Thailand

The 25-year jail term came just days after the Election Commission ordered the disbanding of a major opposition party for advocating the reform of the lese-majeste law.

The two countries have agreed to resolve their outstanding claims in the Gulf of Thailand, but will be forced to negotiate their way around a host of nationalist tripwires.

Thaksin Shinawatra's quasi-official reception will do little to damp down rumors that he remains the real power behind the Pheu Thai-led government.

Srettha Thavisin is acting as a roving economic salesman on state visits to France and Germany this week.

If the MFP is disbanded, the party's political energy is almost certain to re-emerge in an alternate, and likely more radical, form.

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Yingluck, who served as prime minister from 2011 to 2014, is benefiting from the reconciliation between the Pheu Thai Party and the country's conservative establishment.

Under Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, there are signs that the country is finally taking a more active role in helping resolve the multifaceted crisis next door.

The move comes less than two years after the Thai government became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize the cultivation and consumption of marijuana.

Policymakers have clung to the fiction that damage to fish populations from hydropower projects can be avoided – with devastating consequences.

The controversial release of the former prime minister has presented the progressive MFP with a political opportunity.

The former Thai leader established a close relationship with Hun Sen during his 15 years in self-exile.