World Oct 24 Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit dies at age 93 Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who supervised royal projects to help the rural poor, preserve traditional craft-making and protect the environment, died on Friday.
World Sep 05 Anutin Charnvirakul elected prime minister of Thailand in parliamentary vote Anutin, 58, succeeds Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who was dismissed by court order as prime minister last week after being found guilty of ethics violations over a politically compromising phone call with neighboring Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen.
World Aug 01 Thailand returns 2 wounded soldiers to Cambodia keeps holding 18 others prisoner The rest of a 20-member group of Cambodian soldiers captured on Tuesday in one of the disputed pockets of land over which the two sides were fighting remain in Thai hands, and Cambodian officials are demanding their release.
World Jul 28 Thailand and Cambodia agree to ‘unconditional’ ceasefire to end border fighting, Malaysian PM says As part of the ceasefire deal, military commanders from both sides will hold talks Tuesday to defuse tensions while Cambodia will host a border committee meeting on Aug. 4., said Malaysia's prime minister.
World Jul 27 Leaders of Thailand and Cambodia meeting for talks to end deadly border dispute Thai and Cambodian leaders will meet in Malaysia for talks to end hostilities, a spokesperson for the Thai prime minister’s office said on Sunday. This comes following pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to end a deadly border dispute, now in…
World Jul 26 Thailand and Cambodia trade fresh attacks and accusations amid calls for a ceasefire Thailand and Cambodia traded accusations of fresh attacks Saturday as deadly border clashes entered a third day and international pressure mounted for a ceasefire. The fighting has killed at least 33 people and displaced more than 168,000.
World Jul 24 A mine exploded along the Thailand-Cambodia border. Now border clashes have killed at least 12 people The trigger for the clashes was a mine explosion along the border Wednesday that wounded five Thai soldiers and led Bangkok to withdraw its ambassador to Cambodia and expel Cambodia's.
World Jul 01 Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspends prime minister to investigate leaked phone call Paetongtarn's suspension on Tuesday raises the possibility of renewed instability in Thailand.
World Mar 29 Myanmar’s earthquake death toll soars over 1,600 as resistance announces partial ceasefire Myanmar’s ruling military said Saturday on state television that the confirmed death toll from a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake rose to 1,644, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the…
World Mar 28 At least 150 people killed after powerful 7.7 earthquake rocks Myanmar and Thailand A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, bridges and a monastery.