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Thai ruling party vows to resolve Cambodia row as election nears

Thailand's Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said his party, Bhumjaithai, will maintain its stance to protect Thailand’s sovereignty.
Thailand's Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said his party, Bhumjaithai, will maintain its stance to protect Thailand’s sovereignty.

Thailand’s Anutin picked as PM candidate in 'consequential' February polls

Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, a Bhumjaithai Party leader and prime ministerial candidate, gestures during an event to unveil policies ahead of the general election in February, in Bangkok, Thailand, December 24, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, a Bhumjaithai Party leader and prime ministerial candidate, gestures during an event to unveil policies ahead of the general election in February, in Bangkok, Thailand, December 24, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

Explainer-Thailand's snap election: How will it play out?

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul looks on ahead of making offerings to monks, on the day he speaks to members of the media to announce the dissolution of parliament at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, December 12, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul looks on ahead of making offerings to monks, on the day he speaks to members of the media to announce the dissolution of parliament at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, December 12, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

Former Thai PM Paetongtarn steps back from politics, says Thaksin under stress in prison

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra poses with his daughter Thailand's sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra as they arrive at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on September 9, 2025, ahead of a ruling on whether he properly served a prison term in 2023. Thailand's recently removed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resigned on October 22, 2025 as leader of the party founded by her father, ex-premier Thaksin, signaling the potential end of the family's decades-long political dynasty. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra poses with his daughter Thailand's sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra as they arrive at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on September 9, 2025, ahead of a ruling on whether he properly served a prison term in 2023. Thailand's recently removed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resigned on October 22, 2025 as leader of the party founded by her father, ex-premier Thaksin, signaling the potential end of the family's decades-long political dynasty. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Ex-Thai PM Paetongtarn steps down as Pheu Thai leader, pledges total ‘overhaul’ of party

Former Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra framed her resignation as the first step in implementing a strategic reform announced earlier in October.
Former Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra framed her resignation as the first step in implementing a strategic reform announced earlier in October.

Jailed Thaksin has high blood pressure, sleep problems and hair loss: Paetongtarn

Thailand's sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (centre) leaving the prison where her father Thaksin is jailed on Sept 15, the first of such prison visits. His family made a second visit on Sept 18.
Thailand's sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (centre) leaving the prison where her father Thaksin is jailed on Sept 15, the first of such prison visits. His family made a second visit on Sept 18.

In Thailand’s rural heartland, former Thaksin loyalists count cost of nation’s ‘lost decades’

TOPSHOT - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) is escorted into a police van outside the Supreme Court in Bangkok on September 9, 2025, after he was sentenced to a year in prison. Thailand's Supreme Court ordered on September 9, that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra be taken to jail immediately to serve one year behind bars, after ruling his 2023 prison term was incorrectly served. (Photo by Panumas SANGUANWONG / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP)
TOPSHOT - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) is escorted into a police van outside the Supreme Court in Bangkok on September 9, 2025, after he was sentenced to a year in prison. Thailand's Supreme Court ordered on September 9, that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra be taken to jail immediately to serve one year behind bars, after ruling his 2023 prison term was incorrectly served. (Photo by Panumas SANGUANWONG / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP)

'I lose my freedom today': Thailand's Thaksin jailed in fall from grace

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrive at the Supreme Court ahead of a verdict on the legality of Thaksin's six-month hospital stay before he was granted a parole, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrive at the Supreme Court ahead of a verdict on the legality of Thaksin's six-month hospital stay before he was granted a parole, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thailand’s top court to deliver judgment on tycoon Thaksin dodging jail

FILE PHOTO: Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra looks on ahead of a panel discussion with Thai broadcaster Nation TV in Bangkok, Thailand, July 9, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/ File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra looks on ahead of a panel discussion with Thai broadcaster Nation TV in Bangkok, Thailand, July 9, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/ File Photo

Thailand's Thaksin Shinawatra returns from overseas ahead of court verdict

A car in the motorcade believed to be carrying Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra drives by after leaving a private jet terminal at Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, after he flew out of the country for what he claimed was a medical check-up in Dubai ahead of a key court case, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 8, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
A car in the motorcade believed to be carrying Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra drives by after leaving a private jet terminal at Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, after he flew out of the country for what he claimed was a medical check-up in Dubai ahead of a key court case, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 8, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.