Big blow for Thailand's Shinawatra dynasty as court sacks PM for ethics violation

Thailand's Constitutional Court dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office on Friday for an ethics violation after only a year in power, dealing another crushing blow to the ... Read More

Thailand's Shinawatra dynasty faces triple court test that could upend politics

Thailand's billionaire Shinawatra family is bracing for a series of high-stakes court decisions starting Friday that could test its political resilience, with the prospect of an early election and ... Read More

Why Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed as Thailand’s PM and what it means for fragile political landscape

Why Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed as Thailand’s PM and what it means for fragile political landscape - Court ruling follows leaked call with Hun Sen as tensions rise over deadly clash and histori ... Read More

Thailand’s prime minister removed from office over leaked phone call scandal with Cambodian strongman

A Thai court removed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office on Friday, ruling that her controversial phone call with Cambodia’s former leader breached ethics rules, in a move that plunges ... Read More

Thailand’s political path is shadowed by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s dramas

Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire former prime minister of Thailand, remains one of the country’s most influential and controversial figures nearly two decades after being ousted in a 2006 military ... Read More

Thailand’s politically influential Shinawatra family is fading from centre stage – for now

The Pheu Thai party, whose de facto leader is Paetongtarn’s father and former Thai prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, lost its bid to lead the next government one week later. Then, on September 9, ... Read More

Thai prime minister removed by court, triggering power scramble

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's Constitutional Court dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Friday for an ethics violation, in another crushing blow to the Shinawatra political dynasty that ... Read More

Thai court fires PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra for ethics violation

Paetongtarn becomes the sixth premier from or backed by the billionaire Shinawatra family to be removed by the military or judiciary. Read More

Thai court dismisses prime minister over compromising phone call with Cambodian leader

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, ruling that she violated ethics rules in a phone call with a high-ranking Cambodian official. Read More