Overview

• Protesters organized by nationalist groups including the United Force of the Land and Yellow Shirts occupied roads around Victory Monument to call for Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s resignation over her handling of a border clash and a leaked phone conversation.
• The June 15 call with former Cambodian premier Hun Sen, in which she addressed him as “uncle” and labeled a Thai army commander her “opponent,” prompted accusations of undermining national sovereignty and led the Bhumjaithai Party to withdraw coalition support.
• Hun Sen’s three-hour televised address on June 27 accused Paetongtarn of insulting the Thai king and vowed to expose alleged betrayals by the Shinawatra family.
• Cambodia announced plans to take the border dispute to the International Court of Justice after a May 28 skirmish killed a Cambodian soldier in the contested Preah Vihear area.
• Thailand’s foreign ministry described Hun Sen’s attack as “extraordinary in terms of diplomatic norms” and is seeking direct talks between both foreign ministers to ease tensions.