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A worker prepares bread for sale at Suchart and Friends Gun Shop in Bangkok’s historic gun district, where the shop has operated since 1956 and switched to selling sourdough bread before the latest deadly mass shooting because it could no longer import firearms for sale, while continuing to renew its firearm licence each year, as Thailand has suspended firearm purchase permits and announced plans for tougher gun control laws, including a ban on firearm imports and a range of other restrictions, following th
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In Bangkok's historic gun district, traders say Thailand's crackdown misses the mark
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Director of Thailand's National Intelligence Agency and Chief Negotiator for the Southern Insurgency Peace Talks Thanut Suvarnananda poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 5, 2026. REUTERS
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BRICS can play an important role in supporting international trade and investment flows, according to Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand. He made the remarks in an exclusive interview with TV BRICS, discussing the group's economic potential and Thailand's participation in BRICS cooperation.
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Forensic police officers inspect the site of a shooting after former lawmaker Chalong Riewrang allegedly shot Thongchai Yenprasert, president of the Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organisation, in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, August 10, 2026. REUTERS/Arnun Chonmahatrakool
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Gunman kills Thai local official at work as country reels from school shooting
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Thailand welcomes Myanmar's leader as Bangkok pushes for ASEAN re-engagement
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Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul shakes hands with Myanmar's junta chief turned President Min Aung Hlaing onstage during the Thailand-Myanmar Business Forum 2026 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand, August 6, 2026. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
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Thailand Minister of Foreign Affairs Sihasak Phuangketkeow speaks during the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 24, 2026. REUTERS/Noel Celis
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Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing attend a welcoming ceremony at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, August 6, 2026. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul looks on at the venue of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 26, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa Purchase Licensing Rights
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Thai soldiers stand guard beside concertina razor wire along the Thailand-Cambodia border in Pong Nam Ron district, Chanthaburi province, Thailand, July 22, 2026. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
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Members of emergency personnel work next to covered bodies at the site of a deadly fire at a pub in Bangkok, Thailand, July 13, 2026. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
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Thailand's Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow speaks with Myanmar's Foreign Minister Tin Maung Swe during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of an informal meeting with ASEAN Foreign Ministers in Bangkok, Thailand, July 11, 2026. Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS
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