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Scrapping MoU 44 won't weaken security, navy says
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/04/2026
» The Royal Thai Navy says the government's decision to scrap MoU 44 with Cambodia will not weaken maritime security, adding sovereignty protection and patrol missions remain at full readiness.
Cambodian border to remain shut
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/04/2026
» Thailand will not reopen border checkpoints until Cambodia complies with the ceasefire agreement, according to Defence Minister Lt Gen Adul Boonthumjaroen.
JTC, energy deal win over House panel
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 29/11/2024
» The House committee on Energy has thrown its support behind the establishment of the Joint Technical Committee (JTC) between Thailand and Cambodia and the continuation of the energy concession given to the private sector.
Government willing to explain agreement's benefits
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/11/2024
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra insists that the government is ready to explain its decision to back a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Thailand and Cambodia on both countries' overlapping maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand.
Maritime woes land govt in hot water
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/11/2024
» On the surface, the political situation appears to be calm and the government is doing fine. Politically, if not economically, it enjoys a comfortable majority in the House, with the opposition People's Party performing its role half-heartedly. But a strong undercurrent is running underneath the surface like a time bomb waiting to explode if the government makes a faux pas.
Asean issues "extraordinary" bulletin
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 15/09/2020
» Asean has further consolidated and displayed its true self amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the most holistic of ways. The empirical evidence can be found in the 12,390-word Joint Communique. The 99-paragraph document requires a careful study as it is rather "extraordinary", as a senior Thai Asean official put it, in both substance and length. The communique this year encompasses elements and ingredients that will make Asean more cohesive and responsive in facing current and future challenges. Truth be told, Asean under Vietnam's chair took a painstakingly long time debating the wording, with lots of agreements and disagreements over the content. Since the communique was released late by one day, rumours ran amok that it might not come out at all, repeating the 2012 debacle.
US turns focus to South China Sea
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/07/2020
» Last week, US army chief of staff Gen James McConville visited Thailand to strengthen the 65-year-old military alliance, culminating in the signing of the Strategic Vision Statement. Early this month, China held a five-day naval drill near the contested Paracel Islands. Then the US carried out military exercises in the waterway showing support for the free and open Indo-Pacific, as the South China Sea has been subject to overlapping claims by many countries, including China.
Thai-US alliance comes with new twists
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 14/07/2020
» Before General James C McConville, the Chief of Staff of the US army, was able to sign the Joint Vision Statement 2020 for the Thai-US Defence Alliance last Friday, he had to go through the stringent Covid-19 measures required under Thai law for foreign visitors.
Asean chief charts new UN course
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 11/02/2020
» Shortly after last month's Asean foreign ministerial retreat in Vietnam's Nha Trang, Secretary General Dato Lim Jock Hoi flew to New York. He was instructed by Asean foreign ministers to brief the UN Security Council on the bloc's role in cooperating with the UN, regional and subregional organisations to maintain international peace and security.
25 years of the rule of law at sea
News, Aristyo Rizka Darmawan & Arie Afriansyah, Published on 05/02/2020
» The past few weeks have been a tough challenge for Indonesian diplomacy at sea. The illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by Chinese fishing vessels, which were escorted by the Chinese Coast Guard, in Indonesia's Natuna Sea has provoked tensions between Indonesia and China.