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Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin looks at his watch during a press conference at Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai Prime Minister Srettha is removed from office by a court order over an ethics violation

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Founder of Highland cafe Rattapon Sanrak prepares flower bud of marijuana for customers at his shop in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Thailand almost two years ago spawned a highly visible retail industry when it decriminalized the sale and possession of cannabis, but now appears set to tighten controls to ban its recreational use. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

About-face on marijuana legalization leaves Thai pot lovers with hazy future

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Thailand's Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara arrives at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Thailand’s Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nugara, who is also a deputy prime minister, abruptly resigned Monday, April 29, 2024, after the cabinet reshuffle removed him from the latter position. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thailand’s foreign minister abruptly resigns after being dropped as deputy prime minister

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Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, center, with his son Phantongtae and his daughter Pinthongta, arrives at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Thaksin Shinawatra, a controversial former Prime Minister of Thailand, made his dramatic return to Thailand last year after nearly a decade of self-imposed exile. Although he was detained in a hospital and never appeared in the public eye for six months after his arrival, his presence in the country alone brings a turmoil into Thai politics like no other politician could ever achieve. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit,File)

Polarizing Thaksin is back, and Bangkok wonders what’s next

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Chinese tourists takes selfies with Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, right, at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut Prakarn province, Thailand, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thai prime minister says visa-free policy for Chinese visitors to be made permanent in March

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In this photo provided by Thailand’s Foreign Ministry, Thai and Israeli officials including the Thai Ambassador to Israel Pannabha Chandraramya, left, pay respect to the bodies of eight Thai nationals killed in Israel during the Israel-Hamas war, at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 19 2023, before the bodies are sent back to Thailand. (Thailand’s Foreign Ministry via AP) **FILE**

High number of hostages drags Thailand into faraway fight

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Mourners carry the body of Mapal Adam, during her funeral in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Adam was killed by Hamas militants on Saturday as they carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack that killed over 1,000 Israelis. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Thailand reels at high toll of deaths, hostages from Israel-Hamas clash

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin reads the policy statement at parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand’s new prime minister tells Parliament his government will urgently tackle economic woes

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. 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

Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of Move Forward Party, speaks to media as he announces the victory in Sunday's general election at the party's headquarters in Bangkok on May 15, 2023. Thailand’s Constitutional Court cleared the way Wednesday, Aug. 16, for Parliament to vote for a new prime minister more than three months after national elections by declining to rule on a complaint over the rejection of the winning party's leader, Pita. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn, File)

Reformer out, military back in as Thailand moves to break governing impasse

By Richard S. Ehrlich – Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

Supporters of the Move Forward Party hold a portrait of Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of Move Forward Party, during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, July 29, 2023. Thai parliament on Thursday set the date of the vote for prime minister next week, for the third time, as political uncertainty continues to grow more than two months after the general election. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) **FILE**

Popular vote-winning party in May election dumped from planned new coalition government

By Richard S. Ehrlich