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Voting opened Sunday (February 8, 2026) in a Thai general election pitting the popular reformists who came first last time against the conservative who ended up as Prime Minister, with ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra looming large from his prison cell. The Southeast Asian nation’s next government will need to reckon with a longstanding border dispute with…
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, left, and his daughter and former Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, right, arrive at Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Thailand’s Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) ruled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail, in another major…
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Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. File | Photo Credit: AFP Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in Bangkok on Monday (September 8, 2025) after his surprise departure to Dubai, a day before a court ruling that could open him up to imprisonment. Mr. Thaksin could be seen walking out of the private jet…
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra attends a press conference at the Pheu Thai party headquarters following a royal endorsement ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, became Thailand’s Prime Minister after receiving a royal letter of endorsement Sunday (August 18,…
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Former leader of Move Forward Party, Pita Limjaroenrat, center, shakes hands with his supporters at Move Forward Party headquarters in Bangkok. | Photo Credit: AP Thailand’s most popular politician, Pita Limjaroenrat, was banned from politics for 10 years and his party dissolved on Wednesday over his attempt to reform the kingdom’s archaic royal defamation laws. The country has been mired in cyclical…
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Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. File | Photo Credit: AP Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was formally indicted on Tuesday on a charge of defaming Thailand’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have unsteadied Thai politics. Mr. Thaksin, an influential political figure despite being ousted from power 18 years ago, reported himself…
Thaksin, 74, denies wrongdoing and has repeatedly pledged loyalty to the crown (File) Thailand’s attorney-general will indict former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for allegedly insulting the monarchy, an official said on Wednesday, in a setback to a political heavyweight whose loyalists are currently in government. The complaint, lodged by the royalist military that ousted the…
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Thailand’s former PM Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP 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 a decade and a half in exile….
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Thaksin was elected as PM twice and ousted in a 2006 military coup. (File) Bangkok: 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 a decade and a half in exile. The move came a day after…
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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who recently returned from exile and began serving an eight-year prison term, has requested a royal pardon, a senior member of the outgoing Cabinet said Thursday. Mr. Thaksin was moved from prison to a state hospital soon after his…