New Criminal Corruption Charges filed against Thaksin Thai prosecutors filed new corruption criminal charges today against X-PM Thaksin Shinawatra on alleged abuse of authority to benefit his Shin Corp. Thailand’s Attorney General’s Office filed the charges in Supreme Court today over changes made in 2003 to a payments system for state-owned enterprises that pocketed the [...]

Thailand’s PPP Party Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama announced his resignation yesterday at Bangkok airport after arriving on flight from Canada. The Foreign Minister resigned due to mounting political pressure over the listing of Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage site. Thai PPP Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama resigned on Thursday, but said that the [...]

Prime Minister Samak is facing libel charges and corruption charges involving Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s purchasing of fire trucks.