Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra looks at orchids that were named `Ascocenda Yingluck Shinawatra` in her honor during an orchid a ceremony at the National Orchid Garden in Singapore, 08 ...

The Ascocenda Yingluck Shinawatra, a rare orchid hybrid, was named after the Thai premier in honor of her first visit to Singapore as the country's head of state.

Thousands of police stood guard in the streets around Bangkok’s Supreme Court Friday ahead of a long-awaited verdict in the trial of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.