Thailand

Thai PM to visit Saudi Arabia as diplomatic relations thaw
First high-level visit since relations soured in the wake of a 1989 theft of $20m worth of jewels from a Saudi prince.
Published On 23 Jan 2022
Myanmar refugees receive little relief at Thai border
Thousands of people running away from reported Myanmar army raids find little sense of safety in Thailand.
Published On 21 Jan 2022
UN seeks Thailand’s help to halt Myanmar crisis deterioration
Discord within ASEAN over how to deal with Myanmar is delaying a crucial meeting of the region’s foreign ministers.
Published On 18 Jan 2022
China’s crypto crackdown sparks Thai crypto-mining boom
Small investors in Thailand are buying up cryptocurrency-mining rigs as the axe falls on China’s crypto-mines.
Published On 29 Dec 2021

Global Witness says Myanmar’s lucrative gemstone trade is an important source of funding for the country’s military.

Supreme court sentences Premchai Karnasuta to two and a half years in prison without probation.

CIVICUS report says 89 percent of the world’s population now live in “closed, repressed or obstructed” countries.

Undocumented migrants are filling labour shortages in Thailand as economy rebounds from worst downturn since 1997.

Thailand welcomed 106,117 foreign tourists in first 10 months of 2021, compared with 40 million ones before pandemic.

Thailand has returned a number of Cambodian opposition activists in a move condemned by the UN refugee agency.

Out of the world’s 100 most polluted cities, 94 are in India, China, and Pakistan.

Almost one-third of job losses in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Brunei and Mongolia was in tourism, report says

Constitutional Court ruled activists’ call for royal reforms amounted to bid to ‘overthrow constitutional monarchy’.

Lawyers worry ruling could lead to treason charges against key activists as protesters pledge to gather again on Sunday.

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