Thai Prime Minister Petuntan Shinawatra reshuffled his cabinet, hoping to ease the political crisis that has left the government in trouble as a result of dealing with border disputes. According to the government communiqué, the new cabinet lineup includes former bureaucrat Jatuporn Buruspat, the Minister of Commerce, and several other new faces. Transferred from the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of the Interior for Putan Wichajachai, a senior Thai Party politician. Petuntan will head the Ministry of Culture. If the court suspends her as prime minister, this arrangement may enable her to remain in the cabinet. Thailand's constitutional court may decide on Tuesday whether to accept the senators' application alleging that she violated moral standards — an allegation that could disqualify her as prime minister. The focus of the case was her remarks last month while discussing the border dispute with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen on the phone. A recording of this call was leaked online.

Thai Prime Minister Petuntan Shinawatra reshuffled his cabinet, hoping to ease the political crisis that has left the government in trouble as a result of dealing with border disputes. According to the government communiqué, the new cabinet lineup includes former bureaucrat Jatuporn Buruspat, the Minister of Commerce, and several other new faces. Transferred from the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of the Interior for Putan Wichajachai, a senior Thai Party politician. Petuntan will head the Ministry of Culture. If the court suspends her as prime minister, this arrangement may enable her to remain in the cabinet. Thailand's constitutional court may decide on Tuesday whether to accept the senators' application alleging that she violated moral standards — an allegation that could disqualify her as prime minister. The focus of the case was her remarks last month while discussing the border dispute with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen on the phone. A recording of this call was leaked online.