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

August 21, 2025 12:27 PM

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 prolonged trouble for the country's stuttering economy. Thailand's Shinawatra political dynasty has been at the heart of two decades of intermittent turmoil, and its latest battles will culminate in rulings that could unseat Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for an alleged ethics violation and put...

Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra wins parliamentary backing to become new PM

August 16, 2024 11:16 AM

Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra wins parliamentary backing to become new PM

Political neophyte Paetongtarn Shinawatra won the backing of parliament to become Thailand's youngest prime minister on Friday, only a day after she was thrust into the spotlight amid an unrelenting power struggle between the warring elites. The 37-year-old daughter of divisive political heavyweight Thaksin Shinawatra passed the required threshold of 51% of votes and now faces a baptism of fire, just two days after ally Srettha Thavisin was dismissed as premier by a judiciary central to Thailan...