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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.
PP calls on govt to drop charges against US academic
Post Reporters, Published on 28/04/2025
» The opposition People's Party (PP) is urging the government to withdraw the charges against American academic Paul Chambers for the sake of the tariff talks with the United States.
Last three Uyghurs 'resettled'
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 28/04/2025
» The remaining three Uyghurs held at Suan Phlu Immigration Detention Centre have been transferred for resettlement in a third country, effectively ending a diplomatic saga which spanned more than a decade.
Vietnam and US begin trade talks
Published on 24/04/2025
» Vietnam and the United States have officially begun talks over threatened 46% US tariffs on Vietnamese imports, as the country races to take advantage of a 90-day reprieve from the levies.
Phumtham denies US visa ban talk
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 24/04/2025
» Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai denied rumours he was denied a visa by the United States following the government's recent decision to repatriate Uyghurs to China.
Uyghur issue shadows Thai-US trade talks
Published on 23/04/2025
» Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has denied rumours that he was denied a visa by the United States following the Thai government’s recent decision to deport 40 Uyghurs to China.
'No time to waste'
News, Published on 15/04/2025
» The government must form a task force to negotiate the tariffs imposed by the United States on Thai products before the 90-day pause announced by US President Donald Trump last week expires, an expert urged.
Thailand lags in the global trade war
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 11/04/2025
» Thailand is fast isolating itself from the international community and falling behind in the emerging geoeconomic warfare to the detriment of its economy and people. The elected government of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is ironically coming up with outcomes that resemble those of the military administration a decade ago. Thailand must now move quickly to contain policy damage and restore its international standing to navigate and come out of the intensifying geoeconomic war in as decent a shape as possible.
Parliament holds urgent debate as US tariff takes effect
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/04/2025
» The parliament held an urgent debate on the fallout of the 36% US levy on Thailand's exports as lawmakers expressed concern about the long-term impact of the tariff on the trade-reliant nation's economy.
Slanted cartoons
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/04/2025
» During Donald Trump's first term, the Biden years, and the pre-2024 election run-in, the average Trump media coverage recorded by most media outlets was 93% negative.