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'Tariffs Are Like Medicine': Here's How Asian Economies Reacted to Trump's Tariff Waves

Trump's statement of likening tariffs to 'medicine' comes in response to various leaders' request to reduce tariffs amidst worsening stock market conditions.

International Business Times UK

Thailand ignores protests to welcome Myanmar’s junta leader

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s forces have carried out 60 attacks in suspected rebels since earthquake hit last week

The Independent UK

Leaders in the Bay of Bengal region agree to improve trade ties and disasters relief efforts

Leaders of nations in the Bay of Bengal region have pledged to improve trade and transport cooperation as they concluded a summit in Bangkok

The Independent UK

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Protest As Quake-hit Myanmar Junta Chief Joins Bangkok Summit

Protesters displayed a banner calling Myanmar's junta chief a "murderer" as he joined a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after a huge earthquake killed thousands, leaving desperate survivors pleading for food and shelter.

International Business Times

Thailand will negotiate with US on tariffs, says Paetongtarn

Thailand will negotiate with the United States on tariffs, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Thursday, hours after US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on imports from many countries to the US.

Bangkok Post

Albon impressed with Thailand GP plans after meeting prime minister

Alex Albon insists Thailand is taking its pitch “very seriously” to host a Formula 1 grand prix in the future after the Williams driver travelled to the country to discuss plans with the prime minister.

Autosport

PM Modi departs for Bangkok to attend BIMSTEC Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Bangkok, Thailand, early today to attend the Sixth BIMSTEC Summit, and said he looks forward to meeting the leaders of the BIMSTEC countries and strengthening collaboration with the Bay of Bengal littoral nations.

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Albon meets Thai PM to show support for F1 race in Bangkok

The chances of a Formula 1 race in Thailand continue to improve as Williams driver Alex Albon became the latest representative of the series to meet with the country’s prime minister.

Autosport

Chinese Developer Under Scrutiny Over Bangkok Tower Quake Collapse

A Chinese construction company is facing questions over the deadly collapse of a Bangkok skyscraper -- the only major building in the capital to fall in a catastrophic earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people in Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar.

International Business Times

Thai Authorities Probe Collapse At Quake-hit Construction Site

Authorities in Thailand are investigating possible factors that led to the devastating collapse of a Bangkok construction site, where dozens remained missing on Monday, three days after a massive earthquake centred in Myanmar.

International Business Times

Horrifying Scenes Of Myanmar’s Massive Earthquake Caught On Camera

Rescuers are searching for 81 people trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in Bangkok. The post Horrifying Scenes Of Myanmar’s Massive Earthquake Caught On Camera first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Thai Prime Minister survives a challenge by rivals who say her father is pulling the strings

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra easily survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament following a two-day debate in which rivals charged that she has mismanaged the country and let her father, a former prime minister, control her administration

The Independent UK

PM asked if she lied about her father's 'serious illness'

An opposition MP has said that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra told reporters her father Thaksin was healthy just two days before he returned to Thailand, and questioned why he was then

Bangkok Post

Thailand's prime minister faces a no-confidence vote over alleged influence by her father

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is facing a no-confidence motion in parliament as the opposition alleges she is being unduly influenced by her father, a former prime minister, and is mismanaging the country

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Thai officials secretly planned to deport Uyghurs while making repeated public denials

Testimony from parliamentary inquiries and other evidence shows that top Thai officials secretly decided to hand a group of Uyghur detainees over to China while denying plans to do so in public, giving the detainees and their advocates no chance to make a last-ditch appeal before they were bundled off…

The Independent UK

Thailand eyes hosting Formula 1 Grand Prix in Bangkok from 2028

Thai government plans feasibility study for Bangkok street race, aiming to boost tourism and infrastructure

The Independent UK

Formula 1 in talks over new grand prix with Stefano Domenicali ‘impressed’ by plans

The F1 CEO met with Thailand’s prime minister to discuss plans for a future grand prix

Fortune

Trump tariffs on Thailand may be unavoidable, says Berli Jucker’s CEO

Berli Jucker CEO Thapanee Techajareonvikul says she’s preparing for a trade war by exploring new markets and fending off new Chinese competition.

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US Representative Chris Smith slams Thailand over Uyghur refugees deportation to China

US Representative Christopher Smith, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-chair of both the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and the Uyghur Caucus. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China despite torture fears

Rights experts say group, who have been detained for more than 10 years, face risk of disappearance and imprisonment

The Independent UK

A group of Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade may have been deported to China

Thai lawmakers, activists, and lawyers believe a group of Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade may have been deported to China early Thursday after trucks with covered windows were seen leaving a detention center and China said Chinese citizens had been repatriated from the Southeast Asian…

Bangkok Post

Thai police chief vows crackdown on unruly expats

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The Independent UK

Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated

Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar

Bangkok Post

PM orders review of 2-5pm alcohol sale ban

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered a review of the ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages from 2pm to 5pm following calls by business groups to support tourism.

International Business Times

Fears Of Scam Centre Kidnaps Keep Chinese Tourists On Edge In Thailand

Chinese tourists visiting Thailand for Lunar New Year are worried about being kidnapped by gangsters to work in hellish scam centres, despite efforts to reassure them.

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