Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted fugitive former prime minister of Thailand, returned to the country Tuesday for the first time after more than 15 years in self-exile, reintroducing a towering and ...

BANGKOK — Thailand’s king Friday reduced the prison term of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one following the divisive politician’s return from 15 years of self ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thai prosecutors on Tuesday formally indicted influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra under the kingdom’s strict royal insult laws over comments he made nearly a decade ago.

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 ...