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Anutin Charnvirakul

Anutin Charnvirakul
Anutin Charnvirakul: The leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, which recently withdrew from the ruling coalition government, moved into opposition in the Thai parliament. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior until June 2025.
A MaxValu supermarket in Bangkok, Thailand. Japanese retailer Aeon is selling its 30 MaxValu stores in the country to Thailand's Central Retail Corporation in September. Photo: Shutterstock
Vietnam

Japan’s Aeon exits Thai retail to chase Vietnam’s booming middle class

Aeon is selling its MaxValu stores in Thailand to Central Retail, retreating from a market dominated by local giants.

Thailand

Bangkok gun shop trades bullets for baguettes as Thai firearm ban bites

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Thailand

Bullets and bloodshed: why Thailand is struggling to tackle gun violence

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Thailand

Former MP arrested in Thailand after shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

The incident comes just days after a teen’s killing rampage at a school reignited debate over gun control.

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Former MP Chalong Riewrang is questioned by police after he allegedly shot and killed provincial official Thongchai Yenprasert on the outskirts of Bangkok on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Thailand

Thai teen kills at least 5 in school, after shooting grandparents at home

The 14-year-old suspect, who later killed himself, had used a gun that belonged to his grandfather, authorities say.

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Myanmar

Myanmar president heads to Thailand amid civil war at home

Thailand’s acknowledgement of Min Aung Hlaing’s legitimacy stems from a ‘straight up pragmatism’, analysts say.

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Thailand

Thailand hits back at ‘inaccuracies’ in UN expert’s Cambodia findings

Bangkok says no efforts were made to verify the claims of UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews with Thai authorities.

A concrete sign bearing the word “SIAM” is displayed at the base of a gate along a section of the border fence between Thailand and Cambodia in Pong Nam Ron district, Chanthaburi province, in Thailand on July. Photo: Reuters
Thailand

Thai justice system under fire after freed criminal confesses to killing 5

The suspected ringleader behind the murders of two Russian siblings and a Thai family was released just seven weeks before the first crime.

Thailand

Thailand launches manhunt after 5 soldiers killed, civilians injured in south

A 10-year-old boy is among the six civilians injured when attackers open fire and throw pipe bombs at soldiers at a security checkpoint.

2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict

Chinese leader Xi Jinping urges Thailand and Cambodia to settle border dispute

President Xi Jinping has offered to play a ‘constructive role’ in reaching a solution, saying it would be in both sides’ long-term interests.

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A fragile ceasefire has been in place since late December 2025. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Xi Jinping warns against creating ‘new historical injustices’ in AI era

Chinese leader’s presence at World AI Conference signals Beijing’s push to elevate AI from tech priority to pillar of geopolitical strategy.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for a group photo with other attendees before the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference in Shanghai on Friday. Photo: AP
Thailand

Bangkok bar fire: 27 die as distraught relatives dread the worst

The bar in Thailand’s capital was crowded with hundreds of revellers at the time of the suspected electrical fire.

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Malaysia

Anwar, Anutin hit diplomatic high notes to mask Malaysia-Thailand tensions

Despite the leaders’ personal chemistry, the seafood row shows the ‘frictions’ embedded within the countries’ relationship, analysts say.

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Malaysia

Malaysia, Thailand make peace over seafood row after Anwar and Anutin meet

The two leaders also agreed to develop a ⁠special border economic ⁠zone and boost agricultural cooperation.

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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (left) with his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim in Putrajaya on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Thailand

Thai PM warns may ‘shut down’ cannabis industry after global smuggling spike

Four years after decriminalisation, a wave of international drug busts could force Asia’s only legal cannabis market to recriminalise.

Customs officers stand next to packages of seized cannabis buds during a press conference in Gresik, Indonesia’s East Java province, on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Thailand

Drug traffickers using social media to hire Thai airline staff as couriers

A Thai Airways flight attendant was charged with importing more than one kilogram of heroin into Australia.

Thailand

Thai officials caught altering exam scores for bribes of up to US$24,000

Thousands of applicants allegedly paid bribes to secure civil service positions in the multimillion-dollar fraud.

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Thailand

Thailand auctions US$18 million superyacht linked to supersized fraud

Nearly US$700 million in assets have been seized in Thailand so far, an example of the amount of dirty money sloshing through the economy.

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Atlas, a superyacht belonging to fugitive financier Benjamin Mauerberger, goes under the hammer on Tuesday. Photo: Anti-Money Laundering Office
Thailand

Thailand’s Thaksin is out of jail, but can he ‘leave politics behind’?

While the former PM is ‘no longer a political magnet’, analysts say he will still be behind the scenes as Pheu Thai tries to make a comeback.

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Thailand

Thailand and Vietnam team up in an Asean ‘plus or minus’ gamble

Southeast Asia’s second- and third-largest economies opt for bilateral insurance over reliance on the regional bloc.

Thailand

Thailand observes 15 days of mourning for ‘Princess Bha’, who died aged 47

The eldest daughter of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn had been in a coma since 2022, after she collapsed from a heart condition.

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Well-wishers bow in front of an image of Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol at Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok on December 16, 2022. Photo: AFP
Thailand

Thailand to join UN maritime arbitration with Cambodia

Cambodia launched a compulsory conciliation process under Unclos after Bangkok ended a framework pact for talks on a disputed maritime belt.

Despite ‌joining the mediation, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Bangkok would not hold any other two-way talks, including those to manage and resolve land border ‌issues. Photo: AFP
Cambodia

Cambodia starts UN-backed process for maritime dispute with Thailand

The dispute relates to sea space in the Gulf of ‌Thailand that holds trillions of cubic feet of natural gas and large quantities of oil.

Thailand

Trade, Ho Chi Minh’s legacy: Vietnam’s To Lam seeks to ‘re-energise’ Thai ties

The president, who visited Ho Chi Minh’s former home in Udon Thani, will meet the Thai king and hold talks with PM Anutin.

Cambodia

Hun Sen pardons detained Cambodia opposition leader Kem Sokha

Many political opponents were convicted during Hun Sen’s time in power while Kem Sokha’s CNRP co-founder Sam Rainsy remains in self-exile in France.

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Kem Sokha, former leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), arrives to attend a hearing at the Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE
Thailand

Bangkok train-bus crash kills 8, Thai PM orders investigation

Eight people were killed and more than 30 injured after a goods train collided with a bus in a busy downtown intersection.

Rescuers work at a train crash site near an airport rail link station in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday. Photo: AP
Thailand

Thaksin exits jail to a Thailand that seems to have moved on from Shinawatra era

The former prime minister’s once unassailable Pheu Thai party is now just a minor player in Anutin Charnvirakul’s government.

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Asean

Asean’s pivot to energy security leaves long-standing issues on summit sidelines

Southeast Asia is one of the worst affected by the global fuel crisis due to its high imports of oil and gas coming from the Gulf.

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