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Maritime body restructured to tackle IUU
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 14/09/2019
» The Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC) will be in charge of combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and defending the country's maritime interests, according to navy commander Adm Luechai Ruddit.
9 more accused of 'seasteading'
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/07/2019
» Charges will be pressed against an additional nine suspects, among them seven Thais, one German and one person of an unknown nationality, for their alleged involvement in the illegal construction of a "seastead" in Thai territorial waters in the Andaman Sea.
Smoked out
News, Postbag, Published on 29/04/2019
» Your recent report on the haze in northern Thailand says that 90% of the thousands of hot spots were started by people, but figure should be 100%. Places like Australia and California have wild fires. Tropical countries do not. Why doesn't Malaysia have them? Or tropical Northern Australia, even? And if 90% were caused by arson, which in Australia means up to 20 years in jail if they cause death and destruction, how many people are now in Thai jails convicted of arson?
US-Thai couple 'hiding on Tarutao'
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 24/04/2019
» An American man and his Thai wife, accused of illegally building a so-called seastead close to Thai territorial waters in the Andaman Sea, are believed to be hiding on Tarutao Island to escape police arrest.
'Seastead' dismantled by navy
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 23/04/2019
» PHUKET: The navy on Monday began dismantling a so-called seastead, the key piece of evidence in a security case being pursued against an American man and his Thai wife, and is expected to complete the task within the day.
Seastead comes to shore later Monday
News, Published on 22/04/2019
» Phuket: An operation is due to be carried out on Monday to remove a seastead, a key piece of evidence in a security case being pursued against an American man and his Thai wife who previously occupied it, and tow it to the shore from the sea.
Seasteads threat real
News, Postbag, Published on 22/04/2019
» Re: "Navy probes threat posed by seasteads", (BP, April 20). Thai authorities are right to be concerned about the establishment of so-called "seasteads" near the country's territorial waters. There is a definite risk that if "seasteaders" are successful in establishing adverse possession of territory adjacent to Thai territory, they could threaten Thai sovereignty.
Seastead to be dismantled
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran & Wassana Nanuam, Published on 21/04/2019
» Authorities led by the Royal Thai Navy are expected to today resume an operation to dismantle and tow to shore the seastead of an American bitcoin investor and his Thai girlfriend in the Andaman Sea.
Navy probes threat posed by seasteads
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 20/04/2019
» The navy has begun carrying out surveillance on seasteading activities in or near Thai waters saying they are a new form of threat that needs to be closely monitored and dealt with, according to a navy chief.
Government lottery
News, Postbag, Published on 20/04/2019
» The current impasse with Thai politics in selecting a prime minister might never be resolved due to the problems with the rules as stipulated in the 2017 charter. Obviously, the rules were inadequate because there is no readily available solution.