August 2024
Young, Instagram-friendly heir becomes Thailand’s new PM
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the 37-year-old daughter of the political power broker Thaksin Shinawatra, is becoming prime minister at a chaotic time.
- Sui-Lee Wee
September 2023
- Opinion
- World politics
Pheu Thai puts populist face on Thailand’s discredited establishment
The governing Thai party is risking a lot with its alliance with the remnants of the junta government. It could all just end in yet more political instability.
- Liam Gammon
August 2023
Exiled Thai billionaire ex-PM flies home, and straight to jail
Thaksin Shinawatra flew home to Thailand in his private jet, adding to the country’s political drama on a day that parliament was to vote for a new prime minister.
- Updated
- Napat Wesshasartar and Juarawee Kittisilpa
Thailand’s gridlock intensifies as investors flee
A vote to name the next prime minister has been postponed, prolonging a political deadlock that has raised questions about Thailand’s stability since a May election.
- Patpicha Tanakasempipat
- Opinion
- World elections
Will Thailand’s conservatives finally make peace with Thaksin?
The long struggle between democratic reformers and Thailand’s conservative establishment may now be entering a new phase, with the reappearance of a political veteran.
- Updated
- Patrick Jory
July 2023
Prison, protests or power await Thailand’s poll winner
Parliament is due to vote on whether to make 42-year-old businessman Pita Limjaroenrat the country’s next prime minister.
- Grant Peck
May 2023
Thai election winner in coalition talks as Senate threatens block
It is the first meeting between leaders of the new coalition after the pro-democracy parties swept the election that saw a record voter turnout and defeat of parties aligned to the pro-military establishment.
- Patpicha Tanakasempipat
Thais reject military rule in election ‘earthquake’
Voters overwhelmingly sought to end nearly a decade of military rule, casting ballots for the junior opposition, the radical Move Forward party.
- Updated
- Emma Connors
- Opinion
- World elections
Military likely victim of Thailand’s messy election
The opposition is leading the polls ahead of Thailand’s election, but it may need the support of smaller parties and even military backed ones to form government.
- Greg Raymond
April 2022
- Opinion
- Democracy
Why full democracy and development have eluded South-East Asia
The hybrid regimes and middle-income economies of South-East Asia remain stuck in both a developmental and a democratic rut.
- Dan Slater
December 2020
Thailand's provincial elections a test of democracy
The elections in Thailand's 76 provinces outside the capital Bangkok are the first since Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who kept power after last year's ballot, overthrew an elected government in a military coup.
- Matthew Tostevin and Panarat Thepgumpanat
February 2020
Rio accused of 'weak' silence over ex-PM's jailing
Rio Tinto has been accused of weakness and failing to speak up for the rule of law by lawyers for the former Mongolian prime minister who revived the mine.
- Peter Ker