Kashmir crisis: India strikes Pakistan over tourist killings, Islamabad vows retaliation
By Agencies and published by CNA New Delhi – India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery fire along their contested frontier on Wednesday (May 7) after New Delhi launched deadly missile strikes on its arch rival, in the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in two decades. Islamabad said 31 civilians were killed by the […]
Read MoreAnalysis: Risk of violence escalates in Myanmar’s civil war as junta flags elections
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News FOUR years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Myanmar’s embattled ruling generals are making their most concerted effort to gain legitimacy – by pushing to hold another election. In the last two months, the junta has outlined plans to neighbours for […]
Read MoreThaksin denies Pheu Thai-Bhumjaithai conflict
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (Dec. 23) categorically denied that his party, core of the current coalition government, had developed a critical conflict with Bhumjaithai, the second largest coalition partner. The billionaire power player said he had had no problem to clear up with Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Interior […]
Read MoreThammanat-led renegade MPs won’t be ousted from Palang Pracharath
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A CLIQUE OF 20 RENEGADE MPs headed by former Palang Pracharath secretary-general Thammanat Prompao will be by no means ousted as members of the second largest opposition party. Palang Pracharath secretary-general Paibul Nititawan confirmed today (Sep. 10) none of the 20 rebellious MPs under command of his predecessor will be […]
Read MoreThaksin and Anutin getting together ‘not an attempt to end row over marijuana’
AFTER a photo of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, his daughter and party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra singing a song together with Interior Minister-cum-Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul at Khao Yao circulated today (July 21), government whip Visuth Chainaroon denied this is an attempt to patch up differences over as relisting marijuana as a […]
Read MoreDoubt cast on Thaksin’s hush-hush moves toward Myanmar conflict
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A HOUSE COMMITTEE TODAY (May 8) expressed doubt over clandestine moves reportedly made by de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra toward chronic, armed conflict inside Myanmar. House Committee on State Security, Border Affairs, National Strategies & Reforms Chair Rangsiman Rome questioned as to in what position Thaksin […]
Read MoreThai tourism agencies get huge budget boost for post-Covid recovery
LED by a record 60% increase in the 2023/24 fiscal year budget of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the Thai government is positioning the tourism industry as “the primary engine of economic growth” this year. However, those hopes are likely to be dashed in the event of a wider conflict in the Middle […]
Read MoreThammanat threatens to take back major agriculture agency amid tussle with Chaiya
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AGRICULTURE MINISTER THAMMANAT Prompao said today (Nov.1) he may consider taking a major department back under his control from Deputy Agriculture Minister Chaiya Promma if conflict of interest between the both of them remains unsettled. The Palang Pracharath agriculture minister confirmed that he has the lawful authority to reshuffle different […]
Read MoreRemote Indian region is on the brink of civil war
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Kangval, India – Zuan Vaiphei is armed and prepared to kill. He is also ready to die. Vaiphei spends most of his days behind the sandbag walls of a makeshift bunker, his fingers resting on the trigger of a 12-gauge shotgun. Some 1,000 yards ahead of him, between […]
Read MoreThaksin reserved, patient over Move Forward/Pheu Thai tussles
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI PARTY BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has been unusually reserved and patient over an apparent inter-party conflict between the Move Forward and his own camp. The deposed prime minister has only tweeted to say “sounds familiar” in response to emotion-filled, belligerent remarks made by one of his supporters […]
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