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You are here: Home / Archives for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra

A mercurial junta leader known for sharp tongue — Banana peel, birthday plans, and multiple personalities

April 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman and Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Ear tugs. A flying banana peel. Sarcastic remarks about getting smacked, or punched — or even executed. Such is life for the press corps covering Thailand’s notoriously testy military ruler. Since leading a putsch that ousted Thailand’s elected government last May, general-turned-prime minister Prayuth […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Bangkok Post, Brunei, EXECUTION, Khon Kaen, Koh Tao, MAYBE, Manop Thip-osod, Prayuth Chan-ocha, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Supreme Court, Thai Journalists Association, Thailand, Vol 34 No 15 | April 4 - April 10, attention, censorship

Ousted Thai premier rejects charges at impeachment hearing

January 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra defended her role in a money-losing rice subsidy scheme Friday at the start of an impeachment hearing that analysts say is aimed at ensuring the ousted leader stays out of politics for the foreseeable future.<!–more–> The charges against Yingluck have been […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Associated Press, Chulalongkorn University, International Studies, Ousted Thai, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Southeast Asian, Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Vol 34 No 4 | January 17 - January 23

Children become latest victims of Thai violence

March 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – The father grimaced and wept, as he struggled to contain his grief at the death of his two children in a grenade attack during a weekend trip to a mall in downtown Bangkok — the latest casualties in Thailand’s months of political crisis.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Democrat Party, KFC, Kamthorn Auicharoen, Prayuth Chan-ocha, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Tayakorn Yos-ubon, Thailand, UNICEF, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7

Thai police clash with protesters; four dead — Prime minister in jeopardy of impeachment

February 22, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Koksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – Gunbattles broke out Tuesday, Feb. 18, as hundreds of riot police made their strongest attempt to clear anti-government protest sites around Thailand’s capital, leaving at least four people dead and 64 others injured.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul, Civil Court, EFE, Earlier Tuesday, Energy Ministry, Government Savings Bank, Grand Palace, Hong Kong, Interior Ministry, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand, Tharit Pengdit, Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt, Vol 33 No 9 | February 22 - February 28, Wally Santana

Seattle Thais rally for Thailand reforms

February 6, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

More than 100 Thais and Americans gathered at the American Legion hall in Shoreline Feb. 1 to stage a

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2014, AP, American Legion, Bill Monson, Los Angeles, North Seattle, Peter Tangpiankij, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Seattle Thais, Shoreline Feb, Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, Vol 33 No 7 | February 8 - February 14

Thai Senate kills contentious amnesty bill

November 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – Thailand’s Senate has defeated an amnesty bill that could have led to the return from exile of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, but opponents of the bill vowed to continue their protests against the government.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, Associated Press, Democrat Party, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thai Senate, Thailand, Vol 32 No 47 | November 16 - November 22

Thai king makes first trip outside of Bangkok in years

June 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thousands upon thousands of devoted Thais feted their 84-year-old monarch Friday on his first trip outside the capital in almost three years, a period marked by his ailing health and national political turmoil. The elaborate tribute to King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the old capital of Ayutthaya […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Burma, Elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Queen Sirikit, Queen Suriyothai, Siriraj Hospital, Steps Without His Cane, Vol 31 No 23 | June 2 - June 8

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