Thailand pushes back against Cambodia’s disinformation campaign
Despite a ceasefire agreement, Thai-Cambodian tensions remain high — this time fueled by a coordinated campaign of misinformation from across the border.
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Despite a ceasefire agreement, Thai-Cambodian tensions remain high — this time fueled by a coordinated campaign of misinformation from across the border.
The monastic community is deep-rooted in Thai society, where the clergy has long been held in high esteem. But a series of headlines about Thai Buddhist monks, many of them high-profile, caught in scandalous acts with a 35-year-old woman, has brought the clergy into disrepute.
Over 100,000 Cambodian migrant workers have fled Thailand in recent weeks, driven by fear after border clashes ignited a wave of patriotism, hate speech and violence in some communities.
Despite the recently signed truce between Thailand and Cambodia, more than 900 Thai schools remain closed following nearly two months of deadly clashes along the border. The skirmishes, beginning on May 28 at Chong Bok in Ubon Ratchathani, have claimed multiple lives on both sides, including children.
Calls to grant displaced persons the right to work in Thailand are growing louder, as nine refugee camps face losing most of their funding at the end of this month.
Maintaining the central bank’s independence and coordinating monetary and fiscal policy effectively will pose the biggest challenges to the newly appointed governor of the Bank of Thailand (BOT).
In an era marked by aggressive power plays and shifting global alliances, the economic strategies of powerful nations are shaking up the developing world.
Thailand would need to overhaul its negotiation strategy on reciprocal tariffs with the Donald Trump administration, following a shock 36 per cent import tax levied by Washington effective from August, experts said.
The vow of celibacy that every Thai monk makes upon entering the Sangha is founded on the Buddha's observation over 2,500 years ago that sexual attachments block the path to enlightenment. Yet not all monks who have pledged to follow this path manage to resist sexual temptation to the end.
Faced with economic difficulties and hardship, Thai traders are urging the authorities to end the three "cut-off measures" enforced since February as part of a crackdown on scam call centers operating across Thailand’s border with Myanmar.
The Thai government has launched a new fast-track policy to grant legal status, residency or citizenship to stateless people or migrants within just five working days, in a landmark move aimed at ending decades of uncertainty.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra is not the first Thai prime minister to be suspended by the Constitutional Court – and she's unlikely to be the last.