Thaksin’s sister to lead Thailand’s main opposition party for elections

Thaksin’s sister to lead Thailand’s main opposition party for elections

Yingluck Shinawatra, youngest sister of Thailand’s fugitive ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, unanimously won the opposition Puea Thai Party nomination as top party-listed candidate vying for the country’s top job in the July 3 polls.  More...

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Thailand’s prime minister confesses he is also British

Thailand’s prime minister confesses he is also British

Thailand’s prime minister is also British. So what ? From the beginning it was clear that Abhisit was born a British citizen, but there was just a question whether he has renounced it. Now he admits he has More...

Is Thailand’s Prime Minister a British citizen?

Is Thailand’s Prime Minister a British citizen?

This is a question of whether they can bring a case and not whether the Court should or will accept the case. If there are no grounds to bring a case, the ICC can simply dismiss the case so, for the red shirts to More...

Thailand’s Civil servants allowed to form labour unions

Thailand’s Civil servants allowed to form labour unions

A new law allowing civil servants to have labour unions was given the green light by the Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC) i går, according to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who chaired the meeting More...

Thai mutual funds seek PM’s explanation on political and economic situation

Thai mutual funds seek PM’s explanation on political and economic situation

Institutional investors from more than 20 Thai mutual funds and insurance companies will meet Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday to seek a clear explanation about the current political situation and the More...

Thailand’s Prime Minister calls for reconciliation

Thailand’s Prime Minister calls for reconciliation

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has reiterated his call on Thai people to work together on the reconciliation process.  More...

Thai Prime Minister to propose reconciliation plan to solve crisis

Thai Prime Minister to propose reconciliation plan to solve crisis

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajiva told the Japanese press Sunday he will propose a reconciliation plan to resolve the political turmoil in which the timeframe for House dissolution may be reduced to less than More...

Thailand’s Prime minister admits having underestimated red shirt protesters

Thailand’s Prime minister admits having underestimated red shirt protesters

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and army chief Gen Anupong Paojinda appeared together on the weekly programme Having Confidence in Thailand to outline their plans to handle the United Front for Democracy against More...

19 dead, over 800 injured in clashes between troops and protesters

19 döda, över 800 injured in clashes between troops and protesters

The death toll in Saturday’s clashes between government troops and anti-government protesters officially reached 19 on Sunday, with some 825 persons listed as injured, according to the Bangkok  More...

Thai prime minister faces more protestors demands

Thai prime minister faces more protestors demands

In the face of the protests, Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Thai prime minister has stood firm and refused the protestors demands. But if nothing else, the huge numbers of protestors confirmed that Thailand is a deeply More...