Thailand's Constitutional Court Suspends PM Paetongtarn

Thailand's Constitutional Court Suspends PM Paetongtarn

Paetongtarn Shinawatra (C) leaves the government house in Bangkok, Thailand, July 1, 2025. Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday after accepting a petition accusing her of constitutional violation. Photo by Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ex-Johnny's idol, actor Yasushi Hashida

Ex-Johnny's idol, actor Yasushi Hashida

Japanese actor Yasushi Hashida (C, R) and two former teen idols give Jun Azumi (C, L), Diet affairs chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a petition with about 40,000 signatures calling for the revision of Japan's child abuse prevention law at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 5, 2023. The former teen idols and alleged sexual abuse victims of the late Japanese boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa have said they wanted to help victims like themselves.

Prayut not exceeding 8-year term limit as PM: Thai constitutional court

STORY: Prayut not exceeding 8-year term limit as PM: Thai constitutional court DATELINE: Oct. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of Thailand's Constitutional Court 2. various shots of the verdict at court 3. file video of Prayut Chan-o-cha STORYLINE: Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that Prayut Chan-o-cha has not reached an eight-year term limit as prime minister, a move that will enable Prayut to resume his duties after being suspended last month. According to a statement issued by the court, judges of the court voted 6 to 3 to decide that under the 2017 constitution, the count of Prayut's premiership should start from April 6, 2017, and thus he has not completed his term as the prime minister. The acting government spokesperson said after the ruling that Prayut respects the ruling of the Constitutional Court. In August, judges of the court agreed by five votes to four to suspend the premiership of Prayut, following a petition filed b

Thai Constitutional Court suspends Prayut's premiership

STORY: Thai Constitutional Court suspends Prayut's premiership DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Thailand's Constitutional Court 2. Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha attending meeting at the government house 3. Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha attending meeting at the parliament house STORYLINE: Thailand's Constitutional Court announced on Wednesday to temporarily suspend the premiership of Prime Minister (PM) Prayut Chan-o-cha. Judges agreed by five votes to four to suspend Prayut from office, effective on Aug. 24, 2022, pending the court's verdict, the court said in a statement on its website. The court's statement came following a petition filed by the opposition parties for a ruling on when Prayut's eight-year tenure should conclude, which they believed should have ended and demanded Prayut to step down. Born in 1954, Prayut was selected as the interim prime minister after a 2014 coup and was later royally endorsed

No judgment on Japanese forced labor agreement from S. Korean court

No judgment on Japanese forced labor agreement from S. Korean court

South Korean lawyers and bereaved family members of victims of forced labor during Japan's colonial rule of Korea speak to reporters in front of the Constitutional Court after the court refused to hear a petition on the constitutionality of the 1965 Korea-Japan agreement that Japan claims settled all issues of individual compensation to the victims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

No judgment on Japanese forced labor agreement from S. Korean court

No judgment on Japanese forced labor agreement from S. Korean court

Lee Yoon Jae (R), whose father was drafted as a forced laborer during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, speaks to reporters in front of the Constitutional Court after the court refused to hear a petition on the constitutionality of the 1965 Korea-Japan agreement that Japan claims settled all issues of individual compensation to victims of forced labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo