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Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra seeks royal pardon, lawyer says

Some 33% of respondents said they support People’s Party, but Its leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut also saw endorsements from respondents slip to around 23% from 32%.
ASEAN Business

Reformist People’s Party still favourite as Thai elections loom: poll

Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's former prime minister, arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. Thaksin returned to Bangkok on Monday, quelling speculation that his abrupt departure for Dubai days earlier was an attempt to flee the country ahead of a court ruling that could see him jailed. Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg
International

Thai ex-PM Thaksin moved to prison hospital wing

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (centre) is escorted into a police van outside the Supreme Court in Bangkok after he was sentenced to a year in prison, Sep 9, 2025.
ASEAN Business

Thai ex-PM Thaksin begins first full day in prison

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra (left) was sentenced to one year in jail on Tuesday. Next to him is his daughter, former PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra who was recently ousted from office.
ASEAN Business
NEWS ANALYSIS

Under Anutin, Thailand will look to reinvent in uncertain post-Thaksin era

Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, Sep 9, 2025. Police would take Thaksin into custody, a Reuters reporter who attended the verdict said.
ASEAN Business

Thai court orders Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail 

Thaksin spent parts of his exile in Dubai, after fleeing corruption charges tied to his time in office.
ASEAN Business

Thailand’s former PM Thaksin returns from overseas ahead of court verdict

Thaksin, the central figure in a tumultuous two-decade battle for power in Thailand, left on his private jet for Dubai late on Thursday, with his family’s ruling party Pheu Thai in disarray.
ASEAN Business

Thai parliament to vote on new PM, as Thaksin jets off amid chaos  

TOPSHOT - Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra leaves the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 22, 2025. Thaksin said he was acquitted on August 22 of royal defamation charges, relieving him of a threat to his faltering dynasty which has dominated politics for two decades. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP)
International

Thailand's Thaksin Shinawatra faces a political reckoning as Pheu Thai reels

A guilty verdict will end Paetongtarn Shinawatra's term as the nation’s youngest leader after just one year in power. An acquittal would return her to the office for the remainder of the government’s tenure until 2027.
ASEAN Business

Thai ruling party remains upbeat over PM Shinawatra’s fate ahead of verdict

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