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PM assures Ban of return to democracy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/09/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has affirmed to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that his government is sticking to its political roadmap which will return Thailand to democracy in 2017.
Yingluck asylum talk downplayed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/02/2015
» Authorities, including a US diplomat and military leaders, have brushed aside a speculation that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is seeking political asylum in the United States.
Kwanchai refused US interview
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/02/2015
» Red shirt co-leader Kwanchai Praipana said staff at the US embassy in Bangkok asked to meet him two weeks ago but he declined because he feared the meeting might complicate his efforts to re-open his community radio station in Udon Thani.
NCPO denies push to lift martial law
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/02/2015
» An adviser to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) yesterday denied claims the council's advisory board had suggested martial law should be lifted and replaced with Section 44 of the interim charter to ease pressure from foreign governments.
PM: Army to monitor US diplomats
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/01/2015
» The government will monitor the movements of US embassy representatives who are reportedly seeking to meet red-shirt leaders in the Northeast, army chief Udomdej Sitabutr says.
Prayut seeks to snuff out coup opposition revival
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/01/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has again threatened to summon anyone making comments that stir up political conflict, in a move aimed at discouraging a revival of anti-coup sentiments.
Government scolds US envoy for Yingluck jibe
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/01/2015
» Deputy Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai summoned the most senior official at the United States embassy in Bangkok Wednesday to express "disappointment" at comments made by an American envoy, saying the comments denouncing martial law and the impeachment of Yingluck Shinawatra "wounded the hearts" of many Thais.
Tanasak to sell progress to US
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/01/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered Foreign Minister Gen Tanasak Patimapragorn to convince the US assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs that Thailand is on course to democracy.
US praises effort to end trafficking
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/09/2014
» The United States has praised Thailand's efforts to tackle human trafficking and emphasised the importance of the countries' long-standing relations, according to Foreign Ministry permanent secretary, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, at the 69th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).