Tag: Sukumpol Suwanatat
Thai, Cambodian defence ministers meet at disputed temple
SI SA KET, Feb 26 – Thai Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat stood firm that today’s lunch meeting with his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh...
Situation in deep South will improve: Defence minister
BANGKOK, Feb 21 - Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat reaffirmed on Thursday that the government has made the right moves to tackle violence in...
Defence Minister praises Marines for defence against southern insurgents
BANGKOK, Feb 13 – Thai Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat today praised Marines in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat for successfully protecting a military...
Military to provide security for ‘outsiders’ in far South: Defence Minister
BANGKOK, Feb 6 -- Thailand's military are ready to provide security protection for people from other provinces working in the three southernmost provinces...
Thai PM Yingluck attends former Cambodian king’s cremation
BANGKOK, Feb 4 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday went to Phnom Penh to attend the cremation of Cambodia's former king...
Thai govt to push Rohingya migrants back to Myanmar within 6...
BANGKOK, 29 January 2013 The Thai government is adamant to repatriate thousands of Rohingya migrants to Myanmar within 6 months. ...
PM briefed on Thailand’s planned defence in temple row
BANGKOK, Jan 25 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra reasserted today that Thailand will forge onward in protecting the kingdom’s sovereignty concerning the dispute...
Foreign Ministry talks with international bodies on Rohingya underway
BANGKOK, Jan 23 – Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials will meet with related state agencies Friday seeking practical solutions to the problem...
Men in uniform to teach southern students
NARATHIWAT, Dec 26 – Thai army soldiers and border patrol police will be assigned to teach in state-run schools in violence-plagued provinces in...
Government mulls assigning army to far South teaching posts Share on...
BANGKOK, Dec 24 -- Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat is considering enlisting active military and border patrol police to teach students in Thailand’s southern border...
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Shocking video captures Thai man chasing foreign tourist with knife in Jomtien, Pattaya
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