Thailand News

Thai ex-Cabinet member sentenced for corruption

AP - Friday, November 13

BANGKOK, Thailand - A Thai court on Thursday gave prison sentences to 11 people, including a former Cabinet minister still on the run, for their parts in one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country's history. More »

  • Fugitive ex-Thai PM set to give Cambodian lecture

    Fugitive ex-Thai PM set to give Cambodian lecture

    AFP - Thursday, November 12

    PHNOM PENH (AFP) - - Thaksin Shinawatra was set to deliver a lecture in his new role as Cambodia's economic adviser Thursday, amid tensions over Phnom Penh's refusal to extradite the fugitive former Thai premier.

  • Activists protest tobacco meeting in Thailand

    AP - Thursday, November 12

    BANGKOK, Thailand - Anti-smoking activists in the Thai capital carried out a spirited protest Wednesday as the tobacco industry opened a major three-day meeting in Bangkok on how to market its wares.

  • Cambodia rejects Thaksin extradition

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 11

    By Martin Petty

  • Cambodia refuses Thaksin extradition: AFP reporter

    Cambodia refuses Thaksin extradition: AFP reporter

    AFP - Wednesday, November 11

    PHNOM PENH (AFP) - - Cambodian officials handed over a formal letter to Thai diplomats Wednesday refusing to extradite fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, an AFP reporter saw.

  • Bangkok's 'bodysnatchers' beat traffic to save lives

    Bangkok's 'bodysnatchers' beat traffic to save lives

    AFP - Tuesday, November 10

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - The car jumps another red light at breakneck speed as Paitoon Kaewkieu, one of Bangkok's so-called "bodysnatchers", dodges through the city's notorious traffic to the scene of yet another accident.

  • Thailand's Thaksin in Cambodia: AFP photographer

    Thailand's Thaksin in Cambodia: AFP photographer

    AFP - Tuesday, November 10

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) - - Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra landed in the Cambodian capital Tuesday to carry out his new role as economics adviser to the government, an AFP photographer said.

  • Interview embroils Thai ex-PM in new controversy

    AP - Tuesday, November 10

    BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, at the center of a political fight between his supporters and those of the current government, has ignited fresh controversy by speaking candidly about the nation's constitutional monarchy.

  • Thailand's Thaksin urges political reform: report

    Thailand's Thaksin urges political reform: report

    AFP - Tuesday, November 10

    LONDON (AFP) - - Fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra urged the reform of institutions around Thailand's revered monarchy, a report said Monday, amid tensions over his impending visit to neighbouring Cambodia.

  • Cambodian PM says ousted Thai leader will visit

    AP - Monday, November 9

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Thailand's fugitive ex-leader, Thaksin Shinawatra, will visit Cambodia this week after being appointed an economic adviser, Cambodia's prime minister said Sunday, inflaming a diplomatic row between the neighbors.

  • ASEAN urges Thailand, Cambodia to resolve feud

    AP - Sunday, November 8

    BANGKOK - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations expressed concern Saturday over a worsening diplomatic feud between Cambodia and Thailand and urged the neighboring countries to exercise restraint.

  • Thaksin on a mission to humiliate Thai government

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    BANGKOK - Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has spent much of the past three years roaming the globe, shopping for diamonds in Africa, golfing at Asian resorts _ and humiliating the government from a distance.

  • Recall of envoys escalates Thai-Cambodian tensions

    AP - Friday, November 6

    BANGKOK - Thailand and Cambodia recalled their ambassadors from each other's country in a diplomatic spat over Phnom Penh naming fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra a government adviser.

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