Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, leader of the People’s party, is the only Thai politician to be included on the TIME100 Next 2025 list, in the "leader" category.
Phu Makua Hill, in Thailand’s Si Sa Ket province, had been quiet for a long time, until it became a flashpoint in the recent Thailand and Cambodia border conflict. Before the deadly battle in late July, Thai people had only really learnt of its existence after it was reported that Cambodian troops built steps and makeshift cable cars on it, about which Thailand had protested for numerous times.
Thailand today called on the international community, particularly state parties to the Ottawa Convention, to press Cambodia to cooperate by conducting joint Thai–Cambodian demining operations, covering both old and newly laid mines.
Foreign representatives from 33 countries, including ten ambassadors, joined a field trip organized by Thailand to observe sites and damage caused by landmines that it says were newly planted by Cambodian troops.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Thailand's adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), and the role of Thai women as international peacekeepers is on a positive trajectory.
Bangkok will be hosting the three-day Bangkok Pride Festival 2025, which is expected to include Asia’s largest Pride parade and to be among the top ten most attended Pride events in the world.
Songklanagarind Hospital, a medical and research institute in Thailand’s Songkhla province, has joined the opposition to the draft entertainment complex bill, calling for the government to reconsider.
The earthquake in Myanmar on March 28, measured between 7.4 and 7.7 on the Richter scale, was the strongest tremor felt in Thailand since 1930.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his appreciation, via an X post, to Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra for organising the Amazing Thailand Diwali Festival 2024 on Phahurat Road, known as Bangkok’s ‘Little India’, between October 28th and November 3rd.
Stepping into ‘Dots Coffee’, the air is filled with a warm aroma of freshly ground coffee beans, the sound of portafilters being tapped on the counter mingling with the occasional shout of ‘iced latte’ in the background. For the baristas here, these scents and sounds are all they know of their workplace.
