BANGKOK, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will strengthen his thin parliamentary majority after Sunday's key by-elections, preliminary results show.
BANGKOK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was forced to give his inaugural speech at the Foreign Ministry Tuesday as protesters blocked Parliament, witnesses said.
BANGKOK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Tuesday the government won't press for an expedited hearing on deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra for graft.
BANGKOK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Thailand's parliament Monday elected opposition Democrat Party leader and Oxford-educated Abhisit Vejjajiva, 44, as the next prime minister.
BANGKOK, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Somchai Wongsawat, brother-in-law of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Wednesday was chosen prime minister by Parliament.
BANGKOK, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, back in his exile in England, came under attack in his country for criticizing its judiciary.
BANGKOK, July 12 (UPI) -- The Thai government should meet with Cambodian officials to settle a territorial dispute over the Preah Vihear temple, a top opposition leader says.
BANGKOK, June 27 (UPI) -- Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his seven ministers easily won a confidence vote Friday despite opposition charges of mismanagement and inefficiency.
BANGKOK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Exit polls in Indonesia indicate Samak Sundaravej's Peoples Power Party will win a parliamentary majority and make him the new prime minister.
BANGKOK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Thai voters go to the polls Sunday with no party expected to win enough of a majority to ease Thailand's political turmoil.
BANGKOK, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The leader of Thailand's military government said Tuesday that the junta plans to stay on to advise a civilian prime minister.
BANGKOK, April 5 (UPI) -- Thailand's outgoing Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra Wednesday appointed his deputy, Chitchai Wannasathit, to serve until Parliament selects a new leader. Thaksin announced his resignation Tuesday evening after a weekend snap election in which his party
BANGKOK, March 21 (UPI) -- Singapore's embassy in Bangkok was targeted for a demonstration by thousands of Thais seeking the ouster of their Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
BANGKOK, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was to meet opposition leaders Monday after thousands marched in Bangkok a day earlier, calling for his ouster.
