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PM unsure if she is on US visa ban list
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 19/03/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said she does not know if she is on the list of Thai officials recently banned by Washington from obtaining visas to visit the country due to the recent deportation of 40 Uyghur detainees to China.
Govt to visit Uyghur deportees
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 17/03/2025
» Officials are scheduled to depart to China tomorrow to visit the Uyghurs that the government deported in late February, in a bid to placate critics who condemned the decision to deport them after over a decade in immigration detention.
Deporting 40 Uyghurs 'best option'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 07/03/2025
» As no other country made a firm commitment to welcome the ethnic Uyghurs detained in China for over a decade, deporting them to China was the best solution, according to Russ Jalichandra, a vice-minister for foreign affairs.
China joins scam crusade
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 17/02/2025
» China has stepped up efforts to suppress international scam gangs along the Thai-Myanmar border by sending its assistant minister of public security, Liu Zhongyi, to visit the area and seek support to step up the crackdown.
Karen Border Guard Force to help nail scammers
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Asawin Pinitwong, Published on 15/02/2025
» Col Saw Chit Thu, leader of the Myanmar junta-allied Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), has pledged to cooperate with the Thai government to crack down on call-centre scam gangs in Myanmar near the Thai border.
State Railway of Thailand to boost Laem Chabang-Bangkok freight services
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/02/2025
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) aims to increase freight services from Laem Chabang Port in Chon Buri to Bangkok to help reduce transport costs for import and export businesses.
Royal Thai Police says not deporting Uyghurs back to China
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/01/2025
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) has denied trying to deport a group of 48 Uyghur men to China as alleged by human rights advocates.
HRC term off to shaky start
News, Editorial, Published on 04/12/2024
» Winning a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in October is one thing. But walking the line of good human rights protection seems to be a different issue for the Thai government, which starts its three-year term with the body on Jan 1.
The US election and the crisis of whiteness
News, Edoardo Campanella, Published on 28/10/2024
» The "crisis of democracy" across Western countries is generally attributed to rising inequality, the hollowing out of the middle class, and the politics of mass migration. But another major factor is demography, especially in the United States, where the threat to democracy tracks developments affecting white voters. Moreover, since demographic trends cannot be easily reversed, America's growing dysfunction is likely to be a persistent factor in global politics for a long time.
Thai, Cambodian police team up against scammers
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/07/2024
» Thai and Cambodian police will work together to combat call centre scams, said national police chief Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, who expects concrete results within a short period.