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Demonstrators torched cars and scuffled with security forces in Los Angeles on Sunday as police kept protestors away from the National Guard troops President Donald Trump sent to the streets of the second biggest US city.
The state-run Transport Company has suspended its daily bus services from Bangkok to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap in Cambodia, effective today, citing border crossing restrictions.
The Thai Foreign Ministry renewed its call for Cambodia to de-escalate tensions along their common border on Sunday, and for both countries to use bilateral mechanisms to resolve their dispute, to prevent the situation from escalating further.
A 39-year-old Myanmar worker succumbed to his injuries after he plunged into a pit in a construction site of notorious Rama II Road in Chom Thong district this morning.
Thailand has tightened controls on the movement of people and goods to from Cambodia via all border checkpoints in Sa Kaeo province, including a complete ban on Thai tourists gambling in casinos in Cambodia’s border town of Poipet, opposite Thailand’s Aranyaprathet district.
Cambodia has agreed to pull back its troops from a disputed border area to their previous positions and has filled in trenches dug near Chong Bok Pass, as requested by the Thai side, in an effort to ease tensions and prevent further clashes.
Thailand has once again demanded that Cambodia withdraw its troops from a disputed border area, warning that Phnom Penh’s rejection has worsened tensions and made the situation increasingly volatile.
The BRN separatist movement in Thailand’s deep South issued a statement via social media on Friday, urging the Thai government to resume peace talks with them, within the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan Towards Peace (JCPP).
Dubbed the iron lady of Thai politics, Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan is refusing to rust into obscurity despite a gloomy outlook for her Thai Sang Thai party.
Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin has asked the Information Technology Crime Suppression Centre to investigate the leak of messages from a Medical Council member Line group, commenting on former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s controversial stay at the Police General Hospital (PGH) for six months, enabling him to avoid serving time in prison.
Dangjai Souvannakitti has made history by becoming the first female spokesperson of the male-dominated Ministry of Defence.
Thailand has vowed to defend against any invasion into its territory with its utmost efforts and has demanded that Cambodia withdraw its troops from the disputed site where fatal clashes occurred on May 28.
Jerusalem, Undefined - Israeli forces have retrieved from the Gaza Strip the body of Natthapong Pinta, a Thai taken hostage during Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, officials said Saturday.
The latest military clash at the Chong Bok border pass was not merely a result of lingering territorial disputes, but was triggered by Thailand’s deepening political divisions and Cambodia’s assertive strategic posture, according to analysts.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, as chairman of ASEAN, has called the prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia in an effort to mediate the ongoing border tension between the two countries.
Following a decision by Thailand’s National Security Council on Friday, Thai Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Pana Klaewplodthuk issued an order today, empowering commanders of the Burapha and Suranaree task forces to open or close border checkpoints along Thai-Cambodian border, for the protection of Thai territorial sovereignty and the safety of the public and their property.
