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Government urges Iran to let Thai ships pass
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/03/2026
» The government is working closely with Iran to ensure the safe passage of Thai vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, said Panidone Pachimsawat, deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Fuel frustration mounts
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Apinya Wipatayotin and Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 21/03/2026
» Public frustration is mounting across Thailand over restricted access to fuel, despite repeated government assurances that national reserves remain ample.
Trump shows China how to handle Taiwan
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 17/03/2026
» Since returning to office last year, US President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader. And he has joined Israel in a large-scale assault on Iran. Meanwhile, he is tightening a noose around Cuba, in the hope that the resulting humanitarian crisis will open the way for a "friendly takeover" of the island by the United States.
3 Thai crew on attacked ship ‘still alive’
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/03/2026
» Three Thai sailors remain alive aboard the damaged cargo ship MV Mayuree Naree after it was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Adm Thadawut Thatphithakkul, chief of staff of the Royal Thai Navy.
Marine missions see twenty arrested
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 13/03/2026
» Authorities have arrested a Myanmar national and detained 19 Indonesian fishermen in separate maritime operations targeting fuel smuggling and illegal fishing in the Andaman Sea.
PM forms conflict crisis centre
News, MONGKOL BANGPRAPA and PORAMET TANGSATHAPORN, Published on 07/03/2026
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the establishment of a national centre to monitor developments in the Middle East conflict, amid warnings from security officials that the fighting could last longer than a month and potentially widen.
Songkhla man admits to setting pet husky on fire
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 23/02/2026
» SONGKHLA: A 56-year-old man who set fire to a pet Siberian husky named Molly, leading to her death, told police on Saturday that "the dog bit my fighting cock".
Centre set up for sunken ship
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 10/02/2026
» PHUKET: A command centre has been established to coordinate a response after the Panama‑flagged cargo vessel SEALLOYD ARC sank in the Andaman Sea, provincial authorities and the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) said on Sunday.
Somaliland: Mixed motivations
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 03/01/2026
» Last week Israel was the first country in the world to establish diplomatic relations with Somaliland. Not Somalia, a wreck of a country on the East African coast that has been mired in civil war for the past thirty-five years, but Somaliland, a different country just north of there that has been peaceful, relatively prosperous and even democratic for all those years.
Army restricts fuel exports to Laos
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/12/2025
» The military has suspended exports of all fuel products and military equipment to Laos through the Chong Mek border crossing in Ubon Ratchathani's Sirindhorn district, following intelligence reports alleging that fuel and weapons were being diverted to Cambodia.