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Lawyers for former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra Tuesday threatened to bring a lawsuit against a committee investigating Thaksin's alleged corruption if it releases details of a report into a controversial land purchase [Wikipedia...

Pojaman Shinawatra, wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , her brother Banpot Damapong, and her personal secretary Kanchanapa Honghern, pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of tax evasion and perjury ...

The Thai government announced Friday that it has decided not to sue internet search giant Google after the company agreed to remove a YouTube video considered insulting to Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej . In April Thailand...

Several hundred Thai monks rallied outside the parliament building in Bangkok Wednesday to demand that the new Thai constitution declare Buddhism the national religion. The ruling Council for National Security , headed by the Muslim General...

Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont announced Friday that the Thai government may grant amnesty to Islamic insurgents, but that it still supports Buddhists who have armed themselves for protection. Surayud,...

The Constitution Drafting Council in Thailand Wednesday presented the new draft constitution, which will be put to a referendum later this month. The 2007 draft, which would replace the 1997 constitution , calls for national elections...

Thailand Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont declined a request to declare a state of emergency in Bangkok Friday, although he said he had not ruled out the possibility of doing so in the future. Military officials...

Prosecutors in Thailand filed criminal tax evasion charges Monday against the wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , Pojaman Shinawatra, as well as her secretary and her brother, Bhanapot Damapong. Shinawatra and her...

The Assets Examination Committee in Thailand , charged with investigating allegations of corruption by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family, recommended Monday that criminal tax evasion charges be filed against...

The new constitution of Thailand will be finalized and ready to face a referendum by July 6, according to an announcement Friday from the Constitutional Drafting Committee. The 35-member committee began work on the document on...