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Activist 'Guntouch' begins new border blockade
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/02/2026
» Social activist Guntouch "Gun Jompalang" Pongpaiboonwet has teamed up with supporters in Trat province to assert Thailand's territorial claim near Cambodia, amid fresh tensions near the border.
Tsunami lessons must live on
News, Jitsiree Thongnoi, Published on 26/12/2025
» Twenty-one years after the 2004 tsunami almost wiped out Ban Nam Khem, the small fishing village is coping with changing geological, demographic and employment woes while struggling to keep its way of life and passing on lessons of survival to future generations.
Film festival a boon for Silk Road
News, Chen Ziqi, Published on 27/09/2025
» This year, the Belt and Road Initiative celebrates 12 years of cooperation between over 150 countries. Beyond trade and infrastructure, its heartbeat lies in bringing people closer together.
Few kids turn up as border schools reopening
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/08/2025
» The first day of school in the border districts on Wednesday was marked by anxiety and near-empty classrooms, with fewer than 40% of students showing up.
Locals upset as road doubles as runway
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/06/2025
» Lawyer Phattarapong Supakson yesterday petitioned the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to investigate a cabinet minister's family over the alleged use of a public road as an airstrip in Nakhon Ratchasima.
Top firms lined up for talks on casinos
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/05/2025
» More than four major foreign investors interested in investing in the government's entertainment complex project have scheduled meetings to discuss potential investments, Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat revealed yesterday.
Thai govt urged to roll the dice on casinos
News, Jitsiree Thongnoi, Published on 19/05/2025
» Gaming expert Bo Bernhard remembered a conversation he had with the Singapore Tourism Board in the early 2000s.
A perilous era of absolute advantage
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 25/04/2025
» If a date had to be pinpointed, the post-Second World War international system came to an unmistakable end on April 2 -- the so-called "Liberation Day" -- when US President Donald Trump announced comprehensive "reciprocal" tariffs to a bewildered global audience. The blatantly protectionist move was equivalent to the United States' abrogation and abandonment of the rules-based international order that it ironically and instrumentally constructed and upheld over nearly eight decades. What comes now is a dangerous era of absolute advantage in global trade, investment, and finance, bent on unilateralism over multilateralism, competition over cooperation, nationalism over interdependence, and the singular quest to dominate and reshape the global pecking order under the rubric of making America "great again".
Laos keen to cash in on ecotourism
News, Mongkol Bangprapa in Laos, Published on 03/02/2025
» Khammouane province in Central Laos is being highlighted as new attraction in the neighbouring country. It has invited tourists and investors from Thailand to explore its natural landscapes and business opportunities.
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.