カテゴリー: Thailand
Tbilisi judge rejects lawyer’s offer of plea agreement for release of pregnant Teesside teenager, now 19, at hearingThe British teenager Bella Culley is to be held in a Georgian prison for at least five more weeks as she awaits trial on drug-smuggling …
The 21-year-old was discovered by housekeeping staff on holiday island PhuketGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian tourist has been found dead in a Thai hotel room, one day before his flight home.The 21-year-old was d…
Footage shows firefighters battling to extinguish a blaze at a petrol station in Kantharalak district, in Thailand’s border region. A Thai F-16 fighter jet bombed targets in Cambodia overnight as weeks of tensions over a border dispute escalated into c…
Thailand uses ‘air power against military targets as planned’, army says after neighbours accuse each other of opening fire first along borderFull report: Armed clashes break out between Thailand and CambodiaCambodia’s defence ministry has not immediat…
Thai and Cambodian soldiers fired at each other on Thursday, as the nations downgraded their diplomatic relations in an escalating dispute. Footage from a Thai broadcaster showed people running from their homes and hiding in a concrete bunker amid expl…
Both countries accused other of firing first after weeks of simmering tensions broke out into fighting at six locations Thailand and Cambodia fought in their most deadly border clashes in more than a decade on Thursday, with Thai officials reporting 13…
Stories of monks behaving badly are not uncommon in Thailand, but the scale of a recent scandal has sparked questions about wealth and privilegeThe disappearance of a respected monk from his Buddhist temple in central Bangkok has revealed a sex scandal…
Moo Deng turns one! The Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand is holding four days of activities in celebration of Moo Deng’s birthday. The global superstar and internet darling turned one on July 10‘The people’s pygmy princess!’ How Moo Deng captured the wo…
New rules banning recreational cannabis use have put Thailand’s $1bn cannabis industry in limbo, with some stores fearing they will have to closeAlong Bangkok’s famous backpacker strip, Khao San Rd, storefronts offer a smorgasbord of highs – cannabis s…
A conversation between the prime minister and Cambodia’s former leader has sparked chaos and coup concerns and possibly the end of the Shinawatra family’s political fortunesIt was a call to someone she considered an old family friend. When Thai prime m…
Paetongtarn could be heard calling former Cambodian leader ‘uncle’ and criticising Thai commander in recordingThailand’s constitutional court has suspended the prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, while it investigates alleged ethical violations rel…
Paetongtarn Shinawatra has angered Thai nationalists, who accuse the Thai leader of kowtowing to CambodiaThousands of protesters have gathered in Bangkok to demand the resignation of Thailand’s prime minister over a leaked phone call with a former Camb…
All vehicles and travellers will be prohibited from crossing border into Cambodia as relations deteriorate after shooting of Cambodian soldierThailand’s military has closed border crossings into Cambodia to almost all travellers, including tourists and…
In the phone call, Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra discusses a border dispute with former Cambodian leader and calls him ‘uncle’Thailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, apologised after a leaked phone conversation with former Cambo…
The border dispute has led to a surge in nationalist sentiment and tit-for-tat actions by both governments Cambodia has banned imports of fruit and vegetables from Thailand, the latest escalation in a series of retaliatory actions sparked by a long-run…