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  • OPINION

    Spending plans?

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/04/2024

    » Re: "Prawit declares B87m in assets", (BP, April 25).

  • THAILAND

    Myanmar's rebel offensive hits close to home

    News, Published on 14/04/2024

    » Since the 2021 coup in Myanmar, the military regime continues to face resistance from armed rebel groups which have managed to push troops from several strongholds.

  • OPINION

    Sky-high ambitions

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/04/2024

    » Re: "PM touts plan to build world's tallest tower", (BP, April 19).

  • THAILAND

    Srettha orders border secured

    News, Published on 13/04/2024

    » Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said he had instructed the armed forces to secure the border with Myanmar and not allow any military aircraft from the neighbouring country to enter Thai airspace as fighting there has intensified.

  • THAILAND

    Thailand 'neutral' in Myanmar conflict

    Reuters, Published on 09/04/2024

    » Thailand remains neutral in the Myanmar conflict and is able to accept up to 100,000 people displaced by the turmoil, Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara said on Tuesday.

  • OPINION

    Message to despots

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/04/2024

    » Re: "Pita 'most favoured' to be next PM: poll", (BP, March 25).

  • OPINION

    Lifting Asean's efforts with Myanmar

    Oped, Published on 27/04/2024

    » About three years ago, Asean leaders gathered in Jakarta for an emergency summit on Myanmar at which the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) -- entailing the cessation of violence in the country, constructive dialogue among parties to the conflict, the appointment of a special Myanmar envoy and the provision of humanitarian assistance -- was agreed upon with the State Administration Council's (SAC) senior general Min Aung Hlaing.

  • OPINION

    The threat posed by Cambodia's new strongman

    Oped, Published on 26/04/2024

    » Although 2024 is being heralded as a banner year for elections, with dozens of countries -- representing more than half the global population -- holding polls, for some, it marks the nadir of democracy. Cambodia is one such case.

  • OPINION

    Thai police graft highlights bigger issues

    Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 26/04/2024

    » There is no bigger news on the current Thai political scene than corruption among the top echelons of the police force. At issue is the tussle between Thailand's two senior-most cops, Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn and Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, both accusing each other of being on the take. Their high-stakes feud would normally be a run-of-the-mill story for the infamously shady Thai police but this case has become a mirror and microcosm of structural graft that is corroding the highest corridors of politics, economy, and society.

  • WORLD

    Turncoat warlord at centre of Myanmar drama

    Reuters, Published on 25/04/2024

    » Armed soldiers loyal to a turncoat warlord patrol the streets of the border town of Myawaddy, as troops of the ruling Myanmar junta and rebels jostle for control of the outpost that handles more than US$1 billion in border trade every year.

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