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Thailand Gets Another Premier as More Political Drama Looms

(Bloomberg) -- Thailand’s turbulent politics took a breather on Friday with the selection of the country’s third prime minister since 2023, but the developments also hint at further drama ahead.
Time

Thailand’s Opposition Leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut Is ‘Ready to Run the Country’

Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, Thailand’s opposition leader and head of the progressive People’s Party, stands for a portrait in Bangkok on Aug. 15, 2024. Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, Thailand’s opposition ...
The New York Times

Why Thailand’s Politics Are in Constant Crisis

While the country is a constitutional monarchy that holds regular elections, analysts say it is beholden to an unelected old guard. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Bangkok It is the enduring paradox of ...
Cfr.org

Thai Politics Poised for a Meltdown – or a Massive Breakthrough

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul gestures as he attends a press conference at the Bhumjaithai party headquarters after a royal endorsement ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand on September 7, ...
The New York Times

I’d Be Thailand’s Leader if the System Weren’t Rigged

Mr. Pita, a former leader of Thailand’s Move Forward Party, wrote from Bangkok. Two years ago, I walked into the Thai Parliament, ready to be chosen as the new prime minister. My party, Move Forward, ...
SFGate

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

BANGKOK (AP) — 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 ...