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List of 'influential figures' completed
Online Reporters, Published on 02/10/2023
» A list of "influential figures", people wielding dark influence across the country, has been completed and will be tabled at a meeting of the committee handling the matter on Tuesday, Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaiset said.
Dealing with the crisis in Myanmar
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 26/09/2023
» Since Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin came to power, the country's profile has been raised regionally and internationally.
Can Thai passports' power get a lift?
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 19/09/2023
» At the first cabinet meeting last week, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced one of the government's priorities -- improving the power of Thai passports. It is a headline goal that will require extraordinary efforts to achieve. Upgrading a national passport to a higher level involves numerous factors -- economic, socio-cultural, and political -- as well as the general optics of the partnership countries. After all, the large number of visitors to a country is not an indicator of how powerful its passport is. A country might be given more visa-free accessibility and be popular for foreign passports, but its own passport's power can still be low.
PM Srettha vows to eliminate speed pills
Post Reporters, Published on 17/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced his government will eliminate the abuse of methamphetamine pills within its tenure and measures will focus on quick confiscation of drug dealers' assets.
PM's visit to Mae Sai a positive sign
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 15/09/2023
» Today, PM and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin and other cabinet members will visit Chiang Rai province. One stop in the busy itinerary is Mae Sai Border Pass No.1 where they will discuss on how to boost border trade and how to fight against narcotics that flow through the porous border.
UK opposition promises closer EU ties on migration
AFP, Published on 14/09/2023
» LONDON - The head of Britain's main opposition party promised on Thursday to put people smuggling on a par with terrorism and forge closer intelligence ties with Europe if elected to government.
Immigration cops arrest scammers trafficked by Chinese gangs
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/09/2023
» The Immigration Bureau (IB) has arrested at least 20 Chinese nationals smuggled into the country from Cambodia over the last few month while en route to Myanmar to work for call-centre gangs.
Beaches vs buildings
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/08/2023
» Re: "PM puts Phuket project back on agenda", (BP, Aug 29).
Chinese couple held for B1.5-billion fraud
Published on 29/08/2023
» A Chinese couple has been arrested for allegedly running fraudulent investment schemes in China causing more than 1.5 billion baht in damage, according to the Immigration Bureau.
Saudi border guards accused of killing hundreds of African migrants
Published on 21/08/2023
» ISTANBUL: Border guards in Saudi Arabia have regularly opened fire on African migrants seeking to cross into the kingdom from Yemen, killing hundreds of men, women and children during a recent 15-month period, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday.