Thailand hopes to finalise RCEP in 2019
When Thailand takes the rotating Asean leadership next year it is expected to push the bloc to finalise the negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive...
Junta asks Google to block content
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a 1970s documentary. Source: YouTube
Bangkok’s junta has met Google bosses amid growing calls from royalists to arrest those who insult...
Activists demand Rohingya protection
Sixty-two people were jailed by a Bangkok court this week in the largest human trafficking trial in Thai history. Ex-army general Manas Kongpan was...
Singapore’s Lee calls for Asean to remodel economy amid trade war
Singapore “expects some fallout” from the US-China trade war, according to the city-state’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, adding that the solution is to...
Thailand extends visa amnesty for foreigners
The government of Thailand has extended the visa amnesty for stranded foreign nationals until October 31.
A report by The Nation said that the government...
Bomb kills four in southern Thailand
Four people were killed and four injured in an overnight bomb attack at a checkpoint in the southern Thai province of Pattani, agencies report.
“The...
Myanmar calls Thai king to pardon migrant ‘killers’
Myanmar says it will continue to support the process of seeking a royal pardon for two migrant workers whose death sentences were upheld by...
Annual Thai road carnage looms
As Thailand prepares for its new year holiday this month, almost 200 hospitals are asking for more blood to cope with the inevitable road...
Thailand fails to address rights abuse: HRW
Thailand’s government is failing to restore human rights after five years of military dictatorship, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha...
Junta tells temple to pick new boss
The scale of the Dhammakaya temple complex is regarded as vulgar by other Thai Buddhist groups.
Thailand’s junta is trying to order the scandal-hit Buddhist...
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