New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Thailand recalled its ambassador from neighboring Cambodia on Thursday after the former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a fugitive from justice, was named an adviser to the government in Phnom Penh.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has thanked Cambodia for appointing him as an economic adviser, despite the move likely to further damage relations between to the two countries.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Cambodia has appointed the ousted prime minister of neighboring Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra as a government adviser on the economy a move likely to further deteriorate relations with the current government in Bangkok.
France24 (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
A media rights group Thursday called for the dismissal of "baseless" charges against three people accused of spreading false rumours about the Thai king's health that sent stocks plunging last month. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said the three Thai Internet users arrested this month were being used as "scapegoats" for October's drop in the market over concerns about the condition...
The Age (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Cambodia has appointed the ousted prime minister of neighbouring Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, as a government adviser on the economy.
BURMA DIGEST (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
by Thitinan Pongsudhirak - Thitinan Pongsudhirak is Professor and Director of the Institute of Security and International Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. BANGKOK – The hospitalization of King Bhumibol Adulyadej has brought Thailand’s most daunting question to the fore. The country’s wrenching political struggle over the past several years...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Thailand's ailing 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej made a brief public appearance Monday, the second during his six-week hospitalization, easing concerns about his health that have shaken the public and the local stock market.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Bangkok - Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, who has been in hospital since mid-September, appeared in public Monday to partake in the kingdom's centuries-old Loy Krathong festival. Amid family members and a che...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Thai authorities have charged two people with allegedly spreading rumours about the health of the king that sent the stock market tumbling last month
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Bangkok - Thai authorities over the weekend arrested two members of the securities industry for posting false information about the king on internet websites during last month's stock market crash, media reports said Monday. Thiranant Wipuchanin, 43,...
Thailand business news (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Thai police arrest two people for allegedly spreading rumours about the health of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Thai police arrest two people for allegedly spreading rumours about the health of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
BANGKOK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Police in Thailand arrested two people on Sunday on suspicion of spreading rumours about the health of the country's 81-year-old king that triggered a slide in stock prices, police said.
France24 (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Thai authorities are to charge four people with spreading rumours about the health of the country's king which sent stock markets plunging earlier this month, the prime minister said Thursday. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 81, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has been in hospital since mid-September with a lung infection and fever and last week made his first public appearance since his admission....
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
People get long jail sentences in Thailand for criticizing the royal family. So the Thai media have been silent on the question of what happens after the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. But the king is 81 years old, and he has been in hospital for a month now. So there are widespread fears that he is dying. Recently, the Bangkok stock market fell by 8 per cent in a day on rumours that his health...
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