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BANGKOK, Thailand -- China's navy quietly sailed into the shallow, energy-rich Gulf of Thailand earlier this month for Blue Strike 2023, a joint naval exercise to increase Beijing's influence with Thailand's newly elected, military-backed civilian government, ...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- While visiting Bangkok in 2003, then-President George W. Bush designated Thailand a 'non-NATO treaty ally' and congratulated Thaksin Shinawatra, the popular, elected, civilian prime minister. Three years later, a desperate, ...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- After 15 years as an international fugitive ousted in a coup, homesick billionaire ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned on August 22, allowing the Supreme Court to sentence him to eight years for corruption and send ...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- The anti-establishment winner of May's national election lost support to become prime minister on August 2 when his coalition dumped him, clearing the way for a conservative real-estate tycoon's possible nomination. Parliament's ...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who won reelection on July 23, announced on July 26 he would install his West Point-trained son next month as the country's leader and resign after monopolizing politics, jailing rivals, and ...

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Millions of Thais were gripped with suspense, misery, or delight seeing a Shakespearean display of political knives and an agonized 'Et tu Brute?' echoing in the hostile Senate when it voted twice to crush popular Pita Limjaroenrat's chances to ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen won reelection on July 23, as expected, extending his 38 years in power by monopolizing politics, jailing rivals, silencing free speech, and winning virtually all of parliament's seats. 'We've won a landslide,' ...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Job opening: Prime minister. Must be able to end Thailand's cycle of coups by satisfying the demands of Thailand's U.S.-trained, putsch-empowered military. Must be able to seduce junta-appointed senators into supporting the next ...

BAN RAK THAI, Thailand -- Rotting weapons, faded battlefield photos, and rough-sketched jungle maps from defeated, anti-communist, U.S.-equipped Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) guerrillas are cherished in this northern border village. The KMT and China stopped ...