When the going gets tough, he runs and hides away. That’s how Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim projects himself just 15 months into office. The only thing he dares to involve is defending… Read More

Jailed former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra leaves police hospital with his daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra and family members. IMAGES Read More

Bangkok, Feb 18 (IANS) Thailand’s convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday, six months after his return to the country from self-exile. Xinhu… Read More

BANGKOK - Jailed former Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra will be released from hospital detention Sunday, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said.Billionaire political heavyweight Thaksin, 74, w… Read More

Thai media have reported he could be released very early in the morning, but Srettha said he did not know any details. Thaksin’s homecoming coincided with his Pheu Thai party returning… Read More

BANGKOK — Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last year returned from more than a decade of self-imposed exile to serve a ... Google Alert - bangkok https://i… Read More

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that Pita Limjaroenrat did not violate the country’s election law. This represents a major step forward, especially for the part of t… Read More

Thaksin’s extended hospital stay approved by Thailand’s Corrections DepartmentLegacyThailand’s Department of Corrections released an official statement today, January 11, c… Read More

Former Thailand’s prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra has been jailed upon returning to the country after 15 years in exile. He arrived on Tuesday morning, August 22,  in a priv… Read More

Thailand's divisive ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra was jailed Tuesday as he returned to the kingdom after 15 years in exile, hours before parliament votes to install his party's candidate as t… Read More

Thailand's jailed former premier Thaksin Shinawatra had his prison sentence cut from eight years to one by the king on Friday, just days after he returned from 15 years in exile Read More

Thailand’s former PM Thaksin Shinawatra moved to hospital after first night in jail Thailand’s former PM Thaksin Shinawatra moved to hospital after first night in jail –… Read More

Thailand's former premier Thaksin Shinawatra was moved from prison to a police hospital on Wednesday, officials said, a day after he was jailed on his return from 15 years in exile Read More

Thaksin was elected as PM twice and ousted in a 2006 army coup. (File) Bangkok: Thailand’s jailed former premier Thaksin Shinawatra had his jail sentence lower from eight years to… Read More

The post Become a Better Investor Newsletter – 26 August 2023 appeared first on Become a Better Investor. Noteworthy this week Bottom record for China’s GDP High rates hit hard w… Read More

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Will Legalized Gambling Hurt or assist Thailand? On a March 3rd, 2008, talk program, the existing Prime Minister, Samak Sundaravej responded to a concern regarding betting by claiming it was… Read More

The 1970s through ’90s saw a great democratic floodtide. Since greatly receded. Many wonder whether its authoritarian antithesis is really the wave of the future. I’ve writt… Read More

Author: Kevin Hewison, UNC Chapel Hill When the military junta grabbed power in 2014, it set about reversing Thailand’s earlier trajectory to electoral democracy. A military-backed, mo… Read More

A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced 14 political leaders to jail, including three incumbent cabinet ministers, after finding them guilty of insurrection during anti-government protests tha… Read More

Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled Thailand, sources close to her family were quoted by Reuters as saying Friday.Yingluck on Friday failed to show up at court in a… Read More

Author: Kevin Hewison, UNC Chapel Hill When a high court dissolves a popular political party, bans its executive committee from electoral politics for 10 years, confiscates party funds and r… Read More

Future Forward’s Thanathorn in court over alleged media share holdingsThe Standardby Dene-Hern Chen The charismatic frontman of Thailand’s anti-military parliamentary bloc appear… Read More

Najib Razak has finally found the guts to dissolve the Malaysian Parliament, effective today (Saturday, 7th April 2018). What he needs to do now is to keep his fingers crossed and hopes his… Read More

Author: Eugenie Mérieau, University of Göttingen With the help of Thailand’s military government, King Vajiralongkorn revised and then promulgated the country’s 20th… Read More

Author: Kevin Hewison, UNC Most observers were surprised when former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra did not appear in court on 25 August for the final day of her trial. A rumour mil… Read More