Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Supporters of exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Wednesday they had postponed indefinitely an anti-government rally due to start this weekend, which had rattled financial markets.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand passed a tough security law on Tuesday, giving the military broad powers to control a street rally that begins this weekend by supporters of exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who briefly served as Thailand's prime minister and considered himself a proxy of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Bangkok - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Monday that he might skip Sunday's scheduled visit to the northern city of Chiang Mai due to the threat of violent demonstrations. Activists loyal to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra have t...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has long provoked Thailand's government by rousing opposition at home. Now he's inflamed regional tensions by becoming an economic adviser to rival Cambodia.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva visited the north of the country amid heavy security Saturday after receiving death threats over a planned trip to a stronghold of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Some 1,500 police were sent to guard Abhisit as he toured the three northern provinces of Sukhothai, Phitsanulok and Phichit, to inspect government works. A supporter of fugitive Thaksin has reportedly...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
A former Thai army chief who led the 2006 coup that toppled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra was named leader of a new party today.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Thousands of demonstrators from Thailand's royalist "Yellow Shirt" movement protested in Bangkok Sunday against a visit to Cambodia by their arch-foe, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The group said it had called the rally to express outrage at the neighbouring country's appointment of Thaksin as an economic adviser and Phnom Penh's refusal to extradite him during his four-day...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of Thais gathered in central Bangkok on Sunday to protest at remarks made about the monarchy by fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Thousands of members of Thailand's "Yellow Shirt" protest group were set to rally in Bangkok Sunday against a visit to Cambodia by their arch-foe, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The royalist movement said it was also gathering to express outrage at comments that billionaire Thaksin, who was ousted by the army in 2006, made in a newspaper interview about Thailand's widely revered...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Bangkok - A pro-royalist group Sunday protested in the Thai capital against the ugly Cambodian visit of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. About 20,000 demonstrators were expected in central Bangkok where speakers denounced Thaksin ...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Thousands of members of Thailand's royalist "Yellow Shirt" protest movement are set to rally in Bangkok on Sunday against a visit by fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to neighbouring Cambodia. The demonstrators said they were also gathering to express outrage at comments that billionaire Thaksin, who was ousted by the army in 2006, made in a newspaper interview about Thailand's...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Phnom Penh - Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia on Saturday, four days after his arrival brewed up a diplomatic storm between Phnom Penh and Bangkok, plunging rela...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Phnom Penh - Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra flew out of tourist town of Siem Reap on Saturday, the Cambodian government confirmed, bringing to an end a controversial visit. He left at 10 o'clock, said government spokesman Pha...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia on Saturday after a controversial five-day visit that stoked tensions between the two Southeast Asia neighbors.
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