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What’s Behind the Political Instability in Thailand

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Sui-Lee Wee
30 August 2025 at 07:35
While the country is a constitutional monarchy that holds regular elections, analysts say it is beholden to an unelected old guard.

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Thaksin Shinawatra with his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra in August 2024. Both have served as prime minister, and each has been reprimanded by Thailand’s powerful Constitutional Court.

Thai Court Dismisses Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra From Office

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Sui-Lee Wee
29 August 2025 at 18:11
Paetongtarn Shinawatra became the third member of her family to be removed from the job, as the nation plunged into fresh political instability.

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Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the scion of a powerful political dynasty, at a news conference in Bangkok on Friday, after her dismissal by the Constitutional Court.
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