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11 shipbuilders eyed for navy frigate deal
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/04/2026
» The Royal Thai Navy said it has invited 11 international shipbuilding companies to submit proposals for its frigate procurement project.
Hormuz crisis reveals energy resilience gap
News, Laura Carvalho, Published on 18/04/2026
» The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered what the International Monetary Fund calls a "global yet asymmetric" rupture, disrupting the flow of roughly one-quarter of oil, one-fifth of liquefied natural gas, and one-third of fertiliser supplies. Energy and fertiliser prices have risen, supply chains have rerouted, and financial conditions have tightened unevenly around the world.
Navy invites frigate bids
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/04/2026
» The Royal Thai Navy has disclosed the names of 11 international shipbuilders invited to submit proposals for its new frigate procurement programme, with three South Korean companies among the contenders.
'Fuel money' cop faces action
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/04/2026
» Four alleged victims have been identified in a probe into a police investigator accused of demanding "fuel money", with disciplinary and criminal action under way.
Conflicts of interest worsen crisis
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/04/2026
» Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn's resignation as head of the committee handling the oil crisis caused by the war in the Middle East has spared him from public criticism over a potential conflict of interest linked to his family's oil trading business.
Thai state agencies spend B250m a year on trips abroad
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/03/2026
» The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand has urged state agencies to put an end to overseas study trips that are largely tourism-oriented.
Judges shelve overseas study
News, Published on 22/03/2026
» A European study tour for 26 Supreme Court judges has been cancelled following intense public criticism over costs and necessity.
American hegemony is waning
News, Carla Norrlöf is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto., Published on 21/03/2026
» The messy crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has clarified how power works in the 21st century. It reminds us that the greatest long-term threat to the United States is not China's military buildup or Russian aggression, but the gradual fragmentation of the alliance system that has underwritten its global leadership since World War II.
Is the 80-year 'Long Peace' about to end?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/03/2026
» The Trump/Netanyahu war in the Middle East will not spread any further, and nothing going on there threatens our collective existence. The only countries that have nukes in the Middle East are Israel and the United States. Iran has none now and has never even been close to having them.
Cambodia absence highlights fragile trust
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 04/03/2026
» Cambodia's absence from the Cobra Gold military drill this year signals a persistent lack of trust between Thailand and Cambodia, analysts say.