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Thaksin’s Ex-Wife Faces Legal Battle The Thai Attorney-General’s has filed a lawsuit insisting that Khunying Potjaman Na Pomphet, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s ex-wife, give back the contentious piece of land in the Ratchadaphisek area, according to Bank of Thailand governor Tarisa Wattanagase. Mrs Tarisa said legal action was taken after the Supreme Court’s Criminal [...]

Abhisit in New York The Thai government is looking to amend the national charter to ease the signing of international accords while waiting for the US to recommence free trade talks, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters in a video conference discussion from New York to Bangkok on Wednesday. Prime Minister Abhisit is in New [...]

Thai Grandmother Prevails An Eighty-year-old Thai grandmother named Hai Khanjanta is being awarded 1.2 million baht in recompense after having fought thru the legal system for 30 years to regain her land after the construction of a dam by the Thai government three decades ago. The cabinet has agreed to pay co-plaintiffs Mrs Hai, Sua [...]

Abhisit Upbeat on Economy Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has told US investors and businessmen in New York that the Thai economy has begun to rebound and that trade between Thailand and the United States will begin to expand significantly next year. Mr Abhisit, as in his role as chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian [...]

Avast Ye Mateys, Things to Get rough for Pirates The Thai parliament is drafting new anti-piracy legislation. Under the proposed law, users and sellers of counterfeit items, including computer software, music and movies could be fined 1,000 baht per instance. Owners of commercial buildings associated with product piracy could be fined 30,000 to 300,000 baht. [...]

Not Guilty Verdict for Thaksin Associates The Thai Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Position on Monday ruled all defendants in the rubber sapling graft case not guilty. No irregularities were found in the spending of government funds allocated to the project. The 44 defendants in the case had been cabinet ministers and [...]

PAD Reads Statement after Attacking Villagers in Their Homes The yellow shirted People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has finished its violent attacks on villagers to force Cambodians out of the area in the vicinity of the Phrea Vihear temple but vowed to return if the government fails to resolve the matter to yellow shirt satisfaction. [...]

Burmese Refugee Boy Achieves Origami Fame Mong Thongdee, a young boy whose family are refugees from Burma, has taken 3rd place in an Origami paper airplane flying contest in Japan. He is scheduled to return home to Chiang Rai on Monday. The paper plane he constructed flew for 10.53 seconds. The following day, Mong was [...]

Thaksin Speaks Highly of Himself 20,000 red shirted supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra listened at the Royal Plaza on Saturday as he told them Thailand is in peril of becoming a failed state. Three years have passed since he was ousted in the Sept 19, 2006, military coup, Thaksin told the crowd thru [...]