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3 months ago

Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra Sworn in as Prime Minister

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of divisive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was sworn into office as Thailand’s next prime minister on August 18, two days after her election by the Thai parliament. At a subsequent press conference, Paetongtarn vowed to “serve everyone equally and wholeheartedly,” and to govern for “every age, every gender, every diversity.” “I am committed to pushing …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Thailand’s slumping economy is new leader Paetongtarn’s focus in her first parliamentary speech

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Thailand’s new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra vowed Thursday in her inaugural speech to Parliament to continue many of her predecessor’s plans to solve the country’s economic woes. Paetongtarn, the leader of the ruling Pheu Thai Party and daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, took office last month after a court ousted Srettha Thavisin from his post over …

Military Prime Prime Minister Thai Thailand Paetongtarn Pheu Thai

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Thai King endorses new cabinet under PM Paetongtarn

China Daily

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. BANGKOK --Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed members of a new cabinet under the leadership of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a royal command said on Wednesday. According to the official Royal Gazette, the king appointed 35 cabinet ministers as selected by Paetongtarn, including six deputy prime ministers and other ministers, after her endorsement as the …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Paetongtarn Shinawatra | Rise of the scion

The Hindu

Thailand is now led by a third Shinawatra as 38-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra was elected Prime Minister on August 18. Following in her billionaire father Thaksin and aunt Yingluck’s footsteps, Ms. Paetongtarn is the youngest and only second woman Prime Minister of the Southeast Asian monarchy. Ms. Paetongtarn, who grew up watching the dramatic rise and fall of her father in …

Party Prime Minister Thailand Her Father Paetongtarn Thaksin Srettha

4 months ago

Thailand pushing ahead with plan to legalise massive casino 'entertainment complexes'

ABC

Thailand's stunning beaches, delicious food, unique cultural heritage and red light districts are already big drawcards for tourists. Robert Goldstein, the chief executive of casino and resort company Las Vegas Sands which operates casinos in Macau and the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, earlier this year said the company "absolutely" had interest in Thailand. "Thai society is changing but it's …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Neighbourhood troubles: On India and instability in the region

The Hindu

Thailand’s youngest Prime Minister, 37-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra, was elected by the Parliament on Friday after the constitutional court oustedSrettha Thavisin. Significantly, the court held Mr. Srettha guilty of ethical violations for appointing a Cabinet Minister who had been convicted for attempting to bribe a judge overseeing Mr. Thaksin’s corruption cases more than a decade ago. The developments come at a …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand's youngest Prime Minister

The Hindu

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. She will "The country has to move ahead," Ms. Paetongtarn, the youngest of Thaksin's three children, told reporters after winning Pheu Thai's nomination on Thursday. Father’s Long Shadow Ms. Paetongtarn spent her childhood …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Thailand: Thaksin's daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra elected prime minister

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Thailand’s Parliament elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister Friday, continuing the legacy of the political dynasty that began with her father Thaksin Shinawatra, one of Thailand’s most popular but divisive political figures. Leader of the People’s Party, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, standing, debates before a vote to select a new prime minister at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Thai lawmakers to elect new prime minister

Hindustan Times

Thai lawmakers will vote Friday on whether to appoint Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the country's new prime minister, elevating a third member of the Shinawatra dynasty to the kingdom's top job. Thai lawmakers to elect new prime minister {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Paetongtarn, 37, whose father and aunt have served as premier, would become the youngest leader in Thailand's history as …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, elected Thailand's new prime minister

ABC

Thailand's parliament has voted to approve the daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra as the new prime minister, two days after a court removed the last incumbent over an ethics violation. Ms Paetongtarn is Thailand's second female prime minister and the country's third leader from the Shinawatra family, after her father and her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra. Adam Simpson, …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Thailand’s Parliament elects as prime minister the daughter of divisive former leader Thaksin

LA Times

Leader of the Pheu Thai party and the new prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, arrives at the party’s headquarters in Bangkok on Friday. Thailand’s Parliament elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister Friday, continuing the legacy of the political dynasty that began with her father, Thaksin Shinawatra, one of Thailand’s most popular but divisive political figures. She was named one of Pheu …

Prime Political Party Prime Minister Minister Thai Thailand

4 months, 1 week ago

Thailand Prime Minister Srettha removed from office by court order over ethics violation

The Hindu

A court in Thailand on Wednesday removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethical violation, further shaking up Thai politics after the court-ordered dissolution of the main Opposition party a week ago. Mr. Srettha had appointed Pichit Chuenban as a Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office in a Cabinet reshuffle in April. The petition against Mr. Srettha was …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin removed from office by court order over an ethics violation

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Court removes Prime Minister Srettha from office in another ruling shaking up Thailand’s politics

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Thailand’s Constitutional Court removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethical violation Wednesday, further shaking up Thai politics after ordering the dissolution of the main opposition party a week ago. Phumtham Wechayachai of Srettha’s Pheu Thai party and first deputy prime minister and commerce minister under him is expected to become acting prime minister. The United …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Thai Prime Minister Srettha removed from office by a court order

LA Times

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin listens to a question from a reporter during a news conference in Bangkok after a court removed him from office Wednesday. A court in Thailand on Wednesday removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethical violation, further shaking up Thai politics after it ordered the dissolution of the main opposition party a week …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Thailand's constitutional court removes Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over ethical violations

ABC

Thailand's Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office for violating the constitution over a cabinet appointment. Thai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party Photo shows a crowd of thai politicians do a thumbs-up gesture Thailand's Constitutional Court has ruled to dissolve the opposition Move Forward Party. The same court last week dissolved the anti-establishment Move Forward Party, …

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5 months ago

Thai PM seeks extra $3.4 billion for stimulus as lawmakers criticise handout plan

Hindustan Times

By Orathai Sriring Thai PM seeks extra $3.4 billion for stimulus as lawmakers criticise handout plan BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday tabled an additional 122 billion baht budget for the 2024 fiscal year for his signature stimulus programme, as lawmakers held a debate to scrutinise the much-criticised handout scheme. "The government needs the budget to stimulate …

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6 months ago

Conspiracy theorists often talk about the 'deep state'. This is what one might actually look like

ABC

Former US president Donald Trump and his ardent MAGA army have long argued without evidence that a "deep state" is pulling the strings of American democracy, with the justice system the latest target of these false accusations. The progressive Move Forward Party enjoyed unprecedented success at the polls, finishing first in the general election on a platform to amend the …

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6 months ago

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin is in trouble again as he’s indicted for royal defamation

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was indicted and arraigned Tuesday on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have rattled Thai politics. His case is just one of the several that have complicated Thai politics since the Pheu Thai government took office after the Senate — a conservative, military-appointed body …

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6 months ago

Thaksin indicted for alleged insult of monarchy, granted bail

China Daily

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters after landing at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport on August 22, 2023. Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was on June 18 indicted for allegedly insulting the monarchy in a media interview nine years ago, but was granted bail by a court, helping him avoid pre-trial detention. On June 18, Thailand's Criminal …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Why four court cases could unleash a new crisis in Thai politics

Al Jazeera

Courts due to hear cases on Tuesday on PM Srettha Thavisin, the Move Forward Party, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra and the Senate elections. The future of Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin as well as its leading opposition party looks set to be decided this week in four key court rulings that risk triggering a new political crisis. The courts are …

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7 months ago

The Constitutional Court of Thailand agrees to hear a case that could imperil the prime minister

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Thailand’s Constitutional Court accepted a petition Thursday from members of the country’s outgoing Senate to begin an ethics probe against the prime minister over his appointment of a Cabinet member. The court ruled that Srettha’s appointment of Pichit Chuenban as minister of the Prime Minister’s Office was in violation of Section 160 of the constitution, which requires those …

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7 months ago

Thai court to hear ethics case calling for removal of PM

Al Jazeera

Judges accept petition seeking Srettha Thavisin’s removal over cabinet appointment of lawyer who did jail time. Thailand’s Constitutional Court will examine a plea seeking to remove Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over his cabinet appointment of a lawyer with a criminal conviction. The senators had complained that Srettha’s appointment last month of former lawyer Pichit Chuenban, jailed six months in 2008 …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return to countries they fled for safety

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Human Rights Watch urged the Thai government to stop forcing political dissidents who fled to Thailand for safety to return to their home countries, where they may face torture, persecution or death. Human Rights Watch called this a quid-pro-quo form of transnational repression “in which foreign dissidents are effectively traded for critics of the Thai government living abroad.” …

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Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra Sworn in as Prime Minister

Thailand’s slumping economy is new leader Paetongtarn’s focus in her first parliamentary speech

Thai King endorses new cabinet under PM Paetongtarn

Paetongtarn Shinawatra | Rise of the scion

Thailand pushing ahead with plan to legalise massive casino 'entertainment complexes'

Neighbourhood troubles: On India and instability in the region

Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand's youngest Prime Minister

Thailand: Thaksin's daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra elected prime minister

Thai lawmakers to elect new prime minister

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, elected Thailand's new prime minister

Thailand’s Parliament elects as prime minister the daughter of divisive former leader Thaksin

Thailand Prime Minister Srettha removed from office by court order over ethics violation

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin removed from office by court order over an ethics violation

Court removes Prime Minister Srettha from office in another ruling shaking up Thailand’s politics

Thai Prime Minister Srettha removed from office by a court order

Thailand's constitutional court removes Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over ethical violations

Thai PM seeks extra $3.4 billion for stimulus as lawmakers criticise handout plan

Conspiracy theorists often talk about the 'deep state'. This is what one might actually look like

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin is in trouble again as he’s indicted for royal defamation

Thaksin indicted for alleged insult of monarchy, granted bail

Why four court cases could unleash a new crisis in Thai politics

The Constitutional Court of Thailand agrees to hear a case that could imperil the prime minister

Thai court to hear ethics case calling for removal of PM

Rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return to countries they fled for safety