AT a meeting of the Secretariats of the Thai-Cambodian Regional Border Committee (RBC) today (Oct. 10) it was agreed that an extraordinary meeting of this panel would take place from next Wednesday to Friday (Oct. 15-17) with Cambodia hosting the event, Amarin TV said. The Thai delegation to today’s meeting was led by Maj.
Day: October 10, 2025
Fire at hotel in Sukhumvit Soi 24 extinguished
A FIRE broke out in a room at a 29-storey hotel in Sukhumvit Soi 24 at around 3 p.m. this afternoon (Oct. 10) and was quickly put out, Amarin TV said. Khlong Toei Fire and Rescue Station said in a Facebook post that upon being alerted of the blaze spreading in a room on
Read moreKorean college student dies after being kidnapped and tortured in Cambodia
By Korea Times A 22-YEAR-OLD Korean college student was found dead in Cambodia two weeks after travelling there for summer vacation. Authorities said he was kidnapped and tortured by a local crime group and died of cardiac arrest as a result. According to accounts by police and family members today (Oct. 10), the student,
Read moreThaksin to teach English in prison instead of ‘overseeing’ sewer conduits clearance
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra might probably be assigned to teach English to fellow inmates whilst serving his one-year term in prison, Corrections Department director-general Prawut Wongsrinil confirmed today (Oct.10). Given his old age, the father of court-deposed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will practically not be given any
Read morePowerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off southern Philippines, tsunami warnings issued
By Reuters and published by CNA Manila – An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Friday (Oct. 10), the country’s seismology agency said, with tsunami warnings issued in several countries and people in nearby coastal areas urged to evacuate to higher ground. The Phivolcs agency warned of damage and
Read moreBeware of enforcing Khmer eviction deadline today: Academic
WITH today (Oct. 10) being the deadline the Thai military set for Cambodians encroaching on Thai territory, particularly at Ban Nong Chan and Ban Nong Ya Kaeo villages in Sa Kaeo province, to leave a noted Thai academic warned that Cambodia has prepared for this and some of its military units could possibly start
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