In an unusually strong broadside against the junta, Thailand's first female prime minister Sunday told the man who ousted her government two years ago to investigate his own brother over corruption allegations. Yingluck Shinawatra was booted from office shortly before army chief Prayuth Chan-Ocha seized ...
In Thailand's rural heartland, supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra say they will focus on winning an election next year, even though they would have to govern on military terms if they did. Thais handed the junta of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha a convincing ...
Thai voters Sunday overwhelmingly approved a new junta-backed constitution that lays the foundation for a civilian government influenced by the military and controlled by appointed — rather than elected — officials. With 91 percent of the ballots counted, 62 percent of voters in the referendum ...
With its proposed constitution, the Thai military is seeking to keep a grip on political power.
Thailand's proposed new constitution was unveiled to the public on Tuesday amid criticism the charter is undemocratic and gives too much power to the military that staged a coup two years ago. The military government, which had banned criticism of the proposed constitution prior to ...
Sitting in her busy Bangkok noodle shop, Bunruen Klinnak professes "love" for Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was toppled in a 2006 military coup and later fled abroad. But Klinnak, 55, also fears Thaksin's return to politics could spell further unrest in a ...
A Thai court Monday issued an arrest warrant for fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after he failed to turn up for a defamation case filed against him by the army. The ruling would appear to mean little as Thaksin lives abroad anyway to avoid ...
Noted academic and commentator Noam Chomsky takes a keen interest in the political wars embroiling Thailand.
From self-imposed exile, the influential leader of Thailand's rural red shirt opposition movement has delivered a simple message to followers chafing at the military junta's iron rule: lay low for now, don't panic, "play dead." Billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, longtime political leader of ...
Thailand remains the "sick man" of Southeast Asia, and the terrorist attack in Bangkok has exacerbated its condition.
The lifting of martial law in Thailand hasn't resulted in democracy as most would describe it.
Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn of Thailand has asked the government to strip his wife's family of their royally issued surname, the latest development in a high-profile crackdown that involves senior members of the police force. The move came after at least three relatives of the crown ...
