TOKYO -- Political turbulence has once again engulfed Thailand, with the Constitutional Court's recent suspension of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra plunging the country into renewed uncertainty.
Settling territorial disputes may be behind former strongman's cold calculation

Then-Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, left, smiles in August 2006 alongside the Cambodian leader at the time, Hun Sen, during a signing ceremony at a hotel in Phnom Penh. © Reuters
TOKYO -- Political turbulence has once again engulfed Thailand, with the Constitutional Court's recent suspension of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra plunging the country into renewed uncertainty.