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Vietnam outranked Thailand as the world’s second largest rice exporter during the first six months of this year, with India remaining top, according to the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
The Thai Second Region Army is treating the increasing number of unidentified drones, being spotted along the Thai-Cambodian border, as a potential security threat and has ordered the governors of 20 northeastern provinces to take all necessary steps to deal decisively with the problem.
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.
Thailand plans to invite representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to visit captured Cambodian soldiers, to see for themselves how they are being treated.
The Office of the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) has fined a major private hospital and its contracted operator a total of 1.22 million baht for a data breach involving the improper destruction of patients’ medical records, some of which were later found repurposed as snack bags.
Thailand has agreed to China and the United States attending, to observe, the extraordinary General Border Committee (GBC) meeting, beginning on August 4, in Kuala Lumpur, but only on the final day.
Sarawut Songsivilai, former Department of Highways chief, has won Senate backing for appointment as a new Constitutional Court judge, even as 138 senators are themselves facing allegations of election-rigging.
Washington, United States - President Donald Trump said Friday he has ordered the firing of a key economic official, accusing her of manipulating employment data for political reasons after a new report showed cracks in the US jobs market.
Members of the public started gathering at the Victory Monument in Bangkok before noon today, to join an anti-government rally organised by a political grouping, who called themselves the “United Force for the Protection of Sovereignty”.
Lt-General Maly Socheata, spokesperson for Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defence, is making headlines both at home and in Thailand as the two countries trade allegations over deadly border clashes.
The Thai Army issued an urgent edict in the middle of last night, banning all use of drones, particularly over military zones anywhere in the country. He added that, if found, the army is authorised to destroy the devices.
Pheu Thai MP for Chiang Rai, Pichet Chuamuangphan, was removed from his post as the deputy House speaker, stripped of his parliamentary status and banned from contesting elections for ten years by the Constitutional Court today, after he was found guilty of constitutional violations over the misuse of budget.
“I am the daughter of the petrol station owner and I was there when it happened. At the moment the rocket hit the 7-Eleven at our station, I was sitting at the counter of a nearby café. Shrapnel from the explosion reached the café. Normally, the café is very busy, but due to the fighting between Thai and Cambodian soldiers, there were no customers that day.
Two injured soldiers were returned to Cambodia today, through Chong Chom border checkpoint in Surin province.
Ideology can only go so far, but business interests go a long way. The two forces fight fiercely sometimes. But ultimately, who wins and who loses is a no-brainer.
The Interior ministry has given the greenlight to the Land Department to start revoking land title deeds and other land occupation rights covering about 800 hectares at Khao Kradong, in Buri Ram’s Muang district, including the Chang Arena and Chang International Circuit owned by the Chidchob family.
