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Thais reassured about oil supplies after strikes on Iran
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 13/06/2025
» Thailand has sufficient oil for 60 days of use as concern over energy supply disruptions grows following Israel’s attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, the Department of Energy Business said on Friday.
Thailand's first line of defence
News, Published on 07/06/2025
» As tensions rise along the Thailand-Cambodia border in Ubon Ratchathani, one man stands firm at the heart of national defence -- Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang, commander of the 2nd Army Region.
Southern peace talks 'lost momentum'
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 11/05/2025
» Violence in the southernmost provinces has flared with over 20 attacks reported in the past three months amid a stalled peace dialogue with insurgent groups.
NGO head checks up on Uyghur detainees
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 29/04/2025
» The People's Empowerment Foundation has expressed serious concerns over the plight of seven Uyghur people who are currently in jail in Thailand.
Green and grey
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 25/04/2025
» The hotel founding family's fingerprints are all over the Aman Nai Lert Bangkok. Quite literally. But it's done so in the most magnificent and tasteful way possible. Before arriving at their suites, guests must pass a double-floored atrium, fitted with a stillwater black pool and white boulder oasis that ticks all the boxes of a Zen rock and sand garden. Towering over this peaceful cocoon are discreet but impressive plaster panels textured with curving stripes. These are not sand dune lines, but Thanphuying Lursakdi Sampatisiri's enlarged fingerprints -- a tribute to the hotel founder's grandmother and forward-thinking matriarch that has shaped Bangkok's Nai Lert Park today.
Southern violence pressures bookings
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 14/03/2025
» Violence in the deep South, which prompted Malaysia to advise its citizens to delay visits to these areas, is likely to result in 10% of bookings being cancelled as operators urge the government to seek a long-term solution to restore confidence.
Time for Thai govt, BRN to talk
Oped, Matt Wheeler, Published on 12/03/2025
» Dialogue between the Thai government and Malay separatists marked its 12-year anniversary on Feb 28, but violence in the southernmost provinces remains an open wound on the Thai body politic. A dreadful routine of bombings, shootings and clashes in these provinces has killed some 7,680 people since 2004, yet the simmering violence goes largely unnoticed outside the region.
Malaysians advised to avoid visiting southern Thailand
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/03/2025
» Malaysia has advised its citizens to put off plans to visit southern Thailand following bombings and gunfire in the Thai border city of Sungai Kolok, a popular destination for Malaysians, and in Pattani.
Victims of the violent South speak up
News, Published on 10/03/2025
» An ambulance bomb attack erupting in front of a pub beside the packed 80-room Southern View Hotel in Muang district of Pattani almost a decade ago has remained in the memory of Saibua Kaewmanee.
Malaysians advised to avoid visiting southern Thailand
Published on 09/03/2025
» Malaysia has advised its citizens to put off plans to visit southern Thailand following bombings and gunfire in the Thai border city of Sungai Kolok, a popular destination for Malaysians, and in Pattani.