BANGKOK: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has taken to social media to reflect on the personal toll of recent border tensions with Thailand, stating he feels "five years older" with increased grey hair and a haggard appearance, yet assuring his compatriots of his undiminished resolve. In a reflective post published early on Tuesday (July 29) morning...
SURIN, Thailand: Rice farmer Samrouy Duangsawai was up early fixing herself a morning meal of sticky rice when a series of loud blasts almost shook her off her feet. Cambodian heavy artillery shells launched from across the nearby border had struck the next village just a few hundred metres away, the rising smoke visible in the...
PUTRAJAYA: Leaders from Thailand and Cambodia are expected to meet here at 3pm on Monday (July 28) for a high-level negotiation aimed at halting deadly border clashes that have erupted between the two Southeast Asian neighbours. The conflict, which flared up on July 25 near Cambodia’s northern border, has already claimed more than 20 lives on the...
SEOUL: G-Dragon’s "Ubermensch" world tour stop in Bangkok has been cancelled, fuelling growing frustration among fans over the disorganised rollout of the singer’s highly anticipated comeback tour. Concert organiser AEG Presents Asia announced Thursday (July 10) that the show, originally scheduled for Aug 2 at Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, had been called off due to...
UBON RATCHATHANI, Thailand: The chief of the Second Army Area, Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang, assured on Wednesday (July 9) that Thai troops are fully armed to defend the nation’s borders against incursions by Cambodian forces at disputed areas. However, he expressed hope that the two governments would resolve their border conflicts peacefully. Speaking to reporters during...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's opposition parties said on Thursday that they will hold off on launching a no-confidence vote against suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra pending a court ruling, but they vowed to work together to avoid political deadlock. Thailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended Paetongtarn from her duties after accepting a petition from 36 senators who...
BANGKOK: Thailand’s suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was sworn in as a cabinet minister Thursday (July 3), a manoeuvre allowing her to attend ministerial meetings while awaiting the results of a court review of her alleged misconduct. Paetongtarn, who will be Minister of Culture in the country’s newly revamped cabinet, and 13 other ministers were sworn...
Following serious allegations of sexual misconduct, Thai actor Prom Ratchapat Worasarn has been dropped by his management agency, YWPB Official. Since June 14, screenshots have surfaced on social media, allegedly showing the actor coercing women into having unprotected sex. Some of these encounters were supposedly with his teenage female fans. Prior to these private meet-ups, he would...
BANGKOK: A significant banking disruption is set to affect millions across Thailand as three of the nation's largest financial institutions – Krungthai Bank, the Government Savings Bank (GSB), and Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) – announce widespread system maintenance over the coming days. The planned outages will render core banking services, including mobile applications, credit card transactions,...
Senior military officials from China and Thailand reached “important consensus” on strategic cooperation when they met on Thursday, according to the defence ministry in Beijing. The meeting was held between China’s chief of joint staff, Liu Zhenli, and Thailand’s top defence official, Songwit Noonpackdee, during his visit to the Chinese capital. The two military leaders “reached important consensus on...
