BANGKOK， May 30 (Xinhua) -- The Thai deputy prime minister Monday denied the need for building a canal to link the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea in the south as it would hurt the national security.


Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Gen Prawit Wongsuwan reiterated that the government would not consider to dig a so-called "Khlong Thai" or Thai Canal in the southern region and to create an artificial island in Songkhla and Krabi provinces despite the proposal by the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) to give the project a new lease on life.


Prawit said that the canal project could spark conflicts between supporters and opponents， noting that any implementation with the possibility of troubling the country's stabilization will be backed away.


The idea to build a canal across the less-than-30 mile Kra Isthmus in Thailand connecting the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean to the Gulf of Thailand was first emerged in 17th century. Though the blueprint of digging a 1，200-kilometre shortcut for shipping between the Indian and Pacific oceans remains attractive， it has been long stalled for decades because its implementation touches several sensitive aspects.


Those who support the project， including members of the NRSA who propose a jump-start of the project with feasibility studies done， see great economic benefits from the canal. Shippers could shave off three or four days from their travel time， translating to a 300，000 dollars savings on the cost of a 100，000 ton cargo ship voyage.


Opponents argue that it will be an uphill task， as Thailand has to overcome significant negative factors before such an ambitious scheme could take off. Most of them say the canal will cut the nation into two countries. Then there's the debate over how the economic benefits of the canal will be divvied up.


The project has never materialized， also due to its enormous cost and possible damage to the communities as well as environment in southern Thailand.


TOKYO mizuno wave rider 18 womens , Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Japan's key ally the United States has been pressing the country to return more than 300 kg of mostly weapons-grade plutonium that exported to Japan for research purposes during the Cold War, reported local media.


The plutonium that stored at a fast critical assembly in Tokaimura in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture could be used to produce 40 to 50 nuclear weapons, reported Japan's Kyodo News, citing unnamed Japanese and U.S. government officials.


Japan has strongly resisted the demand raised by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration, but it finally gave in to repeated demands, Kyodo said.


The two countries since last year have been seriously discussing the issue as the United States plans to reach an accord with Japan at the third nuclear security summit in March in the Netherlands, according to the report.


The fast critical assembly belonged to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency is Japan's only critical assembly designed to study characteristics of fast reactors.


The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and other researchers have argued that the plutonium in question is needed for research and vital for producing good data, said Kyodo.


At present, Japan has another estimated 44 tonnes of plutonium, but its quality is not on par with the plutonium used for research purposes, Kyodo quoted a Japanese expert as saying.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he would allow the release of more than 3,000 previously classified files related to former President John F. Kennedy's assassination more than half a century ago.


The U.S. National Archives has said that, pending presidential approval, it would make all the files available on its website in a single day by next Thursday.


"Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened," Trump tweeted Saturday morning.


"The President believes that these documents should be made available in the interests of full transparency unless agencies provide a compelling and clear national security or law enforcement justification otherwise," the White House said in a statement issued later.


Most of the files are believed to be from the 1960s and 1970s, stemming from the 1963 assassination and aftermath. But several dozens were generated by government agencies in the 1990s in apparent response to the conspiracy theories raised by the controversial Oliver Stone film "JFK."


The U. S. Congress passed the Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act in 1992, requiring that the millions of pages, many of them contained in CIA and FBI documents, be published in 25 years.


Over the years, the National Archives have released most of the documents, either in full or partially redacted. But one final batch remains, and only the U.S. president has the authority to extend the papers' secrecy past the deadline on Oct. 26, according to local media reports.


Kennedy, the 35th U.S. President, was shot dead on Nov. 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald, who was accused of the shooting, was killed two days later by Jack Ruby.




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