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People’s Party stalls on deciding who to back for Thai PM
Published on 01/09/2025
» The biggest party in Thailand's parliament held out on Monday in deciding whom it would back to form the next government, prolonging uncertainty as two rival camps jostled for its crucial votes following the prime minister's sacking.
Acting Thai PM 'cannot invoke House dissolution'
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 31/08/2025
» Amid speculation the Pheu Thai Party may seek a parliamentary dissolution if it fails to form a new government, the Council of State has clarified that an acting prime minister has no constitutional authority to dissolve the House of Representatives.
Phumtham denies knowledge of Thaksin-Thanathorn talks
Online Reporters, Published on 30/08/2025
» Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has denied reports that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was planning to meet Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, a key figure behind the People’s Party, as speculation mounts about the formation of a new government.
Special cabinet meeting names Phumtham acting PM
Online Reporters, Published on 30/08/2025
» Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has been appointed as acting prime minister with full authority to carry out the duties of the premiership at a special cabinet meeting on Saturday morning.
Phumtham denies seeking to move police chief
Published on 29/08/2025
» Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has dismissed speculation that national police chief Kittharath Punpetch would be transferred to the Prime Minister’s Office, insisting he has neither the authority nor the intention to remove him.
Why Thailand’s politics are in constant crisis
New York Times, Published on 29/08/2025
» It is the enduring paradox of politics in Thailand.
PM’s Export Award Honours 42 Top Thai Exporters
Published on 29/08/2025
» Exports remain a driving force of Thailand’s economy, a role underscored by the Prime Minister’s Export Award 2025 (PM’s Export Award 2025). Now in its 33rd year, the award ceremony was held at Burachat Chaiyakorn Hall, Ministry of Commerce, under the theme “BRIDGE TO BRILLIANCE: Empowering Success Toward International Growth and Sustainability.”
Canny FM averted an earlier land grab
Oped, Published on 25/08/2025
» In early 2006, during the Thai prime minister's visit to Cambodia, Cambodia's PM Hun Sen casually said to his visiting counterpart, Thaksin Shinawatra, "Let's visit Preah Vihear temple together, as two friendly prime ministers.
Thailand's costly political shenanigans
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 22/08/2025
» In a country of 70 million where a handful of men can remove an elected government time and again, there can be no stability and progress, only tension and regression. This is how Thailand can be characterised over the past two decades. It is now going through yet another cycle of heightened political instability with the potential collapse of the government under suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in the footsteps of previous leaders who were similarly ousted by the Constitutional Court.
War on drugs now a national priority, says acting PM
Post Reporters, Published on 20/08/2025
» Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has declared the fight against illicit drugs a national priority, calling for collaboration across all sectors to combat the crisis.