Phumtham, Thavi in China to check on deported Uyghurs
DEPUTY Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and Justice Minister Thavi Sodsong accompanied by executives of government agencies and the media arrived at China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to check on the welfare of Uyghurs deported from Thailand at 9.40 a.m. local time (an hour ahead of Thailand) this morning (March 19), Amarin TV said. […]
Read MoreCourt refuses to let Thaksin fly to Indonesia
THE Criminal Court today (March 6) denied a request filed by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, who is facing a lese majeste lawsuit, to visit Indonesia for an Asean meeting, Naewna newspaper said. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto had invited Thaksin to attend the Asean meeting in his country tomorrow, Friday March 7. […]
Read MoreThaksin apologises for Tak Bai incident, shrugs off car bomb blast
FORMER prime minister and de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra was unperturbed by a car bomb explosion within Ban Thon Airport at far-south Narathiwat province this morning (Feb. 23) an hour before he and his team landed there while he later apologised for the Tak Bai incident, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Feb. […]
Read MorePhumtham to visit USS Carl Vinson during port call
IN A MOVE to strengthen Thai-US relations and exchange strategic information Deputy Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumtham Vejjayachai and his team will be visiting USS Carl Vinson during its port call to Laem Chabang, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 25). Pol. Gen. Thanathip Sawangsaeng, the ministry’s spokesman, said Phumtham and his team will be boarding […]
Read MorePM to boost ties with Malaysia in all areas during official visit
PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawater and her delegation arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport last evening (Dec. 15) for the seventh annual full-fledged Thai-Malaysian meeting to jointly push forward various projects, especially cooperation in developing border areas, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said. Invited by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and welcomed at the […]
Read MorePM pays private visit to Pattaya
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (June 22) paid a private visit to Pattaya, one of Thailand’s biggest tourism income earners. The prime minister, who has planned to spend the weekend with his family in Pattaya, inquired with local authorities about measures to maintain tourists’ safety, dispose of garbage and treat […]
Read MoreThailand continues converting battlefields into trading fields, this time in the South
Pattani Province, South Thailand – In the 1980s, after the end of the Indochina wars of the 1970s, Thailand forged a policy of “converting battlefields into trading fields”, making the kingdom a hub of travel, trade and transportation for the Greater Mekong Subregion countries of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. As its far-sighted success is […]
Read MoreUS and China talk past each other on most issues, but at least they’re still talking
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Beijing – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his just-concluded latest visit to China with a stop at a Beijing record store where he bought albums by Taylor Swift and Chinese rocker Dou Wei in a symbolic nod to cross-cultural exchanges and understanding he had been […]
Read MoreUK’s Cameron paying official visit to Thailand tomorrow
BRITISH Foreign Minister David Cameron is scheduled to officially visit Thailand tomorrow (Mar. 20) during which the two countries will sign Thailand-UK Strategic Partnership Roadmap, Matichon newspaper said this morning. The Thai Foreign Ministry said Cameron, a former prime minister, will be paying a courtesy call on Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and also […]
Read MorePM leads “Peace Through Tourism” visit to South Thailand
“WHEN the people have money in their pockets, they will forget about their conflicts.” That simple rationale summarised the core objective of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s historic “Peace Through Tourism” visit to the kingdom’s southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat between Feb.27-29. Under the slogan “Travel to the South — With All Your […]
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