Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, following his release on parole three months ago. The offense of defaming the Thai monarchy carries ...

The 37-year-old daughter of divisive political heavyweight Thaksin Shinawatra passed the required threshold of 51% of votes and now faces a baptism of fire, just two days after ally Srettha ...

Thailand's Parliament on Friday elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra as their youngest Prime Minister, days after her father Thaksin Shinawatra was removed by a court order. The 37-year-old Shinawatra ...

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of Thailand’s divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, was sworn in as the country’s youngest-ever prime minister on Sunday. The 37-year-old received a ...

FILE - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, arrives at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Thai prosecutors on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, said Thaksin ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's Parliament elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, as prime minister Friday. Paetongtarn becomes ...

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is being taken to court over an alleged insult to the kingdom’s royal family during a 2015 interview. He is expected to be indicted under Thailand’s ...

Her rise wasn’t exactly a shock: Paetongtarn is the youngest daughter of Thaksin Shinawatra, a billionaire media mogul who was elected Prime Minister in 2001, only to be deposed five years later.

Thai lawmakers on Friday elected the 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister, elevating a third member of the influential but divisive clan to the nation's top job ...

JAKARTA -- American billionaire Ray Dalio, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and U.S. economist Jeffrey Sachs are among 22 prominent figures appointed to Indonesia's sovereign wealth ...

BANGKOK — Thai prosecutors on Wednesday said former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges.

The youngest daughter of former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra won a parliamentary vote to become the Southeast Asian nation’s next prime minister, capping a tumultuous period that saw a court ...