A Thai magazine editor was jailed for 10 years on Wednesday for insulting the royal family under the country's draconian lese-majeste law, a sentence that drew condemnation from international rights groups and the European Union. Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, editor of "Voice of the Oppressed", a magazine devoted to self-exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was found guilty of publishing articles in 2010 defaming King Bhumibol Adulyadej. ...
05:15 PM, Jan 23, 2013
A Cathay Pacific flight attendant is out of a job after writing on her Facebook page that she wanted to throw coffee in a passenger's face because she happened to be the daughter of someone she dislikes intensely: ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. ...
05:35 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Some advice came in for Indian politicians from billionaire and ousted Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, especially in the context of Nitin Gadkari. While speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, he said successful businessmen make good politicians, but the two professions cannot be mixed. ...
02:11 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Thailand's first woman Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra promises to take her country towards reconciliation. ...
02:03 PM, Jul 05, 2011
Bangkok: The woman poised to become Thailand's first female Prime Minister acknowledged huge challenges in reconciling her divided country, after an election landslide seen as a rebuke of the military-backed establishment that ousted her brother in a 2006 coup. Preliminary results from Sunday's poll showed 44-year-old Yingluck Shinawatra's Pheu Thai party winning the majority it needs to form the next government. If confirmed, the large mandate will likely boost Thailand's...
09:29 AM, Jul 04, 2011
Thai investigators claimed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra helped mastermind the anti-govt protests. ...
06:28 PM, May 25, 2010
Thai troops fired into the air as they approached a temple where several hundred Red Shirts were hiding. ...
08:33 AM, May 20, 2010
Protesters torched Thai stock exchange and Central World, Southeast Asia's second-biggest department store complex. ...
03:31 PM, May 19, 2010
Scattered violence continued on Tuesday in the standoff between soldiers and anti-government protesters. ...
11:52 AM, May 18, 2010
Clashes between Thai Army and Red Shirts have left at least 35 dead and over 230 injured. ...
10:10 AM, May 17, 2010
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Thai authorities vow to shut off power, cut supplies and seal off central Bangkok where Red Shirts have amassed. ...
05:59 PM, May 13, 2010
About 40 countries have issued travel warnings to Thailand as violent protests have been going on for a week now. ...
12:43 PM, Apr 13, 2010
Ousted in a 2006 coup, former Thai PM has been convicted in absentia of graft. ...
09:32 PM, Feb 26, 2010
Thai soldiers fired shots at protesters driving buses at them. ...
01:56 PM, Apr 13, 2009
As many as 10,000 demonstrators were estimated to be in the resort. ...
01:24 PM, Apr 11, 2009
Abhisit Vejjajiva has to calm 3-year-old political turmoil in country. ...
04:41 PM, Dec 15, 2008
Shinawatra has been sentenced to two years in prison. ...
12:50 AM, Oct 22, 2008
New Delhi: Sports and Bollywood icons on Monday united in praying for Mohammad Azharuddin's son Ayazuddin's fast recovery as the youngster battled for life after meeting with a terrible road accident in Hyderabad. The 19-year-old Ayazuddin met with the accident on Sunday while riding his 1000 cc imported Suzuki motorcycle on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Ayazuddin's cousin Ajmal-ur-Rehman, 16, who was riding pillion, expired due to severe head injuries. "May...
10:04 AM, Feb 28, 2008
Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra can return to Thailand if he wants, the country's new leader has said. ...
02:55 PM, Oct 15, 2006
Thailand's military rulers have chosen a former army commander as interim Prime Minister following their coup. ...
12:15 PM, Sep 29, 2006
