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## Thailand


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## [What to Know About Thailand's Deadliest School Shooting in Years](https://time.com/article/2026/08/07/thailand-school-shooting/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
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* ![Bhumjaithai Party Election Night Event](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt93c7248f45909172/6998ce5966d4e345c7cbd53b/anutin-thailand-election-results.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 9, 2026  
## [What Anutin’s Election Means for Thailand and the World](https://time.com/7373034/prime-minister-anutin-charnvirakul-thailand-election-result-bhumjaithai-interview-takeaways/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
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* ![A Thai military vehicle passes by a Thai national flag in Kantharalak district in eastern Sisaket province on Dec. 30, 2025, after weeks of deadly border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9212565274f6f96f/6998ce41a97fc0c437a7527a/thailand.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 6, 2026  
## [Article 112 and the Thai Election: The Elephant Kicked Out of the Room](https://time.com/7372530/thailand-election-lese-majeste-article-112-peoples-party-lookkate-bhumjaithai/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
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* ![Bhumjaithai Party Holds Election Rally In Bangkok](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdad9f2e910396edc/6998cd4f83ec379bdcc7b4f1/Anutin-Thailand-Election.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 2, 2026  
## [Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul Doesn’t Plan on Going Anywhere](https://time.com/7364304/thailand-prime-minister-anutin-charnvirakul-election/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell
* ![Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, arrives at the parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e0c1029c8292d6b/6998c98c7323af16bd2bcd10/anutin-charnvirakul.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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## [What to Know About Thailand’s New Leader Anutin Charnvirakul](https://time.com/7314811/anutin-charnvirakul-thailand-prime-minister-bhumjaithai-pheu-thai-peoples-party/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chad de Guzman  
* ![Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, center, arrives at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. 29, 2025.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75dc7601be35dc4d/6998c967c8dcb4b597b506e7/paetongtarn-shinawatra.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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[WORLD](/section/world/)  
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## [Who Could Be Thailand’s Next Prime Minister?](https://time.com/7299836/thailand-next-prime-minister-scenarios-paetongtarn-chaikasem-prayut-anutin-natthaphong/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
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by Chad de Guzman
* ![The three eldest Vivacharawongse boys in the Royal Palace in Bangkok in the late 1980s.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt278676864bc5da3a/6998c7d966d4e3474ecbc9cb/thailand-king-sons-banishment-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 26, 2025  
## [Exclusive: Thai Princes Banished Again](https://time.com/7298029/thailand-king-sons-vajiralongkorn-exclusive/)  
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by Charlie Campbell
* ![THAILAND-POLITICS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb60fbef5b40abf9/6998c7aa1500fb80aaaa65ee/thailand-military-coup.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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by Chad de Guzman  
* ![Clockwise from Top Left: Viral internet sensation Moo Deng; LISA aka Lalisa Manoban](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd93b1634e75cd5f3/698b24e4b21a9c0877511a38/Thailand-Soft-Power.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chad de Guzman
* ![Paetongtarn Shinawatra Becomes Thailand's New Prime Minister](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30d1454177ef8e14/698a59f39d83e84b72b9a6a4/paetongtarn-shinawatra-ing-shin-thailand-prime-minister-biography.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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## [What to Know About Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thailand’s New and Youngest Prime Minister](https://time.com/7011662/thailand-prime-minister-paetongtarn-shinawatra-ing-biography-background-thaksin-daughter/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![A newspaper featuring a photograph of Thailand's former prime minister Srettha Thavisin, at a news stand, in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 15, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b29a523527bda51/698a59ef16d884431cc3efb9/Srettha-Thavisin-Disqualified.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Koh Ewe
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Aug 14, 2024  
## [Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin Removed From Office by Court](https://time.com/7010847/thailand-srettha-thavisin-prime-minister-removed-constitutional-court-ethics-violation/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Thailand Politics](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt691c1216b2c461c1/698a59b4cabb1da925e546b5/move-forward-party-dissolved-thailand.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 7, 2024  
## [Thai Court Disbands Move Forward Party Over Royal Reform Campaign](https://time.com/7008607/thailand-move-forward-dissolved-constitutional-court/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg

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