Thaksin Shinawatra

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus met with ex-PM of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra on the sidelines of sixth Bimstec summit on 4 April 2025. Photo: CA Press Wing
Foreign Policy

Yunus, ex-Thai PM Thaksin discuss Ctg-Chiang Mai direct flights, ASEAN membership

During the meeting, Yunus enquired about the health condition of Thaksin, an old friend of the 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra walks at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
World+Biz

Thai court grants ex-PM Thaksin permission to leave country

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra walks at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
World+Biz

Malaysia PM appoints Thai heavyweight Thaksin his adviser on ASEAN

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks to members of the media as he attends THACCA SPLASH - Soft Power Forum 2024 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand, June 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File photo
Asia

Thailand ex-PM Thaksin gets royal pardon: lawyer

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is expected to be arrested upon his return as he ends almost two decades of self-imposed exile, waves at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Asia

Thailand's billionaire ex-PM Thaksin freed on parole

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra walks at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
Asia

Thaksin Shinawatra: Ousted Thai PM's life in politics

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is expected to be arrested upon his return as he ends almost two decades of self-imposed exile, gestures while flanked by his son Panthongtae Shinawatra and daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
World+Biz

Thai king commutes former PM Thaksin's prison sentence to one year

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is expected to be arrested upon his return as he ends almost two decades of self-imposed exile, gestures while flanked by his son Panthongtae Shinawatra and daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
World+Biz

Daughter of ex-PM Thaksin says 'up to him' on royal pardon request

The Shinawatras are back in business
Panorama

The Shinawatras are back in business

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks to Reuters during an interview in Singapore February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
World+Biz

Thaksin moved from prison to a hospital less than a day after he returned to Thailand from exile

Supporters hold up a placard as they wait ahead of the expected arrival of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who ended almost two decades of self-imposed exile with his return to Thailand, at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Politics

Revered and reviled, Thailand's Thaksin Shinawatra returns home

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is expected to be arrested upon his return as he ends almost two decades of self-imposed exile, waves at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Politics

Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin to serve 8 years in jail

Thaksin Shinawatra in Hong Kong in 2019.Photographer: AFP/Getty Images
South Asia

Why two coups can’t keep Thailand’s Shinawatra clan down