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Journalists tour 'once violent' Xinjiang
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 02/11/2023
» China allowed a number of international media organisations to observe what is hailed as success in containing terrorist-related violence in Xinjiang.
US allies wary of a disruptive new Trump presidency
News, Peter Apps, Published on 20/06/2023
» In a March post on his website, Donald Trump pledges to end the war in Ukraine when reelected to a second term, halt confrontation with Russia and "finish the process we began under my administration fundamentally reevaluating Nato's purpose".
Legalise vaping
News, Postbag, Published on 05/02/2023
» Re: "Hazy vape law makes waves: Tide may turn if PPRP wins poll," (BP, Feb 3) and "Thailand improves in corruption survey," (BP, Jan 31).
60,000 criminal suspects rounded up
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/11/2022
» More than 60,000 suspects in cases mostly tied to narcotics and illegal weapons have been detained during a series of nationwide raids from Oct 10 until on Tuesday, in a major security operation aimed at bolstering confidence among the international delegates attending the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Bangkok on Nov 18-19.
Too little, too late
News, Postbag, Published on 24/04/2022
» Re: "Jurin sorry as assault probe widens", (BP, April 20).
Prayut meets CIA's Cohen
News, WASSANA NANUAM and MONGKOL BANGPRAPA, Published on 20/11/2021
» David Cohen, deputy director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), had a closed-door meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday during which they are believed to have touched on a number of topics including the security situation in Myanmar and Thailand's provision of humanitarian aid to the country.
Crippling blow to the global war on terror
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 13/09/2021
» The American-led global war on terror, launched 20 years ago after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks against the United States, was already faltering before President Joe Biden took office. Now it may not recover from the blow delivered by Mr Biden's historic blunder in facilitating the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan. The flag of the world's deadliest terrorists -- responsible for killing over 2,000 US soldiers since 2001 -- flies above Kabul on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
US insists asylum report false
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 05/11/2020
» The American embassy in Bangkok on Wednesday denied reports that anti-government protest leaders had applied for political asylum in the United States, saying the report indicated a lack of understanding of how the process worked.
US turns focus to South China Sea
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/07/2020
» Last week, US army chief of staff Gen James McConville visited Thailand to strengthen the 65-year-old military alliance, culminating in the signing of the Strategic Vision Statement. Early this month, China held a five-day naval drill near the contested Paracel Islands. Then the US carried out military exercises in the waterway showing support for the free and open Indo-Pacific, as the South China Sea has been subject to overlapping claims by many countries, including China.
