote strategically next year to give the Pheu Thai Party a landslide win and effectively end Prayuth Chan-ocha’s eight-year tenure.

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Thai protesters gather to ‘kick out’ PM on anniversary of 2006 coup

Thaksin Shinawatra’s supporters, mostly from Thailand’s working class, were known as ‘red shirts’, but he was despised by Bangkok elites and the powerful military.

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Anti-government protesters displayed the three-finger salute at a rally calling for the resignation of the prime minister in Bangkok. Photo: EPA

Thai court voids order for ex-PM Yingluck to pay US$1.1 billion

The finance ministry had sought compensation in 2016 for a money-losing rice farming subsidy programme launched by the former prime minister’s administration.

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Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok in August 2017 to make her final statements in a trial on a charge of criminal negligence. Photo: AP

Thailand protests explained

‘Government’s got no game’: are Thai protesters gaining the upper hand?

Six weeks since the country’s young pro-democracy movement demanded reform, the government seems uncertain of its next step as it considers the ramifications of yet another brutal crackdown.

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Yingluck Shinawatra
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21 Jun 1967
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last updated:
7 October, 2024
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