By Napat Wesshasartar OFF MAN NAI ISLAND, Thailand (Reuters) – On a starry night, four Thai marine biologists scuba dived through shallow waters off an island in the country’s south as billions of pink specks floated up from the ocean floor in a spectacle that takes place only once a year. The pink specks were […]
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Former Thai leader Thaksin makes first public appearances after release from detention
BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra began his first public appearances since leaving detention, with an early morning visit to a shrine in Bangkok on Thursday before flying to his home province of Chiang Mai in the country’s north. The controversial billionaire, a longtime rival of the country’s conservative elite who was […]
Thai officials arrest 6 for trying to smuggle 87 wild animals in luggage
[Source] Thailand’s Customs Department arrested six Indian nationals at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 87 wild animals, including a red panda and cotton-top tamarin monkeys, out of the country. Violating laws: The individuals, aged 29 to 56, are accused of attempting to smuggle the live animals without proper declaration and violating several […]
Red panda found alongside 86 other animals in luggage at Thai airport
An endangered red panda has been found alongside 86 other animals inside luggage at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand’s Customs Department said in a statement Wednesday. The red panda was one of 87 animals found in the luggage of six Indian nationals who have been arrested for “trying to smuggle live animals out of the country,” […]
Thai court acquits former PM over mishandling of government funds
A Thai court has acquitted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, now living in exile, on charges of mishandling expenditures for a government project in 2013. It is seen as the latest legal victory for the powerful family of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The action comes shortly after Thaksin, Yingluck’s brother, was released on parole for […]
Thai court acquits former PM Yingluck Shinawatra on charges of mishandling government funds
FILE – Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court to make her final statements in a trial on a charge of criminal negligence in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. 1, 2017. A Thai court on Monday, March 4, 2024, dropped a charge against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, now living in exile, […]
Thaksin Picked as Most Influential Thai Politician in Survey
(Bloomberg) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was picked as the nation’s most influential politician after he was freed from detention under a special parole, according to a survey. Most Read from Bloomberg Nearly 43% of the respondents chose Thaksin, according to a nationwide poll of 1,310 people conducted by the National Institute of […]
A former Thai police chief will face charges for allegedly helping a Red Bull scion avoid justice
BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand announced Tuesday they will indict a former national police chief on charges of impeding legal action against an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who was accused of killing a Bangkok police officer in a 2012 hit-and-run. Several government officials and police officers have been accused of […]
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Former Thai prime minister released on parole
Thailand’s convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has arrived at his mansion in the capital Bangkok after being released on parole. The billionaire was freed from a police hospital, where he had been serving a one-year jail sentence for corruption and abuse of power. Thaksin, 74, was detained as soon as he returned to Thailand […]
Rolls Ditched as Thai Engine Supplier in Boeing Jet Deal
(Bloomberg) — Thai Airways International Pcl has dropped Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc as its sole supplier of next-generation widebody engines in favor of General Electric Co. — a blow to the UK company as it tries to improve profitability. Most Read from Bloomberg Bangkok-based Thai Airways on Wednesday said it was ordering 45 Boeing Co. aircraft, […]
Thai PM urges royal convoy debate in ‘safe spaces’ after violence
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s prime minister called for dialogue in “safe spaces” on Monday over the once-taboo issue of royal family motorcades, after more than a dozen people were injured in weekend brawls between ultra-royalists and monarchy-reform activists. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin‘s comments came amid a public row triggered earlier this month when monarchy-reform activist […]