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Thai ex-PM Thaksin postponing return from self-exile
BANGKOK: Thai former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday (Aug 5) he was postponing his return from self-exile as…
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Commentary: Thailand’s emerging new political alignment
Instead, it is Pheu Thai, which ran a respectable second place in the May election with 141 seats, which now…
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Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra plans to return to Thailand in August, says his daughter
BANGKOK: Thailand’s self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra plans to return to the country on Aug 10, his daughter said…
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Self-exiled ex-PM Thaksin seeks return to Thailand by July
BANGKOK: Thailand’s billionaire former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday (May 9) he wants to return from self-exile before his Jul…
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Thailand’s move to legalise cannabis emerges as election issue with some parties expressing concerns
“THEY MIGHT JUST REVERSE THE DECISION” Ann Khoonoram started the first marijuana dispensary in Buriram, a small store that stocks…
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Commentary: Thailand’s election could be highly consequential for the country and the region
ELECTION SCENARIOS The key factor determining post-election scenarios will be how well former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s Pheu Thai party…
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Commentary: Thailand’s upcoming election is haunted by the ghosts of politics past
Many parties have more than one candidate for prime minister at this point in the campaigning. While Paethongtarn Shinawatra, the…
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Commentary: Could Thai voters put a third Shinawatra in power after Thaksin and Yingluck?
Not many of the senators would vote for Paetongtarn or Pheu Thai’s two other candidates, real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin,…
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