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Thailand votes in three-way race as risk of instability loomsThailand votes today in a crucial general election. A tight three-way contest is underway with no single party predicted to win a majority....
Thaksin’s prison term adds new twist to Thailand’s political sagaLoved and loathed in almost equal measure, Thaksin Shinawatra transformed Thai politics in the early 2000s with populist policies that won ...
Thailand's Anutin Charnvirakul elected PM by parliamentAnutin Charnvirakul secured the Thai prime minister position after a parliamentary vote, defeating the Pheu Thai party's candidate amidst p...
Thailand's Cabinet withdraws controversial bill to legalise casinosThailand's Cabinet has withdrawn a bill to legalise casinos. This happened after Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faced suspension. Sh...
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former premier Thaksin, becomes Thailand's youngest PMPaetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, became Thailand's youngest and second woman prime minister. She made...
Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thai Prime Minister after royal signoffPaetongtarn Shinawatra took office as Thailand's prime minister after a royal endorsement, replacing Srettha Thavisin who was ousted by the...
Daughter of former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra will be nominated as new leader in parliamentary voteThailand's Pheu Thai party has nominated Paetongtarn Shinawatra for prime minister following Srettha Thavisin's removal by court order. If ...
Thai ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra makes first public appearance since releaseThailand's former PM Thaksin Shinawatra made his first public appearance after being freed from jail for graft and abuse of power. He visit...
Thai king commutes former PM Thaksin's prison sentence to one yearThe country's most famous politician returned to Thailand last week in a dramatic homecoming after 15 years abroad in self-exile to avoid j...
Thailand's billionaire ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra taken to hospital on first night in jailThe influential founder of Thailand's populist Pheu Thai Party was transferred to a police hospital overnight, 15 hours after a vaunted hom...
Thailand's fugitive ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra returns to jail from years in self-exileThailand's former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, has returned to the country for the first time since 2008. Thaksin, who had been in self-exile, ar...
Real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin secures votes to become Thailand's 30th prime ministerThailand's Srettha Thavisin to become PM after securing endorsement of parliament. Srettha, a real estate mogul thrust into politics just a...
Thai Ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra Postpones Return from Self-exileFormer Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has postponed his return from self-exile due to Thailand's political deadlock after the May e...
Thailand's monarchy looms over battle for prime ministerThailand faces political deadlock over the role of the monarchy, after the progressive Move Forward party proposed amending lese majeste, A...
Thailand's opposition wins big election victory, challenging army-backed conservative establishmentWith 97 per cent of polling stations counted, the progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) had 13.5 million ballots in the popular vote, ahead ...
Preliminary election vote count shows Thai opposition in early election leadThe Pheu Thai Party was ahead with 6.45% of eligible votes counted by 1333 GMT, followed by another opposition party, Move Forward, accordi...
Ex-MPs not to be banned for bid to change Thai constitutionThailand's Parliament voted not to impeach 248 former MPs, most of them from ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra's Pheu Thai Party, for atte...