Yuan won’t outrank dollar anytime soon
Published by The Bangkok Post The issue of the Chinese yuan as a premier international currency has been around for quite some time. Right now, only 3% of international trade transaction is conducted in yuan and, correspondingly, central banks around…
Pheu Thai tipped for win
Published by The Bangkok Post Pheu Thai tipped for win Party forming govt by no means certain The Pheu Thai Party is likely to come out on top with the most votes in the next general election but a win…
Maximum of 50,000 COVID-19 daily infections predicted after Songkran
The Thai Ministry of Public Health has predicted that there will be a maximum average of 50,000 COVID-19 cases a day after the Songkran holidays next week, about 3,000 new cases of lung inflammation and 150 daily fatalities, if public cooperation in co…
NHRC rules limitation of free expression a violation of human rights
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ruled that Restriction No: 11, contained in “Announcement 27”, issued under the Emergency Decree by the Thai government, which bars media from disseminating information deemed to be distorted, misleading …
Junta troops arrest kindergartner from Yangon school
Junta security forces have detained a four-year-old boy from a preschool in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon, according to eyewitnesses, who say they believe the child is being used to obtain information on an armed opposition group.Thant Phone Waiy…
Despite Risk of Death, Thailand Sends Myanmar Refugees Back
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — The young woman from Myanmar and her family now live amid the tall grasses of a riverbank on the Thai border, trapped in limbo between a country that does not want them and a country whose military could kill them.Like thousands of…
Japanese gangster, 3 Thais ‘brokered’ heroin, meth deals for missiles, US alleges
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced the arrests of a suspected Japanese organized crime leader and three Thais who allegedly tried to sell large amounts of heroin and methamphetamine internationally to arm rebel groups in Myanmar and Sri …
US Arrests ‘Yakuza Chief’ Who Sought Missiles for Myanmar, Sri Lanka Rebels
NEW YORK — U.S. authorities said Thursday that they had arrested a Japanese yakuza organized crime leader and three Thai men who trafficked heroin and methamphetamine and tried to acquire surface-to-air missiles for rebel groups in Myanmar and Sri Lank…