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Anocha saga reopens
News, Editorial, Published on 02/12/2024
» Anocha Panjoy's disappearance 46 years ago remains a haunting chapter in Thailand's history.
Govt urged to press Pyongyang on 'missing' abductee
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 21/11/2016
» Thailand needs to be persistent in demanding the return of a Thai national abducted by North Korean agents more than 30 years ago, human rights advocates have told an international forum.
Can we have some more?
News, Published on 22/08/2015
» North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong recently paid an official visit to Thailand, the first senior government member from the reclusive country to travel to the kingdom in a decade. The last was then foreign minister Paek Nam-sun in 2005.
Thais encouraged to invest in North Korea
News, Published on 11/08/2015
» North Korea wants Thai investors to do business in the country while Thailand has offered to be a bridge between the hermit country and the rest of the international community, Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn said Monday.
Thai, N. Korean foreign ministers meet in Bangkok
Kyodo News, Published on 10/08/2015
» Visiting North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong on Monday held talks here with his Thai counterpart to discuss a range of bilateral issues.
North Korean minister in rare visit
News, Published on 09/08/2015
» North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong touched down in Bangkok Saturday for an official visit to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Speak up for Anocha
News, Published on 07/04/2015
» It is a month short of 37 years since North Korean government agents abducted Anocha Panjoy. She was taken to Pyongyang for reasons that still are unclear. North Korea has denied the kidnapping and has actually claimed the Chiang Mai woman has never been in North Korea. It is a case close to home that illustrates why Japan last week extended its sanctions on North Korea for similar lies and denials about abductions of Japanese citizens over the past 40 years.
N. Korea protests Japan abductions probe
AFP, Published on 03/04/2015
» SEOUL - North Korea criticised Japan on Thursday for pressuring it over the abductions of Japanese citizens by Pyongyang and "internationalising" an issue that has marred ties between the two countries.
North Korea a true rogue
News, Published on 09/03/2015
» Fifteen years ago this month, Thailand led an attempt by the international community to recognise and welcome North Korea. As host of the important 2000 summit of the Asean Regional Forum, Thailand invited Pyongyang to join in.
UN probe revives hope for Thai 'abducted by N. Korea'
AFP, Published on 26/09/2013
» Thirty-five years after she vanished from Macau, relatives of a Thai woman believed to have been snatched by North Korean agents hope that a landmark UN investigation will help to finally bring her home.