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Thailand to acquire total of 120 US armoured vehicles
Reuters, Published on 28/08/2019
» Thailand's military plans to acquire 120 American-made armoured vehicles by 2020, with the first batch of 10 arriving next month, a Thai defence ministry source told Reuters on Wednesday.
Unexploded firebomb discovered in Bangkok’s Pratunam
Reuters, Published on 07/08/2019
» Authorities recovered an unexploded firebomb at a market in central Bangkok on Wednesday in what they said was a device left over from coordinated attacks last week that wounded four people.
PM: More than 10 involved in bombings
Reuters, Published on 05/08/2019
» Security forces are hunting more than 10 suspects in connection with a series of bomb attacks in Bangkok last week, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday.
Army chief ridicules claim Thailand behind chemical attack in Japan
Reuters, Published on 04/08/2019
» An exiled critic of the country's military and monarchy said he was attacked in his home in Japan last month and believes Thai authorities were behind the incident, an accusation that was ridiculed by the kingdom's army chief.
Central bank seen holding key rate despite flagging growth
Reuters, Published on 24/06/2019
» Thailand's central bank is expected to keep its benchmark policy rate steady on Wednesday for a fourth straight meeting, a Reuters poll showed, despite slowing growth and the way many Asian central banks have shifted toward easing policy.
Stranded Rohingya people linked to trafficking
Reuters, Published on 13/06/2019
» Police said on Thursday there is enough evidence to press human trafficking charges against the captain and crew of a boat carrying 65 Rohingya Muslims that was shipwrecked this week on a southern island.
"I'll be PM of change", says Thanathorn ahead of vote
Reuters, Published on 05/06/2019
» Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit called for change on Wednesday, as both houses of parliament convened for the first time since a 2014 coup to vote for either him or the chief of the ruling junta to be leader.
Thai exiles in fear after murders, disappearances
Reuters, Published on 24/05/2019
» When members of the exiled Thai protest band Faiyen learned that the concrete-stuffed bodies of two Thai activists who had disappeared from Laos had been found in the Mekong River, they grew worried about their own fates.
Shares linked to Bhumjaithai’s Anutin jump on poll results
Reuters, Published on 26/03/2019
» Shares of companies linked to billionaire politician Anutin Charnvirakul, who campaigned in Thailand's election on a pledge to legalise marijuana, leapt on Monday after partial results suggested his party could be a key part of a coalition government.
Election 'war room' polices social media
Reuters, Published on 18/03/2019
» In the election "war room", authorities scroll through thousands of social media posts, looking for violations of laws restricting political parties' campaigning on social media that activists say are among the most prohibitive in the world.