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The Thai military clarified the sea blockade in the Gulf, announced yesterday, which aims to prevent supplies from reaching Cambodia, stressing that the measure applies only to Thai-flagged vessels and does not constitute a closure of the Gulf of Thailand.
Thai troops have seized a number of Chinese-made portable guided anti-tank missiles, after capturing the Mount 500 hilltop base, at the Chong An Ma border pass in Nam Yuen district of Ubon Ratchathani, from Cambodian forces.
A father-and-son team toting long-barrelled guns shot and killed 15 people including a 10-year-old girl at Sydney's Bondi Beach, authorities said Monday, labelling it an antisemitic terrorist attack on a Jewish festival.
Evergreen Ratchanok Intanon, the leading light of Thai badminton for more than a decade, bowed out on a high by clinching the women’s singles title she had long craved in her swansong appearance, as Thailand’s badminton team wrapped up their campaign at the 33rd SEA Games with a record-equaling haul of three titles.
Despite being dealt a hammer blow by a shock loss in the men’s sepak takraw team event, Thailand yesterday remained firmly on course to reclaim the overall title after snatching 35 gold medals — their biggest single-day haul so far — to surge well past the century mark at the 33rd SEA Games on Sunday.
The Chanthaburi-Trat Task Force has imposed a 9pm-5am curfew in five districts of Thailand’s easternmost province of Trat, effective from today until further notice, after three M79 grenades were fired at a Thai marine base. There were no casualties reported.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has explained that he did not propose that Thailand and Cambodia enter into a ceasefire from 10pm on Saturday night.
The connections of Cambodia-based Benjamin Mauerberger, who is allegedly linked to money laundering and transnational scams, with powerful people in Thailand have piqued public interest and raised doubts over the government's sincerity to crack down on these illegal operations.
In a major strategic move, aimed at hampering Cambodian military capabilities, Thailand’s military command has ordered a sea blockade, to prevent oil and other strategic goods from reaching Cambodia.
“I never thought that this would ever happen to me,” Narakorn Tiyayon, a former news anchor said, as she recounted her experience of falling victim to an online romance scam during a panel discussion on ending digital violence against women, hosted by UN Women in late November.
Thailand is closing in on a century mark in the medal standings after plundering a sizeable haul of 28 gold medals, highlighted by weightlifter Theerapong Silachai’s world record-breaking triumph at the 33rd SEA Games on Saturday.
Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow expressed deep disappointment with the United States today, saying remarks by the US president on the Thai-Cambodian border situation reflected misinformation, misunderstandings and factual inaccuracies.
The Anutin government may not have an endgame scenario for the ongoing deadly border conflict with Cambodia as charged by several international affairs and defence experts, but the Royal Thai Army appears to have a fixed idea on how to deal with the Cambodian armed forces.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has made clear, through a post online, that there will be no ceasefire with Cambodia starting at 10pm tonight, as proposed by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in his capacity as ASEAN chair.
Thailand’s sprinting star Puripol Boonson continued his record-breaking exploits at the ongoing 33rd SEA Games on home soil with a sparkling triumph in the men’s 200m race at Supachalasai Stadium on Saturday evening.
Cambodian troops launched attacks on a new front in Thailand’s coastal Trat province early this morning, targeting a Royal Thai Navy warship on patrol, prompting Thai forces to return fire at Cambodian positions in the Koh Kong area.
