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Myanmar's reclusive general turns jet-setter in quest for election backing
Reuters, Published on 03/10/2025
» Myanmar's junta chief is becoming a frequent flier.
Corrections chief says Thaksin eligible to seek second royal pardon
Online Reporters, Published on 03/10/2025
» The Department of Corrections has confirmed that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is legally eligible to submit a second petition for a royal pardon, as his initial request in 2023 was not rejected.
Finland dismisses case over Baltic cable cuts
AFP, Published on 03/10/2025
» HELSINKI — A Helsinki court on Friday dismissed a case against three members of a ship from Russia's "shadow fleet" suspected of cutting Baltic Sea cables, saying it was beyond its jurisdiction.
Thai hitman gets life sentence for murder of Cambodian opposition politician
Reuters, Published on 03/10/2025
» A Thai court on Friday imposed the death penalty and commuted it to life imprisonment for a hitman who shot dead a former Cambodian opposition lawmaker in Bangkok in January, the lawyer for the victim's family told Reuters.
Southeast Asia amid the US-China rift
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 03/10/2025
» The rivalry between the United States and China has become the defining contest of the 21st century. Barely two decades ago, Washington and Beijing were partners in prosperity. America's support for China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001 epitomised the high-water mark of engagement, reflecting the belief that economic integration would lead to greater political cooperation. Today, that partnership has morphed into suspicion and confrontation. Relations between the United States and China have deteriorated so swiftly that many observers now describe them as locked in a "new Cold War". The more pressing question, however, is not whether this analogy holds, but whether confrontation can be managed short of outright conflict.
Thai security council urged to study Cambodia MoUs
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/10/2025
» Former foreign affairs minister Noppadon Pattama has urged the government to study the pros and cons of two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed with Cambodia governing disputed border areas before putting any such agreements up for a referendum.
'Big Joke' files defamation suit against police chief
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 03/10/2025
» Former deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, also known as "Big Joke", has filed a criminal defamation lawsuit against national police chief Pol Gen Kittharath Punpetch over allegations of links to a Chulalongkorn University law exam scandal.
France to try Chinese captain of Russia 'shadow fleet' vessel
AFP, Published on 02/10/2025
» RENNES — A French court is to try the Chinese captain of a tanker from Russia's "shadow fleet" early next year after it was intercepted off France, prosecutors said Thursday, in a move seen as a message to Moscow over its efforts to skirt Western oil sanctions.
Panel reviewing Thaksin's pardon petition
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/10/2025
» The Justice Ministry has set up a panel to review convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's petition for a royal pardon, according to Justice Minister Pol Lt Gen Rutthapon Naowarat.
Woman linked to B5-billion laundering network arrested in Bangkok
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/10/2025
» Police in Bangkok have arrested a 55-year-old woman accused of opening bank accounts for a transnational money laundering network that had more than 5 billion baht in circulation.