Thailand full of expectations for mutual visa exemption with China

STORY: Thailand full of expectations for mutual visa exemption with China SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 28, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of airports and tourism in Thailand 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Thai): PARNPREE BAHIDDHA-NUKARA, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Thai): SURASIT THANADTANG, Director of Thai-Chinese Strategic Research Center at the National Research Council of Thailand 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Thai): NARONGSAK PUTTHAPORNMONGKOL, President of Thai-Chinese Chamber of Commerce STORYLINE: China and Thailand have signed a mutual visa exemption agreement, which will come into effect from March 1. By then, Chinese holders of ordinary official passports and ordinary passports and Thai holders of ordinary passports will be allowed to enter and stay in each other's country visa-free for up to 30 days per visit. For the upcoming "visa-free era," Thai people from all walks of life have expressed anticipation for the

U.S.-led IPEF lacks tangible benefits, more symbolic than effective: Thai expert

STORY: U.S.-led IPEF lacks tangible benefits, more symbolic than effective: Thai expert DATELINE: July 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of ThailandSOUNDBITE(ENGLISH): SURASIT THANADTANG, Director of the Thai-Chinese Strategic Research Center STORYLINE: The U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) is more "symbolic" than it is effective, as it lacks "tangible benefits." Surasit Thanadtang, director of the Thai-Chinese Strategic Research Center under the National Research Council of Thailand, made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua. SOUNDBITE (English): SURASIT THANADTANG, Director of the Thai-Chinese Strategic Research Center "It's symbolic. Why I say yes, because if we look at the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, there is nothing change now from the previous, if we talk about economy, we have to look at what really they talk about. The growth of economy? What kind of thing? And the second one is sustainability of the economy. they don't say

U.S. sale of second-hand military assets enriches itself, harms Southeast Asian countries

STORY: U.S. sale of second-hand military assets enriches itself, harms Southeast Asian countries DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Philippine 2. various of the plane crash in July last year in Philippine 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANNA MALINDOG-UY, Philippine political analyst and researcher of Philippine BRICS Strategic Studies 4. various of the plane crash in July last year in Philippine 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANNA MALINDOG-UY, Philippine political analyst and researcher of Philippine BRICS Strategic Studies 6. various of street views in Thailand 7. various of plane crash in Thailand on Dec. 15, 2021 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SURASIT THANADTANG, Former president of Thailand's National Defense College STORYLINE: In the just-concluded U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit, United States President Joe Biden pledged to strengthen security cooperation with Southeast Asian countries, but the frequent occurrence of military air cat

Foreign experts slam human rights violations in U.S.

STORY: Foreign experts slam human rights violations in U.S. DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:28 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SURASIT THANADTANG, Director of the Thai-Chinese Strategic Research Center 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review STORYLINE: Inequality, racism and exploitation... foreign experts have slammed the human rights violations in the United States. Rather than lecturing other countries on human rights, experts say the U.S. should take seriously the human rights violations in its own country. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish) RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International "Private prisons are a big business in the U.S., a business that moves around two billion (USD) annually where the profits are almost absolute from the exploitation, from the enslavement of the p