Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra in Hong Kong in 2019.Photographer: AFP/Getty Images

Why two coups can’t keep Thailand’s Shinawatra clan down

The move is likely to exacerbate the political instability that’s eroding investor confidence in Southeast Asia’s second-biggest economy.

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is expected to be arrested upon his return as he ends almost two decades of self-imposed exile, gestures while flanked by his son Panthongtae Shinawatra and daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thailand's fugitive ex-PM Thaksin returns to jail from years in self-exile

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks to Reuters during an interview in Singapore February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin shakes up election with talk of return

Paetongtarn Shinawatra (left) with father Thaksin Shinawatra. Photo: Collected

Now Thaksin's daughter leads the family fight against Thailand military in May election

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 36, the youngest daughter of billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, attends a Pheu Thai Party news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo/File Photo

Thai PM walks out of news conference over question on ex-leader Thaksin