3 Myanmar job-seekers are held at the border checkpoint at Ranti bridge in Sangkhlaburi district, Kanchanaburi, early on Wednesday morning. They were arrested while hiding in a bamboo forest after crossing illegally into Thailand. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: Thirteen Myanmar job-seekers, one with a child, were arrested in Sangkhlaburi district for illegal entry in the early hours of Wednesday.
Villagers at a vegetable farm on the bank of the Ranti river earlier reported seeing people wading across the river that marks the border and heading in the direction of an abandoned mine.
A team of local officials, police and soldiers manning the border checkpoint at Ranti bridge went to investigate.
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Westerners leave mark on Ayutthaya
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Westerners leave mark on Ayutthaya
Former capital of the Kingdom of Siam bears many European influences of trade and cultural links still evident today
published : 8 Mar 2021 at 04:30
3 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai looks at samurai armour at a museum in the Japanese settlement in Ayutthaya. Deer skin was among export goods used as a cushion in samurai armour.
Westerners were prominent in Ayutthaya, the former capital of the kingdom of Siam, in centuries past. They left historical records, architecture, language and cultural links of their contact with Iudea, as it was known at the time. Today they help us understand the area s history and Thailand s policies on international relations.
Thailand-U.S. policy: A time for divorce?
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Thailand is a nation of 70 million people on Mainland Southeast Asia, on the Chao Phraya river system, in the neighborhood of Vietnam and Burma (Myanmar). The People’s Republic of China (herein China) is to the near north. Thailand became the most significant ally of the United States in Southeast Asia after the Korean War began in 1950; more important, I believe, than South Vietnam.
I believe that special relationship is coming to an end with the rise of China. China is now Thailand’s leading trading partner and military exchanges have grown. Shambaugh, Where Great Powers Meet. To paraphrase Lord Palmerston: nations have neither permanent friends nor enemies, only eternal interests. It is time for Thailand and the United States to move on.