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20 crew members of attacked Thai ship back home

  SAFELY back home are 20 of 23 crew members of Thai-flagged bulk carrier “Mayuree Naree” that was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on March 11 with Oman having rescued them while efforts are still underway to help the remaining three, Amarin TV said this morning (March 16). Senior executives of Precious Shipping Plc,

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5 factors preventing Thaksin from bringing Yingluck back: Thepthai

  A FORMER Democrat MP said in a Facebook post today (Feb. 10) there are five key factors preventing de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra from bringing his sister/former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra back to Thailand from her self-exile overseas, Naewna newspaper said Mr. Thepthai Senapong voiced his opinion in his post entitled “Will

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Thaksin puts off Yingluck’s return to Thailand

  DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra said today (Feb. 9) his sister/former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s return to Thailand to mark Songkran festival here this year as anticipated hinges on appropriateness, Naewna newspaper said. Asked what factors are preventing her return, Thaksin replied that there are many factors involved. Asked whether she would

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Boonsong’s release not leading to Yingluck’s return: PM

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (Dec. 3) categorically denied yesterday’s release of former Pheu Thai commerce minister-turned-convict Boonsong Teriyabhirom on parole might probably prompt a foreseeable homecoming of her fugitive aunt/former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra from self-exile abroad. Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, dismissed speculation

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Yingluck’s planned homecoming only up to Thaksin: Ex-Democrat MP

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters WHETHER AND WHEN deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra might eventually return home from self-exile abroad without being subsequently thrown into jail would only depend on her own brother/de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra and nobody else. Former Democrat MP Thepthai Senapong today (Apr. 15) posted on his

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Yingluck will probably come back as soon as after Songkran next month

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPOSED PRIME MINISTER-cum-convict at large Yingluck Shinawatra would probably return home as soon as after Songkran festival next month and be probably given a curtailed, one-year jail sentence upon her anticipated homecoming, according to a former Red Shirt leader. Former MP/Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan has posted on his Facebook

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Yingluck’s planned return without being imprisoned could  be ‘the last straw’: Jurin

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PLANNED HOMECOMING of deposed prime minister-cum-convict at large Yingluck Shinawatra without imprisonment could possibly be “the last straw” for those who might no longer tolerate an evident undermining of the country’s rules of law and judicial process, said a prominent lawmaker today (Mar 6). Former Democrat leader Jurin Laksanavisit

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Yingluck patiently awaits homecoming in Thaksin’s style

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER YINGLUCK Shinawatra has been patiently looking to follow suit of an unprecedented homecoming style of her brother/de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra, a partisan source confirmed today (Dec.27). After nine years in self-exile overseas following the 2014 coup staged by army chief-turned-prime minister Prayut

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Srettha working on bringing Yingluck back home

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin is desperately looking for ways and means to help one of his predecessors, namely self-exiled Yingluck Shinawatra, come home sooner or later without being literally put behind bars, a noted political activist alleged today (Nov.20). Students’ & People’s Network For Thailand Reform leader Pichit Chaimongkol posted

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Governors told to push families to bring Thai workers back from Israel

  DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul tonight (Oct. 28) sent an urgent Line message to all governors across the nation to coordinate with families of Thai workers in Israel to persuade them to return home immediately, TV Channel 7 said. This step came after Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had earlier in the day issued

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PM tells Thais in Israel to change their minds and return immediately

  PRIME MINISTER Sretta Thavisin said in a post published on X, formerly Twitter, this afternoon (Oct. 28) that as Israeli forces have intensified their ground operation along the Gaza Strip with the war likely expanding Thais in Israel should change their minds and return home immediately, Matichon newspaper said. The government is extremely concerned

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