Thailand's Thaksin had clashed with king
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For many in Thailand, it was a clash between two images: an arrogant prime minister who hates to lose, and a humble king who always wins.
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Description: The latest clash between Thai security forces and Muslim activists near the Malaysian border resulted in scores dead.
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Thailand faced more political turmoil on Thursday after exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was banned from politics and his party dismantled, raising fears of unrest ahead of elections in December.
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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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Thailand's roller-coaster politics of the past year and a half, which saw a popular civilian government toppled by a military coup, heads for another treacherous turn Wednesday, when a court considers whether to disband the country's two largest parties.
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Thailand's Thaksin Shinawatra says militants in the south will step up violence to get the government "angry".
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Thailand's new military rulers were   preparing on Friday to launch an assault on alleged corruption   under ousted billionaire leader Thaksin Shinawatra after a coup   they say was needed to end political strife.
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Reader comments The Thai army seized control of Bangkok last night in a bloodless military coup while controversial Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was thousands of miles away at the United Nations in New ...
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ThailandÂs deposed prime minister seems to be having a better time than the generals who ousted him, who are struggling to control the country he left behind.
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Bangkok (VNA) - In an address broadcast on television on Friday, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that tension in southern Thailand has caused great losses in human lives and the socio-economic situation of the country for months.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has warned that violence in the country&#39;s south could get worse. Mr Thaksin said suspected Muslim separatists wanted to provoke the government into over-reacting.
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Thailand's revered king voices concern over a court ruling on whether the two main parties should be disbanded.
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Protesters linked to Thailand&#39;s ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Sunday delivered a letter to the country&#39;s military rulers demanding that the junta resign and immediately hold elections.
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose supporters triumphed in a general election, faces arrest on corruption charges if he returns, a prosecutor said.
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A faction of the Thai military led by the army chief says it has overthrown Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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The king of Thailand appeals for the military and police to work together to restore peace in Thailand's south.
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PRIME Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said today hundreds of Muslims will be prosecuted over a demonstration that led to the deaths of 87 people in southern Thailand last week, in a move which could further raise tensions in the region.