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Border disputes need a smarter path
News, Sally Tyler, Published on 27/02/2025
» Though I live in Washington, DC, I generally spend some time each year in Thailand. When I visited recently, I was interested in noting the renewed controversy around the MOU 44 with Cambodia concerning Koh Kut and the overlapping claims area. While there are obvious parallels with the Preah Vihear conflict, using the dispute surrounding the celebrated temple complex as a guide for an effective resolution in Koh Kut will prove unsatisfactory for all parties.
French space war games point to orbital arms race
News, Peter Apps, Published on 25/03/2024
» As a UN-led military force moved in to protect the independent nation of Mercury from rival Arnland in French war games this month, the most critical battle was playing out not on land, at sea or in the air, but in orbit.
No incentive
News, Postbag, Published on 31/07/2022
» Re: "Foreign ownership conundrum," (Business, July 29).
French learn about their Aussie 'mates'
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/09/2021
» It is encouraging to learn that it is not just Thailand that gets into deep water involving contracts over submarines. France is most upset with Australia for pulling the plug on a nuclear submarine deal, resulting in various shades of not-so-diplomatic name-calling. Standing out was the rather poignant observation from the recalled French ambassador to Australia that "what makes me sad is that we thought we were mates but we were stabbed in the back".
Nation to see lunar eclipse
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/06/2020
» A penumbral lunar eclipse is expected to be visible across the country early on Saturday morning if the skies are clear enough, according to the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit).
HRH Princess Sirindhorn to open Songkhla observatory
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/07/2019
» Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will preside over the opening ceremony of an astronomical observatory in Songkhla, the first of its kind in the country's southern region next Thursday, according to the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit).
Stargazers get visual feast in 2019
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/12/2018
» The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit) has invited public to watch the Great Conjunction 2020, a major astronomical event in which Jupiter and Saturn approach their closest point in 397 years.