The elections are done and dusted and the Thai people are now waiting for Yingluck Shinawatra to form her government. But even among those who voted for her, there's still some feeling of dissatisfaction and division in Thai politics. Yingluck is yet to prove that she is her own person and not just a proxy of her elder brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Mon. 04/07/11, Yingluck Shinawatra is on her way to becoming Thailand’s first female Prime Minister. The Bangkok Post hopes she will keep her promise and not just be a puppet for her brother Thaksin. Meanwhile, the IHT's Maureen Dowd examines what happens when "a habitual predator faces off against a habitual liar" regarding the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal.
Thailand’s opposition won Sunday’s general election in a landslide according to preliminary results, paving the way for Yingluck Shinawatra (pictured), sister of ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, to become prime minister.
The fresh-faced businesswoman poised to become Thailand’s first female prime minister is seen as a political novice untainted by scandal. Yet as a “clone” of her older brother Thaksin, she has benefited from the ousted leader's huge popularity.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has conceded defeated in Sunday's general election and congratulated opposition leader Yingluck Shinawatra (pictured), sister of ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
Early exit polls suggest Thailand's main opposition Puea Thai party, led by the sister of ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is poised for a landslide win in Sunday's general election.
Polls opened Sunday for Thailand's general elections with the main opposition Puea Thai Party showing an early lead. The party is the latest incarnation of ousted former premier Thaksin Shiawatra's old party.
Five years after being ousted in a coup, could former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra be making a comeback? His younger sister is a candidate in the elections being held this weekend and she's winning the allegiance of a large proportion of her brother's supporters, the "Red Shirts". But there are fears that the vote could trigger a repeat of last year's protests which held Bangkok under siege for two months.
A Thai court has approved an arrest warrant for former premier Thaksin Shinawatra on terrorism charges following government accusations that he incited unrest and financed the mass protests by opposition "Red Shirts" in Bangkok over recent weeks.
In Thailand this morning, the government has called on protesters to stop their attacks so that it can consider entering into negotiations with them. The move follows a violent turn in the standoff between government forces and the "Red Shirts" over the past few days. So just who are these "Red Shirts"? And what can be done to avoid further escalation of the crisis?
