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 »
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 »
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.
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.
By Martin Petty
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 (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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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