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Thailand newly elected Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives before the royal endorsement ceremony appointing Paetongtarn as Thailand's new prime minister at Pheu Thai party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thai prime minister after royal signoff

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Leader of the Pheu Thai party, Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at the party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thaksin’s daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra is elected Thailand’s prime minister

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 22, 2023. Thai prosecutors said Thaksin was formally indicted Tuesday, June 18, 2024, on a charge of defaming Thailand's monarchy in one of several court cases that have unsteadied Thai politics. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin was indicted on a charge of royal defamation

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, center, sits in a vehicle with his daughters Paetongtarn and Pinthongta after being released on parole Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thaksin was released from Police General Hospital where for the last six months he had been serving time for corruption-related offenses. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin is released on parole after serving 6 months in a hospital

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New leader of Pheu Thai Party, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, offers a traditional greeting known as a "wai" after her address at the party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Thailand’s ruling party has selected as its leader the daughter of the country’s divisive former prime minister, highlighting her family’s continuing influence more than two decades after her father entered politics.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Daughter of divisive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin named head of political party linked to him

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin addresses to the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

U.S.-China rivalry reignites as new Thai government finds its footing

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters as he arrives at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Thailand's king granted former prime minister Thaksin a pardon and reduced his eight-year prison sentence to one year, just over a week after the business tycoon-turned-politician returned from 15 years of self-imposed exile. The pardon granted by King Maha Vajiralongkorn was published Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in the Royal Gazette, making it effective immediately. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn, file)

A long, strange week in Bangkok caps a long, strange odyssey for Thailand’s Thaksin

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters as he arrives at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Thailand's king granted former prime minister Thaksin a pardon and reduced his eight-year prison sentence to one year, just over a week after the business tycoon-turned-politician returned from 15 years of self-imposed exile. The pardon granted by King Maha Vajiralongkorn was published Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in the Royal Gazette, making it effective immediately. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn, file)

Thailand’s king reduces prison term of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to a single year

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Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. 22, 2023. Thaksin, who recently returned from exile and began serving an eight-year prison term, has requested a royal pardon, a senior member of the outgoing Cabinet said Thursday, Aug. 31. Thaksin was moved from prison to a state hospital soon after his return last week for reported ill health. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, jailed after returning from exile, requests a royal pardon

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, talks to reporters during a press conference at Pheu Thai Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin is stressed but in good spirits, his daughter Paetongtarn said, in the latest update on his health since he went into a Police general hospital last week. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Daughter of ex-Thai leader Thaksin says he is fatigued, as criticism grows of his hospitalization

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters as he arrives at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thaksin moved from prison to a hospital less than a day after his return to Thailand from exile

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra welcomes his guests for the wedding of his youngest daughter Paetongtarn "Ing" Shinawatra at a hotel in Hong Kong on March 22, 2019. As Thailand grapples with the unexpectedly difficult task of naming a new prime minister, the most controversial former holder of the job, billionaire populist Thaksin Shinawatra, plans to return home next month from years of self-imposed exile, his daughter announced Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Former Thai leader Thaksin goes to jail as political party linked to him wins vote to take power

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra welcomes his guests for the wedding of his youngest daughter Paetongtarn "Ing" Shinawatra at a hotel in Hong Kong on March 22, 2019. Thaksin attended a birthday party for outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, according to video posted online Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, a day after Thaksin said he would delay plans to return to Thailand following years of self-imposed exile. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra seen in video at Cambodian leader’s birthday party

By Sopheng Cheang and Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra welcomes his guests for the wedding of his youngest daughter Paetongtarn "Ing" Shinawatra at a hotel in Hong Kong on March 22, 2019. As Thailand grapples with the unexpectedly difficult task of naming a new prime minister, the most controversial former holder of the job, billionaire populist Thaksin Shinawatra, plans to return home next month from years of self-imposed exile, his daughter announced Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Thailand’s divisive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra readies return during political turmoil

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a leader of Thailand's opposition Pheu Thai Party, smiles as she talks to reporters at Thammasat University’s indoor gymnasium in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, March 17, 2023. The Pheu Thai Party is heavily favored to win the most seats in the May 14 general election, and Paetongtarn, daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is one of its three nominees to become the next prime minister. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Daughter of ousted Thai prime minister could win his old job

By Jerry Harmer - Associated Press

Panthongtae Shinawatra , son of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, arrives at at the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Case in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases ruled Monday that Panthongtae was not guilty in the case involving loans extended in 2003 and 2004 by Krungthai Bank to the Krisdamahanakorn company. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai court acquits Thaksin’s son in illegal loan scandal

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Thai Red Shirt chiefs ordered to pay for 2010 arson damage

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FILE- in this April 11, 2009, file photo, anti-government leader Arisman Pongruangrong is cheered as he and others march through the 14th ASEAN Convention Center in Pattaya, Thailand. Thailand's Supreme Court has affirmed the prison sentences of 12 members of the &quot;Red Shirt&quot; political movement on charges related to rioting that disrupted an important regional conference in 2009. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)

Thai high court affirms guilt of 2009 Pattaya rioters

By NANNAPAT PUROD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2012, file photo, co-leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) or Yellow Shirt Movement Sondhi Limthongkul talks with small group of reporters in Bangkok, Thailand. Sondhi Limthongkul, a flamboyant media mogul who led an ultimately successful campaign to oust Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from office in 2006, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, was freed early from a 20-year prison sentence for financial fraud. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)

Thai ‘Yellow Shirt’ founder jailed for fraud released early

By NANNAPAT PUROD and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Jatuporn Phromphan, center, one of the leaders of Red Shirt, arrives at the Bangkok Criminal Court in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. The court has dismissed charges of terrorism and other offenses against 24 leaders of an extended street protest in 2010 that saw key parts of central Bangkok closed off and random violence that was ended by armed military force. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai court acquits Red Shirts of terrorism for 2010 protests

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