By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI-CAMBODIAN border conflict could be peacefully, agreeably resolved if Thailand was run by any head of government other than the court-suspended, overly-naive Paetongtarn Shinawatra, said a former senior government official today (Aug.25). Thailand’s military missions and foreign policy toward Cambodia would be administered more effectively and sustainably to some extent
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Thai army reinstalls border barbed wire after Cambodian civilians remove it
THAI soldiers are reinstalling concertina wire across the border at Ban Nong Chan, Sa Kaeo province, after Cambodian civilians hurled abuse at them as they tore it down earlier this afternoon (Aug. 25), Naewna newspaper said. At 4.52 p.m. Maj. Gen. Winthai Suvari, the army spokesperson, confirmed that this incident took place with Cambodian
Read moreThai-German actress gets suspended sentence for drunk driving
A THAI-GERMAN actress and model was sentenced to two months in jail, suspended for two years, with her driver’s licence too suspended for six months after refusing to undergo a breathalyser test at Bangkok’s Wang Thonglang district in the wee hours of Sunday morning (Aug. 24), Thai Rath newspaper said today. A businessman who
Read moreOffered payoffs feared to be the only way to save Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OFFERED PAYOFFS might probably be the only way to attempt to save the court-suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from being deposed as head of government in a court verdict on an impeachment lawsuit scheduled for the upcoming Friday, according to a former senior government official. Fears of kickbacks in cash
Read moreMyanmar junta says historic railway bridge ‘bombed, destroyed’
By AFP and published by CNA MYANMAR’S ruling military junta said on Sunday (Aug. 24) a colonial-era bridge that was once the world’s highest railway trestle had been “bombed and destroyed” by anti-coup armed groups. A civil war has consumed Myanmar since a 2021 coup deposed the civilian government, with the military battling a
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