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Tommy Walker
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Correspondent in Southeast Asia. Host of Dateline Bangkok Podcast. A Vice-President at FCCT.

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Tommy Walker @tommywalker.bsky.social · Aug 8
The Thailand Cambodia conflict was quick, intense and exhausting. I’ve spent nearly a month at this border this year, including 10 days covering the fighting. Lots of lives, news packages, and online reports to cover it.
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The Thailand-Cambodia border conflict 🇹🇭 🇰🇭
I speak with Al Jazeera correspondent Tony Cheng about reporting this on the ground.

@fcctpodcast.bsky.social 🎙️

Watch this on YouTube now: 📺 📱

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“Thailand and Cambodia conflict was a WAR” Tony Cheng | Dateline Bangkok
YouTube video by FCCT
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August 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Following over a week of clashes, Thailand and Cambodia seem to be on the diplomatic path to peace. My roundup yesterday following a 13 point peace framework agreed in Malaysia 🇲🇾

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August 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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In the midst of the conflict, I managed to do a quick story on the first-Middlesbrough FC themed bar in Thailand, and fittingly in Buriram, in the northeast!

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August 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Thai-Cambodia border
August 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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The Thailand Cambodia conflict was quick, intense and exhausting. I’ve spent nearly a month at this border this year, including 10 days covering the fighting. Lots of lives, news packages, and online reports to cover it.
August 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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"The bombs laying to waste to #Myanmar communities are manufactured w/ China's help in DI 21," said Marzuki Darusman of SAC-M.

"Is this the legacy #China wants in Myanmar?”

@tommywalker.bsky.social report on 'Factory of Death'.

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #CutTheWeapons

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Chinese firm helps supply Myanmar junta with bombs — report – DW – 07/17/2025
With the Myanmar military rulers increasingly dependent on Beijing, a new report claims a state-owned Chinese company is helping the junta produce aerial bombs used against both rebels and civilians.
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July 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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When a 7.7 earthquake struck #Myanmar in March, thousands of civilians were killed. 2 months on, @tommywalker.bsky.social looks at how the military junta's denial of journalists into the country only adds to the dire environment for #pressfreedom: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/05/myan...
May 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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“Do not underestimate Xi Jinping.”

Part 2 of the podcast with Michael Sheridan, discussing his new book, China, Xi, Trump, Taiwan and Hong Kong, is now online.

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“Do NOT underestimate Xi Jinping.” Michael Sheridan | Dateline Bangkok
YouTube video by FCCT
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April 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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My latest report on Thailand’s Koh Kood island after Cambodian PM Hun Manet waded in on this ongoing debate.

@thediplomat.com

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Thai Resort Island at the Center of a Simmering Territorial Dispute With Cambodia
The resumption of maritime boundary negotiations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh has revived a dormant sovereignty dispute over Koh Kood.
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April 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Countless live spots for BBC, LBC, DW and others in recent days covering the earthquake disaster here in Bangkok and Myanmar. Yesterday morning, lunchtime and evening spots with DW news 📺
April 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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This interview is really well worth a listen, Thinzar Shunlei Yi talks about the situation & makes some really great observations, Especially highlighting all the other (non-armed) aspects of the resistance that the Peoples of Myanmar are still doing.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
tommywalker.bsky.social Tommy Walker @tommywalker.bsky.social · Feb 19
“We’re halfway to victory.”

Full video on YouTube below ⬇️

youtu.be/kVtS0DPl2w8?...

This podcast is available to listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. All links in bio 🎧

#Myanmar #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #MyanmarCoup #Burma
“We are halfway to VICTORY” | Thinzar Shunlei Yi | Dateline Bangkok
YouTube video by FCCT
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February 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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I had some brief comments in this new @tommywalker.bsky.social piece for #DW on #Myanmar's scam centers and whether we've really seen the last of them. I'm not so optimistic. Pleased to be included in this discussion, along with Tita Sanglee and Amy Miller.

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Can Myanmar's scam centers be shut down for good? – DW – 03/03/2025
Thousands of people from dozens of countries held in Myanmar's border scam centers are awaiting repatriation — but is this really the end of the billion-dollar scam center operations?
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March 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Our latest podcast @fcctpodcast is with @reaproy.bsky.social We speak about a host of issues, with Phil explaining the ins and outs of human rights, transnational repression, Myanmar, sports washing and more!

Full video on YouTube below ⬇️

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“Human rights are UNIVERSAL” | Phil Robertson | Dateline Bangkok
YouTube video by FCCT
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February 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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I recent sat down with Thinzar Shunlei Yi on the @fcctpodcast.bsky.social, discussing her activism, Myanmar’s coup, the resistance, proposed elections and the future of the country.

Watch this full episode now on YouTube. Links in comments.
February 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Full video on YouTube below ⬇️

youtu.be/kVtS0DPl2w8?...

This podcast is available to listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. All links in bio 🎧

#Myanmar #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #MyanmarCoup #Burma
“We are halfway to VICTORY” | Thinzar Shunlei Yi | Dateline Bangkok
YouTube video by FCCT
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February 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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“We’re halfway to VICTORY”

Watch the latest episode as @tommywalker speaks with Thinzar Shunlei Yi, a prominent pro-democracy activist from Myanmar.

They discuss Shunlei’s advocacy, the 2021 military coup, the ongoing civil war, the elections in 2025 and the hopes for the future of Myanmar.
February 19, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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New episodes coming on @fcctpodcast.bsky.social coming soon! 🎙️
February 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Why is China clamping down on scammers in Southeast Asia?Pleased to be quoted in this report by @tommywalker.bsky.social. www.dw.com/en/why-is-ch...
Why is China clamping down on scammers in Southeast Asia? – DW – 02/01/2025
The fate of actor Wang Xing prompted outrage in China after he disappeared and had to be saved from a Myanmar scam center. But Beijing may have ulterior motives for its anti-scamming crackdown.
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February 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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The first flight from Damascus International Airport was a joyful milestone, as the journey took off successfully, reflecting hope and progress for the future of a new Syria 💚
January 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Happy New Year!

Our first episode of 2025 is now online!

@tommywalker.bsky.social spoke with @mdpyy.bsky.social, a rights activist @fortifyrights.bsky.social.

They discuss Thailand’s marriage equality law, set to come into effect soon!

Available on YouTube, Spotify & Apple.

Links in bio ⬆️
January 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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EPISODE #2 - DTV 🎙️🎧

@tommywalkerco speaks with Mr. Naruchai Ninnad, deputy director-general of the Department of Consular Affairs at MFA Thailand

This podcast will discuss the Destination Thailand Visa (DTV)!

YouTube: m.youtube.com/@fcctevents/...

Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dat...
December 27, 2024 at 5:19 AM
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Thailand is trying to reduce low quality imports from China

My colour story from Bangkok 📸

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Thailand joins other Asia nations in battle against cheap Chinese imports
Cheap low-quality Chinese products that are flooding markets across region are also raising concerns about how they are undercutting local businesses, experts say
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December 19, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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Thailand is reducing low qualiry imports from China

My colour story with images from Bangkok www.voanews.com/a/thailand-j...
Thailand joins other Asia nations in battle against cheap Chinese imports
Cheap low-quality Chinese products that are flooding markets across region are also raising concerns about how they are undercutting local businesses, experts say
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December 19, 2024 at 9:05 AM
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Dateline Bangkok is now available on Spotify! 🎧

More podcast episodes coming soon….

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Dateline Bangkok Podcast • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters
There is growing international interest in Southeast Asia. The Dateline Bangkok podcast will interview interesting guests about the region, from news, politics, culture, customs, and more. Your host...
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December 17, 2024 at 7:05 AM