Sondhi Limthongkul opposed former PM Thaksin The leader of a Thai protest movement which brought down then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra last year has been shot and injured in Bangkok. Sondhi Limthongkul's yellow-shirted People's Alliance of Democracy (Pad) led demonstrations in 2006. Shots ...Read More
The dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over a visit to Phnom Penh by Thailand's former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, is drawing Thais to the streets. The visit has prompted an anti-Thaksin rally in Bangkok, and there are expectations of more ...Read More
BANGKOK, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Thailand is ready to arrest fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, if he flies over the country's airspace, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has warned Monday. The Thai government already informed airline companies concerning Thailand's readiness ...Read More
Thousands of people have marched in the Thai capital to protest against Thaksin Shinawatra, the country's former prime minister, and the Cambodian government for appointing him as economic adviser.
Monday's rally in Bangkok, led by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), ...Read More
BANGKOK — Opponents of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, riled by his comments about Thailand's monarchy and the warm welcome he received in neighboring Cambodia, rallied Sunday night in the Thai capital. Police said 15,000-20,000 people were expected at the ...Read More
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's embattled opposition leaders accused the government in Web statements yesterday of becoming more brutal than the shah's regime, and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown aimed at choking off the reform movement's last real means of ...Read More
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's embattled opposition leaders accused the government of becoming more brutal than the shah's regime in Web statements Saturday, and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown aimed at choking off the reform movement's last real means of ...Read More
TEHRAN, Iran -The showdown between Iran's clerical leaders and a resilient protest movement sharpened Saturday, as opposition leaders accused the government of becoming more brutal than the shah's regime and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown. Two of Iran's top pro-reform ...Read More
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Thailand said Friday it would not be provoked into violence in its diplomatic tussle with Cambodia over fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, even as the ousted leader taunted the Bangkok government by meeting with political ...Read More
Cambodia has refused to extradite Mr Thaksin (R) to Thailand
A Cambodian man has been arrested for allegedly spying for Thailand as a major cross-border row intensifies.
Siwarak Chothipong, 31, who works for the Cambodia Air Traffic Service, was accused of ...Read More
SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AFP) – Cambodian police said Friday they had charged a Thai man with spying on fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, further inflaming a diplomatic crisis between the neighbouring countries. The spy row blew up as Thaksin played a relaxed ...Read More
(PHNOM PENH, Cambodia) — Cambodia has detained a Thai man for allegedly spying on fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the latest sign of worsening relations between the two neighbors. Thaksin, a fugitive from justice in Thailand, was named ...Read More
BANGKOK -- Since being forced out of power in a military coup three years ago, ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra has made a show of traveling the world to keep himself in the public eye back home. But his latest gambit ...Read More
The Cambodian government's appointment of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economy adviser has provoked an angry reaction from the Thai government, which views him as a criminal and a powerful political opponent.
Here, people in Cambodia share their ...Read More
Thailand's former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, continued a controversial visit to Cambodia with a speech to economists and businessmen Thursday, during which he managed to take a swipe at his political opponents.
Thaksin Shinawatra told officials and businessmen that he hopes ...Read More
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ousted former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Thursday took his role for the first time as adviser of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Royal Government of Cambodia to give a economic ...Read More
Mr Thaksin remains a highly divisive figure in Thailand
Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra has accused the country's rulers of "false patriotism" in a speech in Cambodia.
The lecture, to about 300 business and government figures was part of his new ...Read More
Cambodia has rejected a request for the extradition of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is now visiting the Southeast Asian nation.
On Wednesday, Thai diplomats presented Cambodian officials with a request to detain and extradite Mr. Thaksin. He arrived ...Read More
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Cambodia has refused a request by Thailand to extradite ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra so that he can be tried on corruption charges.
The Thai foreign ministry said Wednesday that it had received a letter from ...Read More
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Cambodia turned down a request Wednesday from Thailand to arrest former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last year was sentenced in absentia by a Thai court to two years imprisonment for violating a conflict of interest law. A statement ...Read More
Cambodia has rejected a formal request from Thailand for the extradition of the country's fugitive former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, as tensions between the two neighbours escalate. Thaksin is in Phnom Penh advising Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen on economic matters. The ...Read More
