Sihasak slams Cambodia for distorting the truth while attending key maritime hearing
By Amarin TV and Reuters – published by CNA DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow blasted Cambodia after delivering an opening statement at UN-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore over long-standing dispute with the neighbouring country over valuable maritime resources for continuing to distort the truth and repeatedly maligning Thailand by presenting falsehoods. […]
Read MoreAre scam gangs trafficking victims’ organs?
Special report by Anantachai Watcharasathian, TV Channel 7 SUSPICIONS have arisen that scam networks dabble in more than financial fraud and human trafficking with security agencies believing they are also linked to heinous crimes such as organ trafficking. The scam empire that was exposed to the world after Thai troops secured O’Smach area, opposite […]
Read MoreThailand rejects Cambodia’s claims of Anutin violating Khmer sovereignty
AMID an accusation that Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul violated Cambodian sovereignty during a visit to Chong An Ma border crossing (called An Seh by Cambodians) in Ubon Ratchathani province last weekend, Thailand’s Joint Information Centre (JIC) chief ACM Praphas Sonjaidee said that his visit was to encourage troops and not demarcate the boundary, […]
Read MoreWeapon prices climbed 30% during conflict with Cambodia: Minister
DEFENCE Minister Lt. Gen. Adul Boonthamcharoen said a key lesson learnt from the Thai-Cambodian conflict is that “money can’t buy weapons” and even if they are available an additional 30% surcharge is added and for this reason the country should produce what is essential for survival, PPTVHD36 said today (Aug. 18). In opening the […]
Read MoreSihasak optimistic as Australian diplomat is chosen to preside over Thai-Cambodian conciliation
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow expressed confidence in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea’s (UNCLOS’s) Conciliation Commission tasked with helping resolve a maritime dispute with Cambodia after Australian diplomat and legal expert Katrina Cooper was appointed the fifth conciliator and the chair, PPTVHD36 said this evening (Aug. 15). […]
Read MoreBorder trade turns positive growing by 3.9% in June
THAILAND’S border trade registered a growth of 3.9 percent for the first time in 13 months in June driven by trade with Malaysia and Laos but the figure for Cambodia remained zero as all border checkpoints are stll shut, PPTVHD36 said today (Aug. 6). Ms. Arada Fuengthong, director-general of the Department of International Trade, […]
Read MoreThai PM urged to ask Chinese leader to not deliver more tanks to Khmers
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI RUAM PALANG MP Wasawat Poungponsri today (July 17) advised Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to suspend delivery of a supplementary batch of Chinese-built, main battle tanks to Cambodia for the sake of Thailand’s border security reasons. The elected lawmaker/secretary-general of the splinter opposition party […]
Read MoreAir force rebuts Cambodia’s claim of a Thai F-16 fighter jet crashing
THE Thai air force strongly denied one of its F-16 fighter jets had crashed with the video shared on Cambodian social media actually being an old incident of an emergency landing in Greece, Naewna newspaper said today (July 13). ACM Prapas Sonjaidee, director of the Thai-Cambodian Situation Information Centre, said the release of a […]
Read MoreNight entry to border village imposed but curfew not declared
THE Thai army today (June 29) clarified that a curfew has not been declared at Ban Nong Chan village in Sa Kaeo province, next to Cambodia, but night entry along border markers 46-47 banned to prevent outsiders from infiltrating and filming the area, starting a fight, bringing in weapons or weapon-like objects and carrying […]
Read MoreAnutin holds talks with Hun Manet during summit in Russia
PRIME Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (June 19) revealed that he held a brief conversation with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet during the Special Asean-Russia Summit and Asean-Russia Business Forum being held in the Russian city Kazan with both affirming that neither side wanted conflict and that the Thai government is committed to moving forward […]
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