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A Taiwanese drug trafficker was arrested at a Thai beach resort with 229 pounds of heroin worth millions of dollars in a joint operation by American, Taiwanese and Thai drug enforcement authorities, officials said Monday.
Thailand's prime minister was forced to flee one of his own government ministries Wednesday as protesters demanding his resignation taunted him, tossing sandals and plastic bottles at his entourage.
Thousands of supporters of Thailand's ruling coalition gathered Saturday on the outskirts of Bangkok in a show of strength, two days ahead of a planned major protest by a group hoping to topple the elected government.
Thailand's Appeals Court upheld a two-year jail sentence Thursday in a defamation case against former Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who was recently forced to resign for violating the constitution.
Thailand's ruling People's Power Party announced Tuesday that it has reconciled with a renegade faction, clearing a hurdle toward the selection of Somchai Wongsawat as a consensus candidate for prime minister.
Thailand's prime minister declared a state of emergency in the capital Tuesday after street fighting overnight between supporters and opponents of the government left one man dead and dozens injured.
Thai police said disgraced rocker Gary Glitter agreed Thursday to leave Thailand for London, possibly ending a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting children.
Several thousand protesters gathered outside the British Embassy on Tuesday to demand that London extradite former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to face criminal charges at home.
A Canadian schoolteacher who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy was sentenced Friday to three years and three months in jail in Thailand.
Thai prosecutors filed new corruption charges against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Friday for alleged abuse of authority to benefit his family business.
Thailand's prime minister and seven of his Cabinet ministers held off a parliamentary challenge Friday as street protesters demanded the coalition government's resignation.
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Sunday agreed to resign if he lost a no-confidence vote in Parliament, but he remained defiant in the face of anti-government protesters who have surrounded his office, vowing to oust him.
Tens of thousands of heavy trucks are threatening to cause havoc in the Thai capital while fishermen have begun burning their boats in nationwide protests against soaring prices of fuel and other essentials, protesters said Thursday.
Anti-government street protests and rumors of a military coup are hurting Thailand's economy and investors' confidence, the finance minister said Monday as the stock market dropped 2.8 percent.
Thailand's military indicated Thursday that it might stage a coup as tension grew over a government official who is accused of insulting the king.
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is living in virtual darkness after the devastating cyclone that struck the country blew the roof off her house, a neighbor said Thursday.
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Sunday brushed aside criticism that he has been rude to the country's press corps, saying he has no time for the media and will not change his style.
Thailand's leader planned to cook dinner for the visiting Myanmar prime minister Tuesday during a visit expected to include talks about the military-ruled country's coming referendum on a long-awaited constitution.
Police in Thailand will seek court approval to extradite to the United States a Russian man accused of being one of the world's top black market arms dealers, officials said Wednesday.
A lawyer for a purported Russian arms dealer said Monday his client had not committed any crime "anywhere in the world," adding that he would beat U.S. allegations that he tried to supply arms to Colombian rebels.
A Thai court denied bail Tuesday to a purported Russian arms dealer, citing the serious nature of the charges against him and saying he is considered a flight risk, his lawyer said.
Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in 2006 amid corruption allegations, said he will return from exile Thursday to face charges and vowed to stay out of politics forever.
Thailand's new prime minister said Sunday he will also become the defense minister in a soon-to-be unveiled Cabinet to deter the military from staging a coup against his government.
Thailand's parliament convenes Monday after a nearly two-year absence, restoring democracy after a military coup ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and returning many of his allies to politics.
Suspected Muslim insurgents killed eight soldiers — leaving one beheaded — in a bomb and shooting attack Monday in restive southern Thailand, army and police officials said.
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