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People, some dressed in black to mourn the death of Thailand’s former queen Sirikit, walk past her portrait displayed in Bangkok on Friday, same...

Thai top court orders ex-leader Thaksin jailed for one year

Bangkok, Thailand—Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the country's most powerful and polarizing statesman Thaksin Shinawatra to be jailed for one year, ruling he...

Thai ex-PM leaves country before parliament votes on leadership

BANGKOK – Thailand’s influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Friday he has left the country by private jet, hours before his party looks...

Ex-PM Thaksin acquitted of royal insult charges

BANGKOK – Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was cleared Friday of royal defamation charges, relieving a threat to his embattled political dynasty which...

Ex-PM testifies in royal defamation case

BANGKOK – Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra testified in court on Wednesday, seeking to defend himself against royal defamation charges in a watershed...

Thailand’s ruling political dynasty faces day of peril

BANGKOK—Thailand’s ruling political dynasty was in legal peril on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra risking suspension from office and her father, the former...

Thai lawmakers elect Shinawatra heiress as PM

BANGKOM – Thai lawmakers on Friday elected the 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister, elevating a third member of the influential...

Thaksin party to choose new bet for premier

BANGKOK – The party of Thailand’s billionaire ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra were scheduled to meet Thursday to choose a candidate for prime minister, a day...

Billionaire Thaksin indicted for insulting Thai monarchy

BANGKOK – Thai prosecutors on Tuesday formally indicted influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra under the kingdom’s strict royal insult laws over comments he...

Ex-Thai PM Thaksin to face trial for royal insult almost 10 years ago

Bangkok – Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be prosecuted for insulting the monarchy, the attorney general’s office said Wednesday, over comments he...

Thai attorney general delays decision on Thaksin royal insult case

BANGKOK – Thailand’s attorney general on Wednesday postponed until May a decision over whether to indict ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra in a royal insult case. The...

Thai prosecutor sets new date for ex-PM royal defamation case

BANGKOK – Thai prosecutors will conduct further investigations into whether former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra broke a royal defamation law, they said Monday, a...

Thai ex-PM Thaksin returns home from police hospital

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived back at his Bangkok home from police hospital early Sunday, just six months after his dramatic return...

Ex-premier Thaks in to be freed today

BANGKOK—Jailed former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra will be freed on Sunday, the kingdom’s prime minister has said, just six months after returning from 15...
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