by Paul Rujopakarn

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Public Relations Department (PRD) and China’s Xinhua News Agency are working to enhance their cooperation on news and mass media, with the aim of fostering connectivity between the peoples of both nations.

 

PRD and Xinhua News Agency officials recently met during a technical committee meeting chaired by PRD Deputy Director-General Sudruethai Lertkasem, with Xinhua’s Bangkok bureau head, Lin Hao, representing the Chinese news agency.

 

The meeting started with a message of condolence for families of the victims of the China Eastern’s Boeing 737 aircraft that crashed in China.

 

The deputy PRD chief said the meeting served as a platform for both sides to review their achievements over the past year, as well as discuss future content to help promote better understanding and relations.

 

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Sudruethai also asked Xinhua to help report on the preparedness and capabilities of Thailand to host Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings this year.

 

Additionally, the meeting discussed extending a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) established between the PRD and Xinhua News Agency, which governs their ongoing cooperation.

 

The meeting also discussed Thailand’s handling of the COVID-19 situation and in reopening the Kingdom to tourists. The signing of an MOU on agreed topics between the PRD and Xinhua will be held at the next official meeting.

 

PRD Deputy Director-General Sudruethai later provided an overview of the meeting that focused on cooperation between members of the press from both countries, as well as the promotion of APEC affairs.

 

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And the russians have been along to "help" disseminate "news" from russia.

 

 

Channel 5 is Army TV.

 

Opinion: Channel 5 cozying up to the Russians should surprise no one

 

After teaming up with right-wing media presenters at Top News to continue to discredit the pro-democracy movement in Thailand, the military-run Channel 5 is now joining up with the Russian Embassy to spread Russian propaganda to its viewers.

 

Executives from the channel met with Yevgeny Tomikhin, the Russian ambassador to Thailand, on Tuesday evening.

 

They said the meeting was meant to create cooperation between Channel 5 and Russia’s news agency to provide “facts” and combat “fake news”.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/38849/opinion-channel-5-cozying-up-to-the-russians-should-surprise-no-one/

 

Edited March 24, 20224 yr by mtls2005

Grand, just create more misinformation and one sidedness in reporting again.  No more Fair and Balanced anywhere in the world.  The media no matter what has become over politicized and no one knows the real truths anymore and those that try to get the real information out are being silenced.......

Well, at least NNT can learn a trick or two from the masters of manipulated news, Xinhua.