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Home free, ex-PM tycoon Thaksin unlikely to retire quietly
Published on 19/02/2024
» In his final months in self-imposed exile avoiding jail, Thailand's billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declared his time as a fugitive was over and he was ready to face the music.
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Pheu Thai's big gamble
News, Published on 27/01/2024
» With the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) study on the 500-billion-baht digital wallet scheme now made public, the ruling Pheu Thai Party stands at a crossroads, according to political observers.
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Shady dealings
Published on 18/12/2023
» Re: "Night venues warned to respect late opening rules", (BP, Dec 16).
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Zuma deals new blow to ANC hopes in S. Africa election
AFP, Published on 16/12/2023
» SOWETO (SOUTH AFRICA) - Former South African president Jacob Zuma on Saturday drove a new split in the ruling African National Congress, calling for a boycott of the party in a landmark 2024 election.
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Serbia’s strongman seeks final act that will decide his legacy
Reuters, Published on 15/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic joked earlier this year about how he saw the mood of the country he has led for almost a decade: "People are getting fed up with me."
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Prabowo gets a TikTok makeover
News, Published on 12/12/2023
» Indonesians will get a chance to hear from their presidential and vice-presidential hopefuls in the first of five televised debates this week. The theme of the discussion is, among other issues, human rights. It should provide an opportunity for voters in the world's third-largest democracy to probe the calibre and character of the front-runner for the country's top job.
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Chalermchai to lead Democrats
Published on 10/12/2023
» Acting leader of the Democrat Party, Chalermchai Sri-on, was on Saturday elected its new leader amid speculation the party, the country's oldest, was at risk of crumbling.
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Thailand's semi-democracy returns
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 01/12/2023
» The appointment of Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha as privy councillor has neatly bookended Thai politics over the past decade. It coincides with the 10-year anniversary of the street demonstrations that were led by the People's Democratic Reform Committee, paving the way for Gen Prayut to stage a military coup in May 2014. While the interim was a period of hard and soft military-authoritarian rule in 2014-19 and 2019-23, the new moving balance in Thai politics is a semi-democracy of sorts under the Pheu Thai Party-led coalition government.
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PM faces legal challenges after controversial speech
Post Reporters, Published on 23/11/2023
» Opponents of Srettha Thavisin say the prime minister could face serious legal problems after apparently referring to his party MPs' influences on police promotion - problems that could even include removal from the premiership and the stripping of his electoral rights.
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