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Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Former Prime Minister of Thailand

Appears in 4 stories

Notable Quotes

"Please have some sympathy for your niece." — To Hun Sen in leaked phone call, referring to military commander trying to "look cool"

“It’s always been my intention to do the best thing for my country.”

We don’t want this to escalate, Paetongtarn was quoted as saying after the first deadly clash in May, emphasizing bilateral dialogue over confrontation. ([aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/29/cambodia-pm-urges-calm-after-border-clash-with-thailand-leaves-soldier-dead?utm_source=openai))

Stories

Thailand and Cambodia's year of border wars

Force in Play

Removed from office August 2025 over leaked phone call

A Cambodian soldier died in a border firefight on May 28, and within two months, the countries were exchanging artillery fire and airstrikes across a dozen locations. Three ceasefires—brokered by Malaysia, pressured by Trump, and witnessed by ASEAN—have left over 100 dead and a million displaced, yet the December 27 truce may fail like the others.

Updated 2 hours ago

Thailand’s wartime snap election

Force in Play

Removed from office by Constitutional Court over leaked call with Hun Sen

Thailand's prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, dissolved parliament barely three months into his term. He called a snap election while Thai troops trade artillery fire with Cambodia along an 800-kilometre border.

Updated Yesterday

Thaksin Shinawatra's return from exile and prison sentences

Force in Play

Central figure in Pheu Thai's current leadership

Thaksin Shinawatra walked out of detention in Bangkok wearing an electronic ankle monitor. The 76-year-old former prime minister had served about eight months of a one-year sentence tied to abuse-of-power convictions from his time in office two decades ago.

Updated 5 days ago

Thailand–Cambodia 2025 border crisis: from landmines and Trump-brokered ceasefire to airstrikes

Force in Play

Led Thailand at the start of the 2025 clashes before a change in government

In 2025, a long-simmering territorial dispute along the 817 km Thailand–Cambodia border reignited after a May 28 clash near Preah Vihear killed a Cambodian soldier. The incident sparked a five-day July war—at least 48 dead, about 300,000 displaced—that ended when Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim brokered a ceasefire.

Updated 6 days ago