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Southern peace talks make slow progress
Kyodo News, Published on 13/01/2022
» The Thai government and Muslim separatist insurgents in southern Thailand proposed on Thursday forming a joint working group to flesh out the broad terms agreed on in their third round of peace talks held this week in the Malaysian capital.
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam may face severe drought
Kyodo News, Published on 19/11/2019
» PHANOM PENH: Severe to extreme drought is expected to hit the four lower Mekong River Basin countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam from now until January, threatening agricultural production, experts warned Tuesday.
Japan to issue more work visas to Thais, other foreigners
Kyodo News, Published on 01/04/2019
» Japan launched on Monday a new visa system to bring in more foreign workers to the country struggling with an acute labour shortage, marking a major policy shift from its traditionally strict immigration rules.
1st Thai-made satellite successfully enters orbit
Kyodo News, Published on 18/12/2018
» Thailand's first indigenous satellite that was launched on a US rocket earlier this month has successfully entered orbit, a Thai university announced Tuesday.
Cabinet approves high-speed train project linking 3 main airports
Kyodo News, Published on 27/03/2018
» The Cabinet on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for a 200-billion-baht high-speed train network connecting three international airports.
'Father of 15' testifies at surrogate trial
Kyodo News, Published on 07/02/2018
» A Japanese man who fathered at least a dozen babies using Thai surrogate mothers appeared in court via video conference Tuesday, testifying in a case in which he is suing for paternal rights.
Three Thai men rescued on northern Japan mountain
Kyodo News, Published on 08/12/2017
» SAPPORO: Three Thai men were rescued on a mountain in Hokkaido on Friday morning after one of them suffered an injury and was unable to descend overnight, police said.
RCEP leaders hold first-ever summit
News, Kyodo News, Published on 15/11/2017
» MANILA: Leaders from 16 countries including China, India and Thailand began their first-ever summit yesterday to discuss an East Asian free trade deal that has been seen as a China-led rival to the Trans-Pacific Partnership that Japan has been trying to rejuvenate since the US withdrew earlier this year.
China claims it released bookseller abducted from Pattaya
Kyodo News, Published on 25/10/2017
» HONG KONG: Sweden said Tuesday it has been notified by Chinese authorities of the release of detained Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai, a naturalised Swedish citizen who went missing two years ago.
Beehive fence stops elephants from destroying crops
Kyodo News, Published on 16/07/2017
» CHANTHABURI - After years of crop and house damage caused by wild elephants in Khaeng Hang Maew กistrict of Chanthaburi province, a local farmer finally found a humane way to keep the hungry jumbos away without harming them -- a beehive fence.