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China-Thailand joint military exercises have 'all elements needed for a small-scale war'
South China Morning Post, Published on 22/08/2024
» BEIJING - China has revealed details of its joint military exercises with Thailand, which involve the use of special forces for the first time and have been described as containing "all the elements needed for a small-scale war".
UN: Hundreds of refugees adrift in Andaman
Published on 06/12/2023
» About 400 people are believed to be stranded on two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea, the United Nations refugee agency says, calling on nearby governments to help rescue them.
New Thai cave rescue movie includes Navy Seals footage
New York Times, Published on 07/10/2021
» NEW YORK: Documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi lives in fear of not telling a complete story. What if there is another angle to explore? More footage to uncover? Is her exploration of a topic ever really complete? Those feelings were occupying large swaths of her brain back in May when she was finally able to travel to Thailand.
Nation celebrates Queen's birthday
Online Reporters, Published on 12/08/2018
» People nationwide celebrated Her Majesty the Queen's 86th birthday on Sunday.
Search teams practise evacuation
Published on 30/06/2018
» CHIANG RAI: Rescue teams held evacuation and medical drills on Saturday and divers attempted to push deeper into the Tham Luang cave as the desperate search for 12 young footballers and their coach went into its seventh day.
US Navy sails from Thailand into disputed South China Sea
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2017
» A US warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam on Sunday, in an operation meant to challenge the competing claims of all three nations, a US Defence Department official said.
Malaysian PM orders rescue of migrant boats
AFP, Published on 21/05/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Najib Razak said Thursday he had ordered the Malaysian navy and coastguard to conduct search and rescue operations for boats carrying stricken migrants including ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar.
Thai troops swoop on fugitive former minister
AFP, Published on 27/05/2014
» Thai soldiers swooped to detain a fugitive former cabinet minister on Tuesday after he emerged from hiding to become the first member of the ousted government to publicly denounce a military coup.
Reuters reporters may face arrest
AFP, Published on 13/05/2014
» Reporters with the Reuters news agency could face arrest in Thailand in connection with a Pulitzer Prize-winning article alleging the Royal Thai Navy was involved a trafficking racket using Rohingya boat people, police said Monday.
MAS 'foul play' theory growing
Published on 14/03/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - The investigation into the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner is focusing more on suspicion of foul play, as evidence suggests it was diverted hundreds of kilometres off course, say sources familiar with the Malaysian probe.