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Conflicts 'spurring arms race'
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 04/11/2015
» Global and regional conflicts have forced Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members to increase defence spending, a seminar was told yesterday.
Amity treaty will boost Morocco ties, says envoy
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 03/08/2016
» Morocco's decision to join the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) will enable the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to engage more fully with African and Arabic countries, its envoy said.
Huge task ahead for Asean Community
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 01/01/2015
» The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has a huge task ahead as it pulls its member nations together to form the Asean Community by this time next year, says Foreign Ministry permanent secretary Sihasak Phuangketkeow.
US to support Thai wildlife
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 05/03/2017
» America's support for anti-animal trafficking efforts will remain concentrated along Thailand's western border with Myanmar -- a major trafficking point for wildlife originating in South Asia, said US Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Foote, from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).
Regional rail contender
Asia focus, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 10/10/2016
» The rail technology leader Bombardier is seeking a stronger presence in Asia through its headquarters in Bangkok, says the company's vice-president for Asia Pacific.
India breathes new life into Buddhist circuit
Asia focus, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 31/10/2016
» India is scaling up its efforts through heavy investments in connectivity to attract Buddhist pilgrims from across South and Southeast Asia, according to Union Tourism Secretary Vinod Zutshi.
Cultural nationalism 'threatens ties'
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 06/08/2016
» Cultural similarities among Asean members will help further strengthen the community but only if people ease up on nationalistic feelings of cultural ownership, a seminar was told yesterday.
Harsh calls for joint plan on drug woes
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 25/12/2014
» The Indian ambassador to Thailand has vowed to use his country's "Act East" policy to boost ties with the kingdom on tourism, trade and investment, but is warning that drugs trading and transnational crime problems are challenges that both nations must address.
Thais still struggle to enter S Korea
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 19/05/2017
» Thai tourists complain that too many are being refused entry to South Korea as authorities there fear they may overstay their visas or look for work, but the Thai Foreign Ministry (MFA) has cited a lack of required documents and language problems as the main reasons.
Lost in ruination
B Magazine, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 26/02/2017
» The light breeze and perfect natural setting of the one-time Hindu sacred land of the Champa kingdom in central Vietnam wafted my curiosity about how this site began, when India started being interested in this country and how everything that used to be so much alive in the old days ended up abandoned in the ample jungle.