Paetongtarn is not alone in her troubles, with influential tycoon father Thaksin Shinawatra facing legal hurdles of his own.

Of course, trouble at the 508-mile (817 km) shared border is nothing new. For over a century, Thailand and Cambodia have ...

BANGKOK: Thailand's Constitutional Court gave suspended premier Paetongtarn Shinawatra until Aug 4 to submit her defence in a ...

June, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who was then-prime minister of Thailand, made a call to Cambodia’s de facto leader, Hun Sen, to ...

[1/3]Pheu Thai Party's leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra poses for a selfie after the Thai parliament confirms her as the country's next prime minister, in Bangkok, Thailand August 16, 2024.

Paetongtarn is the third Shinawatra to hold the job after her billionaire father and aunt, Yingluck Shinawatra. Both were removed from office and forced into exile following coups in 2006 and 2014.

A personal feud between two of Southeast Asia’s political titans is inflaming the worst violence on the border in more than a ...

Paetongtarn won 319 votes in the House of Representatives, after being nominated as the sole candidate by her Pheu Thai party’s ruling coalition to replace outgoing prime minister Srettha Thavisin.

The Thai parliament has elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the country's youngest prime minister ever, only a few days after Srettha Thavisin, the previous prime minister, was removed from office.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a 37-year-old former hotel executive and political heiress, was approved by parliament to be Thailand’s next prime minister on Friday.

Leader of the Pheu Thai party, Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at the party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn) ...

Paetongtarn Shinawatra grew up closely observing her father Thaksin's political career. At eight, she accompanied him as he began his role as foreign minister, and by 20, she witnessed the ...