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Anutin vows closer ties after meeting FBI deputy director
US Ambassador to Thailand Sean K. O’Neill and FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul at Government House yesterday, June 10, with talks expected to focus on cooperation against transnational crime. Anutin arrived at Government House and chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting at 10am. Police General Visanu Prasattongosoth, president of the FBI National…
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Princess Anne to make first Thailand visit since 1987
The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, and her husband Sir Tim Laurence, are scheduled to make an official visit to Thailand on July 16 and 17, 2026, the British Embassy in Bangkok has confirmed. It will be her fourth visit to the country, and the first in nearly four decades. During the two-day programme, the Princess Royal will attend an audience…
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UNHCR praises Thailand’s Myanmar refugee ID card initiative
Thailand and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reviewed preparations yesterday, June 8, to issue identity cards for Myanmar refugees in controlled areas, as part of a system allowing approved refugees to leave shelters for legal work. The visit took place at the Bureau of Registration Administration in Lam Luk Ka district, Pathum Thani province. Suphon Sayaboonnan, director…
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Thirty seven years on: What happened at Tiananmen Square?
June 4, 2026, marks the anniversary of one of the most significant and heavily suppressed events of the 20th century. For those who have never heard of it, this is the story.To understand Tiananmen, you have to understand China in the 1980s. After the chaos of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, which devastated the country’s economy and social fabric, paramount leader…
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