In a court ruling today Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister, has been banned from Thailand politics for 5 years and his Thai Rak Thai party has been ordered to disband. It’s yet another strand to Thailand’s tangled political web. Thaksin was ousted in a bloodless military coup in September 2006. He was accused [...]

Having recently started this website, I have spent the past few weeks planning the layout and working on articles to include in the site. I knew I would be writing about the political situation sooner or later, but I didn’t think it would be this soon! Some countries have advised their citizens not to travel [...]