Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted fugitive former prime minister of Thailand, returned to the country Tuesday for the first time after more than 15 years in self-exile, reintroducing a towering and …
Thai property mogul Srettha Thavisin’s unlikely rise to prime minister
Srettha Thavisin, until recently chief of one of Thailand’s biggest real estate developers, was on Tuesday voted inas prime minister at the head of an unlikely alliance of populists and pro-military …
Ex-PM Thaksin arrives in Thailand after 15 years of self-exile
Thaksin Shinawatra, 74, arrived on a private jet from Singapore hours before a high stakes vote for prime minister.
Thailand Blames Facebook for Getting Thousands Duped to Crypto Scams, Plans Legal Action
Chaiwut Thanakmanusorn, Thailand’s Minister of Digital Economy and Society (DES), believes that Facebook should be restricted in the country for the time being.
Divisive Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin returns from exile as party seeks to form new government
Divisive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has returned to Thailand after years of self-imposed exile to face criminal charges on the same day that a party affiliated with him plans to start formin …
Thaksin Shinawatra: Billionaire and Thailand’s divisive former prime minister
BANGKOK: He was ousted in a coup 17 years ago and spent the last 15 of them in self-imposed exile, but Thailand’s billionaire former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra still casts a remarkable shadow …
Thaksin Shinawatra: Billionaire and Thailand’s divisive former prime minister
BANGKOK: He was ousted in a coup 17 years ago and spent the last 15 of them in self-imposed exile, but Thailand’s billionaire former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra still casts a remarkable shadow …
Thailand threatens to shut down Facebook due to scams. Will Malaysia follow suit?
Our neighbouring country Thailand seems to have had enough and they are seeking legal action to shut down Meta’s Facebook operations unless it takes action over scams that have affected more than …
Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin to serve 8 years in jail – court statement
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who returned from self-exile on Tuesday, will serve a total of eight years in prison, according to a statement by the Supreme Court. The jail term covers three different cases for …
Deepening of Thai-US economic links
During the last three months of the caretaker government, there have been unexpected and extraordinary movements in Thailand-US relations, both here and in Washington. Several key American lawmakers …