Thailand
28 Sep 2023
Thai anti-narcotics police seized over $8 million worth of drugs in one of the largest single hauls in the kingdom's history, officers said Thursday.
13 Sep 2023
Chinese tourists will enjoy visa-free entry to Thailand from the end of September under a temporary scheme announced by the kingdom's newly formed cabinet Wednesday. Thailand's vital tourism sector accounts for almost 20 percent of its GDP but has struggled in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and changing traveller habits. In particular, Chinse tourists…
1 Sep 2023
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.
29 Aug 2023
A series of bomb attacks in Thailand's insurgency-hit far south killed two people and wounded four others, a senior local official told AFP on Tuesday.
23 Aug 2023
Thailand's new prime minister vowed to bring four years of change to the kingdom as he took office Wednesday at the head of a controversial coalition including pro-military parties linked to former coup-makers. The appointment of former property mogul Srettha Thavisin -- of the Pheu Thai party long associated with billionaire ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra --…
23 Aug 2023
Even by Thailand's topsy-turvy standards, the past two days have been a political whirlwind. The dramatic homecoming of billionaire ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra after 15 years in exile almost overshadowed the election of a new prime minister, whose coalition has papered over historic rivalries while simultaneously angering many of his supporters. It has made many ask:…
22 Aug 2023
Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra returned to the kingdom Tuesday after 15 years in exile and was immediately jailed, just hours before his party's candidate was elected prime minister. The Supreme Court ordered the 74-year-old billionaire to serve eight years on old graft charges, though it is not clear how much time he will serve…
16 Aug 2023
Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday refused to hear a case on election winner Pita Limjaroenrat's thwarted bid to become prime minister, clearing the way for a new leadership vote in parliament.
25 Jul 2023
Thailand's parliament on Tuesday postponed a vote to choose a new prime minister, prolonging the kingdom's political deadlock more than two months after an election won by opposition parties. Reformist candidate Pita Limjaroenrat, whose party won the election, failed to get enough votes in a first parliamentary sitting to select a prime minister on July…
21 Jul 2023
The reformist party that won Thailand's recent election said Friday it would back a rival candidate to become prime minister after its own leader was blocked by the military and pro-royalist establishment.
20 Jul 2023
A Thai court sentenced a teenager to 12 months in prison for royal defamation Thursday over a "crop top" outfit he wore to a protest three years ago, a rights group said. Thailand's lese-majeste law is one of the strictest in the world, and those convicted of criticising King Maha Vajiralongkorn or his close family…
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