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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has spoken with both the Thai and Cambodian prime ministers, to discuss ways to reduce the deadly border tensions, one day ahead of a special ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has deployed a precision guided munition (PGM), or smart bomb, in its attack on the O-Jik Bridge in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province, to cut a supply route to the Ta Kwai ancient ruins and Mount 350 in Phanom Dong Rak district of Thailand’s Surin province.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s nephew, Assoc Prof Yodchanan Wongsawat, is the latest member of Thailand’s most famous political dynasty to vie for the country’s top job.
Thailand regained the SEA Games overall title for the first time in a decade in record-breaking style after concluding an impressive, if not spectacular, campaign at the 33rd edition of the region’s biennial sporting extravaganza with 233 gold medals — a new record for the most titles won at a single Games.
Thai troops have seized control of a strategic hilltop position on Mount 350, in the area of Prasart Ta Kwai ancient ruins in Phanom Dong Rak district of the northeastern province of Surin, and have located the bodies of two fallen soldiers, Army Spokesman Maj-Gen Winthai Suvaree announced this afternoon.
China’s Foreign Ministry special envoy for Asian affairs, Deng Xijun, will visit Thailand tomorrow as part of shuttle diplomacy aimed at easing border tensions, an informed diplomatic source said.
Thai boxers reigned supreme in the ring after rounding off their tremendous campaign on home soil in style by sweeping 14 titles on the last day of the boxing competition at the 33rd SEA Games at the Chulalongkorn University Sports Center on Friday.
As 2025 draws to a close, Myanmar’s junta government is moving ahead with plans for a general election. Many observers say, though, that this highlights, rather than resolves, the country’s deep-seated political crisis.
PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) has put plans and preventive measures in place to ensure the safety of personnel and oil and gas production operations following the detection of drones near its petroleum production platforms in the Gulf of Thailand.
As the Games conclude today, Thailand is set to put the icing on their success in reclaiming the overall title with a new record total of gold medals after their athletes continued to win one title after another on the penultimate day of the 33rd SEA Games on Friday.
PTT has sought permission to install anti-drone systems on its offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Thailand, following sightings of unidentified drones in the area, Thai Defence Minister Gen Nattaphon Narkphanit said today.
The scars were still fresh. The heartbreak still echoed around the stands. But when the final ball was struck at the National Tennis Development Center on Friday, Thailand had rewritten its own story at the 33rd edition of the SEA Games — trading early despair for a triumphant, gold-laced finale.
People thinking that what they saw from the 2023 election to Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s House dissolution was Thailand at its politically ironic best will just have to wait a few more weeks.
Cambodia must withdraw its troops and weapons from the border with Thailand, as well as comply with the four conditions stipulated in the peace agreement signed in Kuala Lumpur in July, to demonstrate its sincerity in resolving the current armed conflict between the two countries, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today.
Soldiers from the First Army Region’s Ta Praya Task Force have shown a lighter side of the border tensions after being deployed to feed dogs, cats and cattle, and to water gardens for residents of Ta Praya district in Sa Kaeo who were evacuated to shelters amid tensions with Cambodia.
With most of its population active on social media, Thailand has seen numerous stories go viral over the past year. But three dramas almost “broke the internet”, keeping Thais glued to their screens for weeks: a family meltdown on a livestream shopping channel, a giant-slaying school football team, and a popular influencer who divided the nation.
