Chinese foreign minister greets Thai counterpart in Malaysia

Chinese foreign minister greets Thai counterpart in Malaysia

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (2nd from L) greets his Thai counterpart and Deputy Prime Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn ahead of an annual Asian security meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 4, 2015. High on the agenda of the ASEAN Regional Forum in the Malaysian capital were Chinese moves to build military facilities on disputed islands in the South China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korean, Thai foreign ministers hold talks in Bangkok

N. Korean, Thai foreign ministers hold talks in Bangkok

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong (L) and his Thai counterpart Gen. Tanasak Patimapragorn shake hands in Bangkok on Aug. 10, 2015. Ri is the first top North Korean diplomat to visit Thailand in a decade. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Thailand returns ancient artifacts to Cambodia

Thailand returns ancient artifacts to Cambodia

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (L) and Thai Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn attend a ceremony at the Thai Foreign Ministry in Bangkok on July 11, 2015, for the return of 16 ancient artifacts to Cambodia in compliance with an anti-smuggling agreement. The 16 pieces, produced sometime between the 15th and 17th centuries, were illegally smuggled into Thailand. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Meeting on Rohingya exodus hears calls for collective response

Meeting on Rohingya exodus hears calls for collective response

Gen. Tanasak Patimapragorn, Thailand's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, attends a press conference on May 29, 2015, in Bangkok, where international crisis talks on Rohingya Muslims' exodus was held. Some delegates urged a collective response in the spirit of international burden-sharing and others stressing the need to address the root causes of the current crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo