Pro-Thaksin party looks set to run Thailand
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Slowly but -- it seems -- surely, the party backing ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is shaping up to be Thailand's next government, a stunning reversal of fortune since last year's military coup.
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Thailand's political parties pursued coalition talks Monday after allies of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won nearly half the seats Â but not an outright majority Â in the first parliamentary election since a military coup.
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Thailand's leading parties wooed possible partners for a coalition government on Monday, a day after allies of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra came out on top in the country's first election since he was ousted in a September 2006 military coup.
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Thailand's People Power Party (PPP), backed by ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, won support of five small allies on Saturday to lead a coalition government emerging after a December 23 general election.
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Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Tuesday he would return to Thailand from exile after the party he backed emerged from weekend elections front runner to form a coalition government.
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Thailand's post-coup leadership says it may hold promised general elections in November, earlier than planned.
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Thailand's political parties hold their last major rallies before Sunday's election, with the ruling party well ahead.
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A new book argues that the countryÂs wildly popular king has put the preservation of the monarchy ahead of a democratic Thailand.
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The People Power Party backing former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won the most seats in Sunday's Thai election according to two exit polls, a likely cause of concern to the generals who ousted him in 2006.
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A Thai court ruling clears the way for a party allied to ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra to form a government.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's military coup leaders faced international calls yesterday for a swift return to democracy, after vowing to choose a new prime minister within two weeks to replace ousted Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will return to Thailand from a self-imposed exile before May, the kingdom's new foreign minister said Friday.
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Fears of a post-election dirty tricks campaign by Thailand's old guard appear to be coming true.
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BANGKOK, Jan. 28 -- A combative veteran politician representing deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's interests was chosen as Thailand's new prime minister Monday, a move that could put him on a collision course with the military that ousted Thaksin in a 2006 coup.
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Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed, exiled and allegedly corrupt, was poised for a comeback-by-proxy as his loyalists looked likely to win Thailand's national election Sunday.
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Thailand's parliament on Monday chose a combative, right-wing politician and close ally of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra as the country's new prime minister
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Thailand's crown prince on Monday opened the country's first elected parliament since a coup 16 months ago, with allies of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra back in charge under the People Power Party.