Transport Minister Sopon Zarum stands firm against Thai Airways ’ recent decision on joining Tiger Air of Singapore to launch a new low-cost airline “Thai Tiger Air ” despite the prime minister’s and the finance minister’s green light.
Transport Minister Sopon Zarum stated that he would accompany Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij to visit Thai Airways (THAI) Board on 2 September to brief the policies and discuss about their latest joint venture project...Read Full Story
Yingluck formed a coalition to strengthen governance.Thailand’s Parliament formally voted Yingluck Shinawatra as the first female Prime Minister of the country.
The designation of this Yingluck as Prime Minister before it can be ascertained because he led the party which wins the elections Pheu Thai national last month.
Yingluck party now leading koalisinya and the majority of the lower House.
When the election takes place, 296 of 500 members of Parliament, voted Yingluck as Prime...Read Full Story
Yingluck Shinawatra faces major challenges meet various janjiRaja Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra expressed support to the Prime Minister that means making it as leader officially.
The party won the elections with Yingluck convincing and the Parliament to support his candidacy as Prime Minister by voting last week.
He led the six-party coalition that took control of Parliament and is expected to announce Cabinet this week.
Yingluck, 44, is the youngest sister of Thaksin Shinawatra, who was...Read Full Story
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Korn Chatikavanij, a former finance minister with Thailand's opposition Democrat party, talks about the Thai government’s push for a royal pardon for exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Korn speaks with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Television's "On the Move Asia." (Source: Bloomberg)Read Full Story
Thailand's foreign minister was forced during a censure debate Friday to defend himself against angry opposition attacks over his role in the protests that shut Bangkok's airports last year. Kasit Piromya is accused of supporting the ten-day airport siege in November-December by members of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) that cost the kingdom 8.3 billion dollars and tarnished its tourist-friendly image. The 64-year-old reportedly said the blockade, the culmination of a four-month...Read Full Story
Just before Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived in Nakhon Sawan province on Tuesday, a local former MP was heard telling the waiting crowds that the premier’s working style was very much like that of her brother, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday promised the amendment process would be transparent and that it would not favour her elder brother, ousted ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The prime minister said the CDA would have 99 members. Seventy-seven of ...
The businessman said he believed his attacker was a person who was close to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. "I want to ask whether the prime minister was involved (in the attack)," Mr Ekkayuth said. The well-known businessman, who has openly been ...
He affirmed that the UDD draft did not touch on the chapter relating to the monarchy and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra would not benefit from it. He believed the drafting of a new constitution would be completed by the end of this year or early ...
The People’s Alliance for Democracy, known as the Yellow Shirts, has threatened to hold massive street protests in Bangkok if the new constitution gives amnesty to the premier’s ousted brother, Thaksin Shinawatra. Abhisit Vijjajiva, who leads the ...
A THAI court has found the wife of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra guilty of tax evasion and has sentenced her to three years in prison. Today's long-awaited ruling strikes a major blow to Thaksin, the Manchester City FC owner, who was ...