PEOPLE’S LEADER Nattapong Ruangpanyawut criticised what Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said in a leaked audio clip of her recent telephone conversation with former Cambodian prime minister and current Senate President Hun Sen pointing out that a Thai leader should not say the army is an opposition camp while calling for dissolution of House of
Day: June 18, 2025
PM angry at Hun Sen releasing audio clip of private phone call
PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra this afternoon (June 18) admitted that the a leaked audio clip of her telephone conversation with former Cambodian prime minister and current Senate President Hun Sen is real while criticising him for releasing it and ruling out anymore private chats, Naewna newspaper said. Asked by reporters that in saying Second
Read moreBhumjaithai rejects Pheu Thai call for return of interior portfolio
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI LEADER Anutin Charnvirakul today (June 18) categorically denied a persistent Pheu Thai demand for an immediate return of the interior portfolio to the core of the current coalition though such an ultimate dismissal would likely prompt an ouster of the second largest coalition partner from the Pheu Thai-led government.
Read moreThai May exports jump 18.4% y/y, well above forecast
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S customs-cleared exports jumped 18.4 percent in May from a year earlier, the commerce ministry said on Wednesday (June 18), beating analysts’ expectations. The reading compared with a forecast 6.7 percent year-on-year increase for May in a Reuters poll, and followed April’s 10.2 percent rise. In the first
Read moreBhumjaithai told to return interior portfolio within couple of days
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI, core of the current coalition, has bluntly told the Bhumjaithai, the second largest coalition partner, to return the interior portfolio to the largest ruling party within a couple of days or else the latter could be eventually expelled from the coalition government. The Pheu Thai under Prime
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