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Cambodia is using lethal Russian PMN2 landmines to subvert the Thai military’s composure on the border

Cambodia is using lethal Russian PMN2 landmines to subvert the Thai military’s composure on the border

August 13, 2025

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Cambodia is planting fresh Russian-made PMN-2 landmines on the Thai border, causing serious injuries and escalating tensions. Thailand vows strong defence while Cambodia denies claims,… Read More ›

Pheu Thai MP publicly asks the Constitutional Court to defer decision on the PM’s fate, fearing a crisis 

Pheu Thai MP publicly asks the Constitutional Court to defer decision on the PM’s fate, fearing a crisis 

August 13, 2025

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Pheu Thai MP urges Constitutional Court to delay ruling on PM Paetongtarn amid political crisis. Border clashes with Cambodia escalate, creating a power vacuum and… Read More ›

Expert warns foreign tourism has become Thailand’s curse, fueling inertia and a widespread malaise

Expert warns foreign tourism has become Thailand’s curse, fueling inertia and a widespread malaise

August 12, 2025

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Thailand’s reliance on foreign tourism is now a curse, warns a Hong Kong bond analyst. It fuels corruption, instability and stagnation. Arrivals are down 6.56%,… Read More ›

Rate cut anticipated as outgoing Bank of Thailand governor attends last Monetary Policy Committee

Rate cut anticipated as outgoing Bank of Thailand governor attends last Monetary Policy Committee

August 12, 2025

Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Outgoing Bank of Thailand governor’s final MPC meeting on August 13 may cut rates by 25bps to support the economy amid rising US tariffs, weaker… Read More ›

Flailing Hun Sen wages new war on his own nationals in Thailand by threatening them if they don’t return

Flailing Hun Sen wages new war on his own nationals in Thailand by threatening them if they don’t return

August 11, 2025

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Hun Sen’s regime threatens Cambodian workers in Thailand with loss of citizenship and property if they don’t return. After losing 3,000 soldiers in fierce clashes… Read More ›

Conservatives behind plan to bring back General Prayut. Pheu Thai on Sunday insisted politics will hold

Conservatives behind plan to bring back General Prayut. Pheu Thai on Sunday insisted politics will hold

August 11, 2025

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Conservatives push to bring back General Prayut as incumbent Prime Minister Paetongtarn faces a court ruling and her father Thaksin battles legal troubles. Political tensions… Read More ›

Finance Ministry & central bank move to boost credit by shifting non-performing debt into asset firms

Finance Ministry & central bank move to boost credit by shifting non-performing debt into asset firms

August 10, 2025

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Thailand’s Finance Ministry and Bank of Thailand join forces to tackle rising private debt and non-performing loans. With US tariffs, tourism decline and Chinese dumping,… Read More ›

Soldier loses foot and 2 others injured by Cambodian PMN-2 landmine in Sisaket while on border patrol 

Soldier loses foot and 2 others injured by Cambodian PMN-2 landmine in Sisaket while on border patrol 

August 10, 2025

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A Thai soldier lost his left foot and two others were injured by Cambodian PMN-2 landmines while patrolling Sisaket’s tense border. Cambodia denies new mines… Read More ›

Political stasis has left people with neither brains nor heart to push the country forward: Thanathorn

Political stasis has left people with neither brains nor heart to push the country forward: Thanathorn

August 9, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit blames 20 years of political chaos for Thailand’s collapsing birth rate and economic decline. He warns the country lacks “brains and heart” to… Read More ›

Move to uphold Senate integrity fails amid claims of forgery and misrepresentation. Divisions exposed

Move to uphold Senate integrity fails amid claims of forgery and misrepresentation. Divisions exposed

August 8, 2025

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Move to suspend 136 ‘Blue Line’ senators collapses within 24 hours amid forged signatures and legal flaws. The scandal exposes deep Senate divisions, weak oversight… Read More ›

Buriram people come out in force to resist Ministry of the Interior’s move to revoke their land title deeds

Buriram people come out in force to resist Ministry of the Interior’s move to revoke their land title deeds

August 8, 2025

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Buriram erupts as nearly 1,000 families fight the Ministry of the Interior’s move to revoke 5,083 rai of land titles, including disputed football and race… Read More ›

13 point ceasefire deal inked between Cambodia and Thailand. Some think it may still be a phoney peace

13 point ceasefire deal inked between Cambodia and Thailand. Some think it may still be a phoney peace

August 7, 2025

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Thailand and Cambodia ink a 13-point ceasefire deal after deadly border clashes. Thailand holds key positions and vows to end scam hubs in Cambodia. Despite… Read More ›

No more surprises or shocks. Thai foreign tourism players warn of a bad year with arrivals down 6.56%

No more surprises or shocks. Thai foreign tourism players warn of a bad year with arrivals down 6.56%

August 7, 2025

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Thailand’s tourism is reeling in 2025 with arrivals down 6.56% after border clashes with Cambodia, widespread travel warnings and a March earthquake. Trade disruptions and… Read More ›

Senate minority cohort call for the suspension of colleagues under investigation until they are cleared

Senate minority cohort call for the suspension of colleagues under investigation until they are cleared

August 7, 2025

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 A minority bloc in Thailand’s Senate demands the suspension of 136 senators under investigation for election collusion. They warn unchecked power risks judicial chaos and… Read More ›

Charged situation – Defence chiefs from Thailand and Cambodia meet in Kuala Lumpur. ASEAN damaged

Charged situation – Defence chiefs from Thailand and Cambodia meet in Kuala Lumpur. ASEAN damaged

August 7, 2025

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Tense border talks kick off in Kuala Lumpur as Thai and Cambodian defence chiefs face off amid a tense ceasefire, outcry over civilian deaths, electricity… Read More ›

A new and purely profit-focused Thai Airways soars high after its return to the stock market in Bangkok

A new and purely profit-focused Thai Airways soars high after its return to the stock market in Bangkok

August 6, 2025

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Thai Airways soars with a 200% stock surge since returning from bankruptcy, shifting focus to profitable business travellers. With no political pressure on Boeing deals,… Read More ›

Cabinet green lights navy submarine and new Gripen jets. Acting PM says  the details are ‘state secrets’

Cabinet green lights navy submarine and new Gripen jets. Acting PM says  the details are ‘state secrets’

August 6, 2025

Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Cabinet approves ฿19.5 billion Gripen jet deal and revives stalled submarine project with Chinese engines as acting PM Phumtham Wechayachai shuts down media, calling plans… Read More ›

Labour Minister reveals scandal over Social Security Office (SSO) Headquarters purchase in Bangkok

Labour Minister reveals scandal over Social Security Office (SSO) Headquarters purchase in Bangkok

August 6, 2025

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Thailand’s new Labour Minister, Pongkawin, faces a major scandal over the ฿7 billion Social Security Office HQ purchase, allegedly nearly double the market value. Senior… Read More ›

Fear on Eastern border under Martial law. Cambodian Bond nabbed on ฿162 a day from Phnom Penh regime

Fear on Eastern border under Martial law. Cambodian Bond nabbed on ฿162 a day from Phnom Penh regime

August 5, 2025

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Thai border tensions soar after Cambodian spy caught for just ฿162/day. Martial law orders to tighten security, nationwide drone ban enforced. Arrests and rocket attacks… Read More ›

Prime Minister Paetongtarn lodges defence and will not resign before the Constitutional Court judgement

Prime Minister Paetongtarn lodges defence and will not resign before the Constitutional Court judgement

August 5, 2025

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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has submitted her defence to the Constitutional Court by the August 4 deadline, denying resignation rumours. She acted to protect national… Read More ›

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