Thailand

Why Thailand is Buying Russian Helicopters

November 17, 2019 (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - Beginning in 2011, the Kingdom of Thailand began replacing aging US helicopters not with newer US-built models, but with Russian and Italian systems instead.This includes Russian Mi-17 medium twin-turbine transport helicopters and several AgustaWestland AW149's and AW139's (for transporting VIPs).According to

Why Thailand is Buying Russian Helicopters


Beginning in 2011, the Kingdom of Thailand began replacing aging US helicopters not with newer US-built models, but with Russian and Italian systems instead.
This includes Russian Mi-17 medium twin-turbine transport helicopters and several AgustaWestland AW149’s and AW139’s (for transporting VIPs).
According to a January 2019 article in Jane’s 360:

EXPOSED: US Lobbyists Behind Thai "Opposition"

November 11, 2019 (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - Documents have surfaced exposing US corporate lobbying behind one of Thailand's supposed "pro-democracy" opposition parties, Future Forward Party (FFP).Future Forward, headed by union-busting nepotist billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, was revealed to be aided by US-based corporate lobbying firm

EXPOSED: US Lobbyists Behind Thai “Opposition”


Documents have surfaced exposing US corporate lobbying behind one of Thailand’s supposed “pro-democracy” opposition parties, Future Forward Party (FFP).
Future Forward, headed by union-busting nepotist billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, was revealed to be aided by US-based corporate lobbying firm, APCO Worldwide.
Who are These Lobbyists? 

US Embassy Pressures Thailand Over Monsanto Poison Ban

November 3, 2019 (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - Under Thailand's new government, efforts to ban toxic pesticides and herbicides including those made by US agricultural giant Monsanto were first accelerated, and have now finally succeeded.Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul bluntly stated that "the US was worri

Asian Separatism Fuelled by US-backed Groups


Thailand’s opposition faces sedition charges after conducting a seminar in Thailand’s troubled deep south where they recommended amending the Thai constitution and paving way for the nation’s territorial division.
Thailand’s English language newspaper The Nation in an article titled, “Army’s sedition charges against opposition, academics ‘could aggravate southern conflict’,” would report (my emphasis):

US Agitators in Asia "United" Over Hong Kong Chaos

October 24, 2019 (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - Despite the chaos created across Hong Kong, the vast majority of the region's inhabitants do not support the growing violence nor do they benefit from it in any way.As is typical in other regions of the world the US is meddling, a lack of local support is often remedied by attempting to create links and synerg