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Khao Kheow Open Zoo has officially launched a new exhibit featuring ‘Nong Nueng’, an eight-year-old female clouded leopard and social media favourite, to promote public awareness and education on rare wildlife behaviours.
A viral video of a Thai woman confronting a group of loud foreign teens on a Bangkok BTS Sky train has ignited a nationwide debate over public etiquette and tourist behaviour.
A 12.5% import tariff imposed by the United States under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act could threaten Thai exports worth more than 1 trillion baht over the final five months of the year, trimming full-year export growth to 6–7%, according to a prominent trade expert.
Several countries have imposed or are considering social media bans on under-16s, after Australia enacted a ban in December 2025, citing the protection of youngsters’ mental health and wellbeing. Experts feel, however, that Thailand is not ready to follow suit.
The rain clouds that gather over Thailand each July mark the beginning of Khao Phansa, or Buddhist Lent, a three-month retreat when monks remain at their temples to study, meditate and devote themselves to monastic practice. For local communities, it is a time of merit-making and centuries-old traditions that have been passed down from one generation to the next.
By 5.30 in the morning, the Trok Mor alley in Old Bangkok is already awake.
Thailand is stepping up efforts to strengthen economic ties with Europe by racing to finalise the free trade agreement with the European Union by the end of 2026, the Thai-EU FTA. Experts say, however, that Thai businesses doing trade with the bloc need to prioritise the traceability of their exported goods.
A 16-year-old Thai guitarist, Nene Royal (Rattikarn “Praew” Amloy), has captured global attention after passing the audition round of America’s Got Talent (AGT), the popular television talent competition, offering visions of growth for Thailand’s creative economy.
The Fourth Army Region is to build a barbed-wire fence along 99km of the mostly porous Thai-Malaysian border, from Tak Bai district through Su-ngai Kolok to Waeng district of Narathiwat, to prevent suspected insurgents and smugglers from freely moving between the two countries, according to Lt-Gen. Narathip Poynok, the southern-based regional commander.
Before six o'clock in the morning, Bangkok has not yet become Bangkok – a chaotic metropolis with constant urban noise and traffic congestion.
A viral social media post, claiming to show a tattoo on an insurgent involved in the deadly July 22 attack on a security checkpoint in Narathiwat province, has been debunked as a digital artifact produced by artificial intelligence (AI) enhancement tools.
Thai Customs authorities, working with the Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF), have intercepted approximately 30 kilograms of Etomidate, a Category 2 psychotropic substance valued at over 21 million baht, hidden inside plastic drums during a transit stop at Suvarnabhumi Airport.
The military in the southern province of Narathiwat has invoked Martial Law ahead of operations by security forces to locate and arrest suspected insurgents, using up to lethal force immediately against violent elements who pose a threat, but only when necessary and proportion to the threat.
Formal pawnshops have been a feature of Thai society for nearly a century, serving as a safety net whenever families run out of cash. Yet many borrowers have a limited understanding of these transactions, often misjudging the true cost of short-term credit.
National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chatchai Bangchuad said today that Malaysia, in its capacity as the facilitator of the peace talks between the Thai government and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist movement, is key to the restoration of peace in the deep south.
The National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRC) has issued a statement condemning the attack on the Buket Sami checkpoint in Ra-ngae district, in which five paramilitary rangers were killed, describing it as an act of extreme brutality and inhumanity.
