カテゴリー: Thailand
The move, welcomed by UN, will allow thousands of people living in camps to support themselves and their familiesThailand is setting a global precedent this month by giving refugees permission to work in the country in an effort to tackle aid cuts and …
Cambodia’s rights commission said ‘intense, high-pitched noises’ broadcast by Thai soldiers along the disputed border threatened to escalate tensions Cambodia’s former leader Hun Sen has complained about Thailand broadcasting ghost-like sounds across a…
Vietnamese authorities said the typhoon was the most devastating storm to hit the country this yearThe death toll from Typhoon Bualoi in south-east Asia has risen to more than 30, as heavy rains continued to lash the region.In Vietnam, authorities said…
A large sinkhole opened up outside a hospital in the Thai capital on Wednesday. Social media footage shows power lines being pulled down into the 50-metre-deep hole and vehicles teetering on the edge. Officials said there were no casualties.Suriyachai …
Case centred on claims that he had not properly served a sentence for corruption and abuse of power, which was handed down in 2023Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail, the country’s supreme court has ruled, in…
Operated by crime syndicates and fostered by the country’s military junta, the number of vast complexes such as KK Park on the Thai-Myanmar border has doubled since 2021Five years ago, the land now home to KK Park – a vast, heavily guarded complex stre…
Anutin Charnvirakul’s hobbies, which include playing saxophone, flying planes and cooking, show a relaxed and casual yet shrewd politicianThe man who will become Thailand’s next prime minister after securing the backing of the majority of lawmakers in …
Anutin Charnvirakul voted in by parliament after promising election in four months, as Thaksin Shinawatra jets outAnutin Charnvirakul, a staunch royalist, has been appointed by lawmakers as Thailand’s next prime minister after days of heated negotiatio…
After questions over whether the former prime minister was going back into exile, Thaksin said he would return no later than Monday to attend courtThailand’s influential former prime miniser Thaksin Shinawatra flew out of the country on Thursday, polic…
Conservative Bhumjaithai party leader Anutin Charnvirakul gets main opposition party’s conditional backing to form interim governmentTycoon-turned-politician Anutin Charnvirakul appears to have taken the lead in a chaotic race to become Thailand’s next…
Daughter of former PM Thaksin accused of failing to protect country’s interests over leaked phone call with Cambodia’s leaderThailand’s constitutional court has dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra from her position as prime minister, ruling that as the co…
Coalition of rights groups says law covering ‘collusion’ could be abused to stifle government’s opponentsCambodian parliamentarians have passed legislation allowing people who “collude” with foreign countries to be stripped of citizenship, a law rights…
Lese-majesty case against Thaksin Shinawatra is dismissed, but his daughter Paetongtarn will hear next week if she will be removed as prime minsterA criminal court in Thailand has dismissed a case accusing former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of de…
Thai military accuses neighbouring country of planting concealed weapons in violation of international lawThree Thai soldiers were injured on Saturday after one tripped a landmine in territory along its frontier with Cambodia, Thailand’s army has said …
Days after neighbouring countries announced a ceasefire, tensions are high and thousands of Cambodians are leaving ThailandAs a Cambodian living in Thailand, 31-year-old Da, has kept her children home from school this week in fear they might face abuse…