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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.
FM to raise border mine concerns
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/12/2025
» Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow is in Geneva this week for the 22nd Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
Boxing pride is global
News, Editorial, Published on 13/10/2025
» As Thailand prepares to host the 2025 SEA Games this December, a controversy has emerged over the use of the term "Muay" instead of "Muaythai" for the boxing event.
Tilapia saga resurfaces
News, Editorial, Published on 20/09/2025
» The issue of non-native Blackchin tilapia fish in Thai waterways has returned to public attention after a public prosecutor last week indicted environmental activist Witoon Lianchamroon, founder of BIOTHAI, in a criminal court for allegedly defaming agro titan Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF).
Maris asks UN for probe on landmine
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 14/08/2025
» Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa has reached out directly to the United Nations secretary-general and Japan's foreign minister, urging an international investigation into Cambodia's violations of the Ottawa Convention following the latest landmine incident, which severely injured a ranger on Tuesday.
Leadership motion sparks turmoil in Bangkok council
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 03/07/2025
» A Bangkok Metropolitan Council (BMC) meeting descended into chaos on Wednesdsay after 25 council members submitted a motion to elect a new council chairman, challenging the current leadership of Surachit Phongsingwittaya.
Charter bill talks delayed
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 14/02/2025
» A joint sitting of MPs and senators deliberating charter amendment bills was adjourned on Thursday due to a lack of a quorum with the absence of MPs from the ruling Pheu Thai Party seen as a strategic move to prevent its bill from being rejected.
Myanmar workers protest at being duped
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/11/2024
» SAMUT SAKHON: About 100 Myanmar workers protested in front of a factory in Muang district after they paid a group of Thai brokers 3,000-7,000 baht each but did not receive the promised jobs.
Workers protest over late wages
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/11/2024
» Hundreds of workers protested in front of Government House on Tuesday, demanding the government's help as 10,000 of them have not been paid for eight months by subcontractors of a clean fuel project in Chon Buri.
Govt to solve Prachin Buri wage woes
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 19/08/2024
» Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakan has ordered ministry officials to deal with a Chinese company in Prachin Buri that failed to pay the wages of more than 700 foreign workers in the past two months, a spokesman said.