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Leading Thai seafood boss: Shrimp probe ‘wake-up call’

December 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Robin McDowell and Martha Mendoza Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The president of one of the world’s biggest seafood exporters expressed frustration and promised change Tuesday after saying an Associated Press investigation that linked slave-peeled shrimp to his company should be a “wake-up call” to the industry. Thiraphong Chansiri said Thai Union will spend […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2015, 2016, AP, Associated Press, Bangkok Post, Best Aquaculture Practices, Big Australian, Buddy Galetti, Chris York, Gavin Gibbons, Global Aquaculture Alliance, Leading Thai, National Fisheries Institute, New York Kristen Gelineau, Olive Garden, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Red Lobster, Samut Sakhon, Southwind Foods, Susan Coppedge, Thai Union, Thailand, Vol 34 No 53 | December 26 - January 1

Bombing the latest of many challenges for Thailand’s junta

August 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Denis D. Gray Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — When a military coup last year ended months of political turmoil and violence in Thailand, even some democracy advocates welcomed the junta’s promise to restore stability and return “happiness to the people.” But 15 months later, a deadly bomb that ripped through a venerated shrine in […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, China, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, English-language Bangkok Post, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Crisis Group, Matthew Wheeler, Muslim Uighur, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Red Shirt, Reporters Without Borders, Songkran Grachangnetara, Southeast Asian, Thailand, Thongchai Winichakul, United Nations, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, World Bank

Thai junta links Samui island bombing to political opponents

April 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone BANGKOK (AP) — A car bomb explosion that slightly injured seven people on the popular resort island of Samui in southern Thailand may be linked to the country’s political turmoil, a spokesman for the military government said Saturday. Initial reports indicated that the attack late Friday was carried out by the same […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Associated Press, Central Festival, Chatpong Chatputi, Criminal Court, Grant Peck, Poonsak Sophonpathumrak, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Surat Thani, Thailand, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, Yingluck Shinawatra, parking

Thai man convicted of defaming king on Facebook

November 13, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court sentenced a university student to 2 1/2 years in prison on Tuesday for posting a message on Facebook that the court said insulted the country’s king.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, King Adulyadej, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Sulak Sivaraksa, Thailand, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21

Thai prime minister, an ex-general, is a millionaire

November 9, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service BANGKOK (AP) — Asset disclosures by members of Thailand’s military-dominated post-coup Cabinet reveal they are quite well-off, a trait shared with the civilian politicians they accused of corruption. The National Anti-Corruption Commission on Friday released the asset declarations of the 33 Cabinet ministers, 25 of whom are millionaires in dollar terms.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, 2014, BMW, Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devekula, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand, Vol 33 No 46 | November 8 - November 14, Yingluck Shinawatra

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