Hun Sen Visit Requires Special Securuty Special safety protocol will be supplied for Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during his visit to Thailand to be present at the first Mekong River summit next month, Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said on Thursday. The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Hua Hin, Prachuap [...]
Mar
26
Hun Sen Visit Requires Special Securuty
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Mar
8
Mekong River Suffers
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Mekong River Suffers The Thai government is closely keeping an eye on the declining water levels in the Mekong River with China and is prepared to talk about this predicament with the Chinese government, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Sunday. China has built dams along the Mekong River which could be depriving the downstream [...]
Mar
6
Hot, Dry, in Thailand During Hot Dry Season
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Hot, Dry, in Thailand During Hot Dry Season Thailand’s dry period is anticipated to be harsher and last longer than normal this year, the chairman of the Foundation for National Disaster Warning System of Thailand (NDWST) Smith Dharmasaroja told reporters on Friday. Mr Smith held that the effects would be felt all over the country. [...]
Oct
25
Greenpeace Bugs Bigshots in Hua Hin
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Greenpeace Bugs Bigshots in Hua Hin Greenpeace, the environmental group, assembled at the 15th Asean Summit on Saturday, insisting Asian principals to take a important action to stop climate change. The activist group hopes that positive steps will be taken by ASEAN member states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The group grabbed attention by rolling [...]
Oct
25
Abhisit Opens ASEAN Conference
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Abhisit Opens ASEAN Conference Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says that Asean leaders must focus their efforts to make the proposed Southeast Asia economic area a reality by 2015, In addressing the opening formal procedure of the Asean summit yesterday, Mr Abhisit robustly upheld the role of the Asean secretary-general in conveying pressing issues to the [...]
Oct
9
Obama Announces Asia Tour for November
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Obama Announces Asia Tour for November US President Barack Obama will tour Asia for the first time next month, visiting Japan, Singapore, China as well as South Korea for a bout of meetings on pressing matters such as trade and global security. The upcoming trip will be Obama’s most testing venture up till now into [...]
Oct
6
Internal Security Act to be Invoked for ASEAN Meeting
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Internal Security Act to be Invoked for ASEAN Meeting The Thai Prime Minister’s cabinet assembly today concurred to enforce Internal Security Act (ISA) in Cha Am and Hua Hin localities from Oct 12 to 27 to uphold law and order for the duration of the Asean meeting planned for Oct 23 to 25, Thawil Pliansri, [...]
Oct
5
Thai Political Veteran Sick and Tired of the Whole Mess
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Thai Political Veteran Sick and Tired of the Whole Mess Thailand’s Pracharaj Party leader Sanoh Thienthong said on Sunday that he is weary of political affairs and is in preparation to leave the political stage, claiming to be sickened by the entire mess. While speaking about former Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh’s return to politics by [...]
Jul
28
Thailand Applies for U.N. Security Council Seat
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Thailand Applies for U.N. Security Council Seat The Thai Prime Minister’s cabinet on Tuesday concurred that Thailand would submit an application for a seat on the United Nations Security Council as a temporary member during the 2017-2018 term, as put forward by the nation’s Foreign Ministry, according to deputy government spokesman Vachara Kannikar. Thailand sat [...]
