Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai denied rumours he was denied a visa by the United States following the government's ...

BANGKOK — In late February, representatives of a Thai Muslim organization brought a reassuring message to 40 Uyghur men terrified they were going to be sent back to China: The government had no ...

Phumtham dismisses claims that US visa sanctions disrupted Thailand’s trade talks, calling the rumours baseless and ...

Thai officials visited Xinjiang last week to meet some of the deported Uyghurs and said they are being treated well. They have also said the men returned voluntarily, despite evidence to the contrary.

Thai officials began secretly discussing plans to deport the Uyghurs as early as December, a month after Paetongtarn met Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the AP earlier reported. China sent a formal ...