Thailand braces for court cases amid risk of political crisis
BANGKOK — Thailand's influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been formally indicted for allegedly insulting the monarchy, the attorney-general's office said on June 18.
Thitinan Pongsudhirak in asian news
Trio of court cases in Thailand ramps up uncertainty, puts markets on edge
BANGKOK – Three court cases in Thailand, including one that has ensnared the Prime Minister, have heightened political uncertainty in South-east Asia’s second-largest economy and sent investors fleeing its stock market.
After Trump’s Conviction, a Wary World Waits for the Fallout
The world does not vote in American presidential elections. Nor do its jurors play a part in the American judicial system. Nevertheless, the conviction of Donald J. Trump on all 34 felony counts in a hush-money trial in a New York court on Thursday has again made clear how consequential what happens in the United States is for the rest of the planet.
Ethics probe into Thai PM Srettha ‘show of force’ by country’s old powers: analysts
Pichit was jailed for six months in 2008 on contempt of court charges after he attempted to bribe a judge presiding over former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s land purchase case with 2 million baht ($55,000) in a grocery bag.
Myanmar shows how empowered youth can push back on autocracy
Thitinan Pongsudhirak is a professor in the political science faculty of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and a senior fellow at its Institute of Security and International Studies.