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Opposition MPs cried foul today over what they described as a broken promise by the government, when Deputy House Speaker Chaiya Promma, of the Pheu Thai party, abruptly adjourned the House sitting before a closed-door debate on the controversial MOU 43 and 44 between Thailand and Cambodia could take place.
Revered as a guardian angel to Aids patients, Luang Phor Alongkot now faces an embezzlement probe that could shatter the decades-long humanitarian legacy he built at Wat Phra Bat Namphu in Lop Buri.
Cambodia has registered more than 600 athletes to compete in the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Thailand this December, Pimol Srivikorn, president of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand (NOCT), said yesterday.
A four-member ASEAN team will visit Naypyidaw on Sept 19 to meet with the leaders of the newly established Peace and Security Commission on issues related to the planned election and the implementation of the ASEAN peace process, according to informed diplomatic sources.
Second Army Region Command has refuted viral online media rumours that Cambodia fired artillery shells into Surin province last night, saying the explosions heard were possibly caused by Cambodian soldiers detonating landmines they had laid.
Embattled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra attended the Constitutional Court’s final hearing this morning over her controversial telephone conversation with Cambodia’s strongman Hun Sen.
Several high-rise buildings in Bangkok experienced vibrations this morning, caused by an earthquake in the Andaman Sea off the southern coast of Myanmar, forcing office workers in some buildings to evacuate for safety.
Three defence volunteers were slightly injured when southern insurgents drifted a driverless car, loaded with explosives, into a sandbag wall protecting a defence volunteer outpost in Tak Bai district of Narathiwat on Wednesday night.
The Michelin-starred Raan Jay Fai restaurant, famous for its crabmeat omelette, was fined 2,000 baht by the Internal Trade Department for not displaying the price of a “special” crabmeat omelette, in violation of the Goods and Service Prices Act.
The Thai Foreign Ministry will submit video clips and still images, showing Cambodian soldiers in the act of laying anti-personnel landmines on Thai soil at Phu Makua in Sa Sa Ket province, to the Ottawa Convention support committee this Friday, according to Rear Admiral Surasant Kongsiri, spokesman of the Defence Ministry.
Cambodia has apologised to the Interim Observer Team (IOT) for an incident yesterday when a Cambodian soldier briefly interrupted the team’s visit in Ubon Ratchathani, claiming that the individual was drunk.
Two groups of Cambodians, totalling 14, were arrested by Thai troops near the border on Wednesday after they slipped across the natural border to seek jobs at the Rong Klua market in Aranyaprathet district of Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province.
A female Thai army captain, accompanying the Interim Observer Team on a visit to the Chong An Mah area in Ubon Ratchathani province yesterday, became a viral sensation among social media users, after photos showed her confronting and ordering Cambodian soldiers to leave.
Vladimir Putin proposed holding a peace summit with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in Moscow, according to three sources familiar with a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russia's leader.
Cambodia has accused Thailand of staging video clips and still images, allegedly showing Cambodian soldiers laying new anti-personnel landmines, in violation of the UN’s Ottawa Convention.
Embattled Phra Ratcha Wisutthiprachanat, better known as ‘Luang Phor Alongkot’, broke his silence on Tuesday night, following after his resignation as the abbot of Phra Bat Nam Phu Temple on Monday, claiming that he wanted to clear the way for a full investigation into allegations of mismanagement of public donations.
