SOON after China’s Ambassador to Cambodia voiced support for the neighbbouring country protecting its national sovereignty and security, a Facebook user shared a video clip of a Chinese restaurant in Thailand having placed senior Khmer leader Hun Sen’s images on the floor next to the entrance leading to customers and staff stepping in them
Month: October 2025
Thai tourism still growing but signs of slowdown emerging
WHILE Thai tourism industry still looks rosy in 2025 signs of a slowdown next year have emerged with this requiring a comprehensive overhaul to maintain momentum, PPTVHD 26 quoted an in-depth research by TTB Analytics as saying today (Oct. 11). That a slowdown seems to be looming next year is due to saturation of
Read moreThai envoy slams Khmer allegations at UNHCR meeting
THE THAI ambassador rounded on the Cambodian envoy at the 76th Session the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Executive Committee (UNHCR) denying accusations that Thailand had violated the UN Charter and the Geneva conventions by allegedly destroying homes in border areas at Sa Kaeo province, where people have lived for generations, Amarin TV
Read moreUS will impose additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports from November, Trump says
By Agencies – published by CNA and AP – published by Yahoo!News Washington – The United States of America will slap an additional 100 percent tariff on imports from China and impose export controls on all critical US-made software from November 1, President Donald Trump said on Friday (Oct. 10). In a post on
Read moreThailand, Cambodia agree to hold key meeting next week
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.
Read moreFire 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
Read morePheu Thai to have slim chance of heading future govt: NIDA academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI, now part of the opposition bloc, will likely have a slim chance of becoming core of a future government whilst the Bhumjaithai, core of the current coalition government, and the People’s, the largest opposition camp, may roughly have a 50:50 opportunity to head one following a general
Read moreForeigner rescued after falling into deep well
A GERMAN man fell into a 20-metre-deep well while mowing his lawn in Chonburi today (Oct. 9) and floated in there for 40 minutes until rescuers who were alerted by a neighbour pulled him up, Naewna newspaper said. At 11 a.m. Mr. Phichit Kiakkuthan, head of Sawang Rojanatham Foundation rescue unit, was informed of
Read moreThailand to spend 10bn baht to buy bad household debt, stocks edge up nearly 1%
By Reuters and published by CNA THE Bhumjaithai-led coalition government will spend 10 billion baht ($307 million) to buy bad debt this month, the Finance Minister said today (Oct. 9), as part of its plans to revive its sluggish economy. Thailand’s stubbornly high levels of household debt have shackled the economy for several years,
Read moreEight bomb blasts in Yala but no casualties
EIGHT bombs exploded in succession in Yala City last night (Oct. 8) but fortunately there were no casualties with the public warned that the penalty for helping the perpetrators is two years imprisonment and/or a 40,000 baht fine, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said this morning. The blasts started at 8.03 p.m. with
Read moreInfluencers warned to stay away from Thai-Khmer border village
A FACEBOOK user issued a warning to Thai influencers to stay away from Ban Nong Chan village at the Thai-Khmer border in Sa Kaeo province and not stir up trouble there as it could lead to a confrontation with Cambodians, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Oct. 8). The writer said in a post on
Read moreTwo former tourism department heads face graft charges
THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has gathered sufficient evidence to take legal action against two former directors-general at the Tourism and Sports Ministry for corruption in the procurement of exercise equipment for the development of recreational and health tourism destinations, PPTVHD 36 said late afternoon today (Oct. 8). Mr. Surapong Intarathaworn, the graft agency’s
Read moreThammanat dared to testify before House panel on notorious wheeler-dealer Ben Smith
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME Minister-cum-Agriculture & Cooperatives Minister Thammanat Prompao was dared today (Oct.8) to testify before a House committee tomorrow (Oct.9) pertaining to his alleged association with Benjamin Mauerberger, the South African-born wheeler-dealer suspected of clandestine connections with money-laundering, scam rackets in Cambodia. House Committee on State Security, Thai Border Affairs,
Read morePhuket Airport runway closed after aircraft malfunctioned
PHUKET International Airport’s sole runway has been closed after a military airport malfunctioned there at 11.14 a.m. today (Oct. 8) with passengers urged to check with their airlines to prevent missed flights, FM91 Trafficpro and Phuket Times online media said. For maximum safety Phuket Airport issued a runway closure notice in order to move
Read moreCambodian tourism plummeted after border clashes
CAMBODIA’S Tourism Ministry has released latest statistics that show a 38.4% year-on-year drop in the number of foreign tourist arrivals in August following five-day clashes with Thailand late July, PPTVHD 36 said today (Oct. 7). Altogether 338,351 foreign visitors arrived in Cambodia in August, with this 38.4% decrease compared to the same month in
Read more5 ex-Red Shirt leaders bailed out in 2010 protest case
FIVE former leaders of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), commonly called Red Shirts, were released on bail after the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek road sentenced them along with their associates, totaling 13 defendants, to jail on charges of attempting to oust the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva and storming the home of
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