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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre) looks on as Thailand’s Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow (right) shakes hands with Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn during a meeting in China’s Yunnan province on December 29, 2025. Photo: Agence Kampuchea Presse/AFP
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Ruling Thai party vows to end Cambodia conflict, close scam hubs if it wins poll

Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Bhumjaithai’s second candidate after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, believes his party has popular support.

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Border row aids Anutin as Shinawatras play catch up in Thai election

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Who is running for Thai PM? Unofficial campaign starts as parties name candidates

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From PM purge to border bombs: Thailand’s year of upheaval

As the country mourns the loss of Queen Mother Sirikit amid political chaos and a sluggish economy, Lisa’s global reign lights up Thai public.

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Rescue workers extinguishing a fire at a house after it was hit by Cambodian rocket strikes during clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops, at a village in Kantharalak district, Si Sa Ket province, Thailand, on December 14. Photo: EPA/Royal Thai Army
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Will holiday high season survive Thai-Cambodian border conflict?

Curfews, increased airport screening and the bombing of the province housing Angkor Wat have rattled foreign travellers.

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Thailand’s sidelined reformists battle ‘baan yai’ dynasties to repeat poll win

It could become ‘everybody vs the People’s Party’ as old power networks unite to crush the movement that won the popular vote in 2023.

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Thailand court orders Thaksin to pay US$540 million in tax dispute

The Supreme Court overturned a prior decision, ordering Thaksin pay tax on his Shin Corporation sale to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings in 2006.

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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok in September, photo: dpa
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11 Thaksin supporters jailed 15 years after 2010 Bangkok protests

The 2010 protests, backing former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, resulted in over 90 deaths and concluded with a lethal army crackdown.

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Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin seeks royal pardon for 1-year jail sentence

Thaksin’s request for a royal pardon could lead to the reduction of his current one-year jail sentence.

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Jailed former Thai prime minister Thaksin has new job overseeing sewer cleaning

As a foreman, Thaksin Shinawatra is unlikely to get his hands dirty and will be allowed to leave the prison during work hours.

Former Thai prime ministers Thaksin and Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrive at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on September 9. Photo: dpa
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Asian Angle | Thai politics is no longer orange, yellow and red. Anutin turned it blue

The political colours of 2023 have faded as Thailand’s progressive and dynastic parties embrace the new PM’s Bhumjaithai blue of compromise.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul attends a press conference at Bhumjaithai party headquarters on September 7. Photo: Reuters
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No special privileges for Thailand’s Thaksin in jail, lawyer says

Thaksin has been placed in an area used for quarantine and elderly inmates, and remains under standard security measures, the lawyer says.

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SCMP Highlights

Malaysian mall risks boycott, Thailand’s Thaksin imprisoned: 7 Asia highlights

From Thaksin’s fall from grace to Nepal’s historic new interim prime minister, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

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Anutin’s ascent: how the ‘new face’ of Thailand’s elite took control

A master political operator and heir to a construction empire, Thailand’s new prime minister rose to power with ruthless pragmatism.

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Video | Ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra to serve 1 year in jail

The ruling is the latest blow for the once unstoppable Shinawatra family, just days after Thaksin’s daughter was removed as prime minister.

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Thaksin Shinawatra’s fall from grace ends in a Thai prison cell

A judge ruled that the billionaire ex-PM’s time in a VIP hospital room could not count as time served towards his jail sentence.

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Thaksin back in Thailand ahead of court verdict

Thaksin could be imprisoned if judges decide that the six months he spent in hospital in 2023 instead of jail does not count as time served.

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Thailand’s next PM Anutin reaffirms promise to hold fresh election

New leader Anutin Charnvirakul says parliament is expected to be dissolved in four months, and will form his cabinet as soon as possible.

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Anutin Charnvirakul performs a traditional greeting to thank lawmakers after being elected as prime minister during a voting session at parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday. Photo: EPA
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Thai parliament elects Anutin as new PM, ending political stalemate

Under a deal with the opposition People’s Party, Anutin must call a fresh election within four months of being sworn in.

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Thailand’s Thaksin flies to Dubai after missing Singapore landing deadline

Thaksin said he will return to the country for a court ruling next week amid speculation that he could flee a possible jail term again.

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Groundhog day as Thai court sacks PM and Shinawatra clan runs out of options

Thailand faces political paralysis, with no obvious candidate on hand to lead the fragile ruling coalition in parliament.

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Thailand’s sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra waves from a car as she leaves Government House after her dismissal by the Constitutional Court in Bangkok on Friday. Photo: AFP
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Video | Thai ex-PM acquitted on ‘royal insult’ charges

The former Thai leader faced lèse-majesté charges brought by the royalist military for a 2015 interview with foreign media while in self-imposed exile.

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Thaksin cleared of royal insult charges, but Thai politics remain tense

The acquittal offers relief, but uncertainty surrounds Thaksin’s political dynasty as his daughter, Paetongtarn, faces legal challenges.

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Thailand-Cambodia truce holds, but Asean faces ‘reality check’

While a ceasefire offers relief, the crisis has exposed the limitations of Anwar’s informal diplomacy and Asean’s foundational principles.

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Thailand-Cambodia border war fears surge as rockets kill 12

Thai air strikes rained down on Cambodia as 40,000 Thais fled deadly Cambodian rocket attacks and Bangkok accused Phnom Penh of ‘war crimes’.

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Smoke billows from the roof of a convenience store attached to a petrol station in Thailand’s Sisaket province after it was hit by a rocket strike from Cambodia on Thursday. Photo: Facebook/ Chatchak Ratsamikaeo / AFP
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PM’s suspension reignites debate on ‘judicial activism’ of Thailand’s courts

Legal scholars warn court’s intervention ‘remains likely in the future’ and electoral mandates risk being curtailed by conservative power centres.

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Court-suspended Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (centre) talks to ministry officials in her new role as culture minister in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday. Photo: EPA
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Thailand and Cambodia tensions escalate as Hun Sen targets Paetongtarn

The Cambodian strongman’s heated tirade is a ‘calculated’ move to boost local support while deflecting international scrutiny, analysts say.

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Protests erupt in Thailand demanding Paetongtarn’s removal after leaked call

Outrage over the recorded call mostly revolves around the prime minister calling a Thai military commander ‘an opponent’.

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