The Thai government will not allow insurgents in southern Thailand to use the recent surge in violence as leverage in peace talks, said Secretary General of the National Security Council Chatchai Bangchuad.
Thailand believes that engagement with the new administration in Myanmar is necessary to help resolve the crisis in the country and bring it back to the “ASEAN family,” according to former foreign minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara.
The Anutin government may not have an endgame scenario for the ongoing deadly border conflict with Cambodia as charged by several international affairs and defence experts, but the Royal Thai Army appears to have a fixed idea on how to deal with the Cambodian armed forces.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra wants his planned return to Thailand to be seen as a family affair. But few are fooled by his latest political act. All of a sudden Thaksin has become a key player in the weeks-long political haggling over the formation of a post-election coalition. His announcement that he will finally
