By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra could tell his embattled daughter-turned-prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra sooner than later to resign as head of government to spare herself further damage from a critical legal battle in court whilst he himself could manipulate again the naming of a new one, according to
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Trump’s letter is a business negotiation tactic: Thaksin
DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra said late last night (July 9) that the letter US President Donald Trump sent to Thailand on Monday (July 7) setting August 1 as the new deadline to conclude a deal on 36 percent tariff he is imposing on the country is a business negotiation tactic, Amarin
Read moreFour Pheu Thai cabinet members tipped to resign as party-listed MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FOUR PHEU THAI cabinet members are anticipated shortly to resign as party-listed MPs so they will be immediately replaced with others in effort to secure a majority of elected lawmakers for the Pheu Thai-led coalition government, no matter how meagre and precarious it could be, according to a partisan source.
Read moreCourt-ordered ouster of Paetongtarn as culture minister sought
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SENATE WAS today (July 2) petitioned to put forward a fresh impeachment lawsuit against the newly-named Culture Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra after she has been already ordered by the Constitutional Court to stop running the country as head of government pending a court verdict on basis of allegations that she
Read morePaetongtarn stopped by court from performing as PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was today (July 1) ordered by the Constitutional Court to immediately stop running the country as head of government pending a court ruling to be delivered in about a couple of months in response to an impeachment lawsuit filed against her. The nine judges of the
Read morePaetongtarn vows to ‘export’ Thailand’s soft power to the world
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (June 30) pledged to manage to “export” Thailand’s soft power worldwide with herself taking the culture portfolio in a new cabinet lineup whilst being likely suspended by court from running the country as head of government. Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin
Read moreDemand for Paetongtarn to step down at the national unity rally
THE national unity rally at Victory Monument grew larger this evening (June 28) as more people flocked in and those there staying put despite the heavy rain with the organisers after 6 p.m. issuing a statement calling for Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to resign, Amarin TV said. The atmosphere was lively with the leaders
Read moreRed Shirts show up at Pheu Thai head office to encourage PM
HUNDREDS of Red Shirt activists went to Pheu Thai Party’s head office today (June 27) to encourage Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra amid the current political storm over her recent leaked phone call to Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen and urged her to neither dissolve the House of Representatives and call an election nor resign, Amarin
Read morePaetongtarn fears court suspension as PM, plans to take culture portfolio
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra plans to assume the culture portfolio in concurrent fashion in the wake of the probability that she would be suspended by court from performing as head of government from next week, a partisan source said today (June 27). In case that Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto
Read moreAcademics appeal to King against ‘treacherous’ Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OVER 100 SCHOLARS plan to submit a joint appeal to His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn tomorrow (June 27) asking for the monarch’s rare remark on a significant phenomenon in which Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, has evidently perpetrated what they call an
Read moreNo damage done due to private telephone talk: Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (June 24) categorically denied that her exposed conversation with Cambodian leader Hun Sen on her private cellphone has done any damage to Thailand at all. Speaking to reporters at Government House, the woman prime minister/daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, contended that
Read moreThailand cutting off power, Internet, export of oil and other goods to Cambodia
THAILAND is launching five measures to step up suppression of transnational crime in Cambodia, which was named in a UN report as one of the world’s largest global crime centres, with these including cutting off electricity supply, Internet connection and export of oil and other goods to Cambodia, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. Speaking
Read moreConstitutional Court may keep Paetongtarn from running country from July 8
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT may either practically force Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to stop running the country from early next month or simply drop charges filed against her to the extent that she has severely compromised ethics and honesty whilst handling Thai-Cambodian border conflict. The Constitutional Court is scheduled for July
Read moreThaksin to keep Paetongtarn in power until budget bill’s final reading
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has stalled for time to keep his daughter-turned-prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in power until after legislation on the 2026 government budget passes final approval in parliament in August, a partisan source said over the weekend. Thaksin, father of the besieged woman prime minister,
Read morePirapan eyed as probable replacement for Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RUAM THAI SANG CHART leader Pirapan Salirathavibhaga might probably be named prime minister in place of the besieged Paetongtarn Shinawatra following the latter’s disreputable, erroneous handling of the Thai-Cambodian conflict, a partisan source said today (June 20). De facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra has been quietly encouraged to tell
Read moreWarning that a single audio clip could lead to Thai economy collapsing
THE SWIRLING political storm over leaked audio clip of a phone call that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra made to Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen may lead to the Thai economy collapsing, TV Channel 7 quoted Mr. Poj Aramwattananon, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, as saying this evening (June 19). Thailand is currently
Read moreSenators seeking court-ordered ouster of Paetongtarn as PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN URGENT IMPEACHMENT motion was today (June 19) filed against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra by senators in pursuit of an immediate ouster of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s daughter as head of government in the wake of her disreputable, submissive manners which she has evidently displayed during a
Read morePeople’s leader slams Paetongtarn-Hun Sen conversation, calls for dissolving House
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
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
Read moreNewin, not Anutin, has final say over new cabinet lineup
By Thai Newsroom Reporters WHETHER THE BHUMJAITHAI may continue to be part of the Pheu Thai-led coalition government or depart for the opposition bloc will ultimately depend on de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob and not titular party leader Anutin Charnvirakul. Though Anutin, the current deputy prime minister-cum-interior minister, has recently threatened to leave
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