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PM invites Xi to visit for talks
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 30/01/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Monday he has extended an invitation to China's President Xi Jinping to visit Thailand next year to mark the 50th anniversary of Thai-Sino relations.
Pheu Thai eyes Preah Vihear temple
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 21/01/2024
» Pheu Thai MPs in Si Sa Ket will ask Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin to discuss the potential reopening of the Preah Vihear temple ruins during his upcoming meeting with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet.
Predee quits finance post
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/09/2020
» Finance Minister Predee Daochai has resigned after only 26 days in the job in the wake of a reported conflict with his deputy over the appointment of the director-general of the Excise Department.
Navigating a Thai path through a new cold war
News, Published on 20/06/2020
» The US and China have grown increasingly hostile to each other in rhetoric and in policy. Their competitive rivalry may degenerate into a new cold war, to the benefit of no one. The antagonistic relationship between the world's two most powerful nations presents both a new challenge and a new opportunity for Thailand.
Quick-fix coups and the unfortunate legacy of 2014
News, Published on 22/05/2020
» Some "successes" in governments connected to military coups spell danger for a country where many have grown immune to putsches and look to them for a quick fix to national problems, argues Chaiwat Satha-Anand, a professor of politics and government at Thammasat University.
MPC minutes cite threats
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 23/05/2019
» Heightened political uncertainty after the March 24 general election and the trade spat between the US and China are darkening Thailand's economic prospects this year, according to the central bank's minutes from the latest meeting.
Political uncertainty hurts GDP view
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 25/04/2019
» Domestic political uncertainty warrants a downside risk for Thailand's GDP growth outlook this year because a delay in forming the new government could curtail public investment projects and dent private investment incentives, says the World Bank.
Student satirists deliver their annual kick
Online Reporters, Published on 09/02/2019
» Colourful floats took aim at politics, pollution and persecution at the annual Thammasat-Chula football match on Saturday afternoon at the National Stadium in Bangkok.
Prayut supports 'constructive' US role in region
Published on 01/05/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expressed support for Washington's "constructive role" in the region during his conversation with US President Donald Trump, a deputy government spokesman said on Monday.
Trump calls Prayut with invitation to White House
Published on 01/05/2017
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump Trump spoke to the prime ministers of Thailand and Singapore in separate phone calls about the North Korean threat and invited both of them to Washington, US officials said.