A Bangkok court has acquitted controversial billionaire and former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was accused of insulting the monarchy. The charge related to an interview he gave to a South Korean newspaper ten years ago. He would have faced up to 15 years in jail if convicted.

Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire former prime minister of Thailand, remains one of the country’s most influential and controversial figures nearly two decades after being ousted in a 2006 military coup.

Thailand's billionaire Shinawatra family is bracing for a series of high-stakes court decisions starting Friday that could test its political resilience, with the prospect of an early election and prolonged trouble for the country's stuttering economy.

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Friday that he had been acquitted of royal defamation by a court in a case that could have seen him imprisoned for up to 15 years.

A Thai court has dismissed a royal insult case against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, marking a significant legal victory for the influential political figure. The case was based on the lese-majeste law,

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra appeared before Thailand's Constitutional Court on August 21 for questioning in a case that could end her brief tenure in office. The hearing coincided with her 3

By bno - Taipei Office Thailand finds itself once again ensnared in political turmoil, with Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra suspended by the Constitutional Court on July 1, amid an ethics investigation over a leaked telephone conversation with Cambodian former premier Hun Sen.

Thailand's suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is in court over an alleged ethical breach during a border dispute call with Cambodia. This charge could result in her removal from office. The controversy stems from her interaction with Cambodia's Hun Sen,