After six months of protests, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of Thailand has been ordered to step down due to charges of abusing her power. It's another incident that has raised questions about ...

BANGKOK — Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire former prime minister of Thailand, remains one of the country’s most influential and controversial figures nearly two decades after being ousted in a 2006 ...

Aug. 22 (UPI) --Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra avoided a likely prison term Friday after his royal defamation case was dismissed. Shinawatra was indicted last year on charges he defied ...

Former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the Criminal court for a lese majeste case, also known as a royal insult case in Bangkok, Thailand, August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Athit ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's Supreme Court ordered former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to pay 17.6 billion baht ($542.37 million) in taxes from a 2006 share sale, senior officials said on ...

Warangkana Chomchuen was a Bangkok-based reporter for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. Her coverage areas included Thailand's politics, government policies, the Bank of Thailand and ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) -When Sakda Vicheansil, a lawmaker from western Thailand, announced his resignation from the ruling Pheu Thai party in early September, his words reflected the extraordinary decline ...