By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (June 24) categorically denied that her exposed conversation with Cambodian leader Hun Sen on her private cellphone has done any damage to Thailand at all. Speaking to reporters at Government House, the woman prime minister/daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, contended that
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Thailand cutting off power, Internet, export of oil and other goods to Cambodia
THAILAND is launching five measures to step up suppression of transnational crime in Cambodia, which was named in a UN report as one of the world’s largest global crime centres, with these including cutting off electricity supply, Internet connection and export of oil and other goods to Cambodia, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. Speaking
Read moreConstitutional Court may keep Paetongtarn from running country from July 8
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT may either practically force Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to stop running the country from early next month or simply drop charges filed against her to the extent that she has severely compromised ethics and honesty whilst handling Thai-Cambodian border conflict. The Constitutional Court is scheduled for July
Read moreChaos at 2 Thai-Cambodian checkpoints as control is stepped up
THERE was chaos at two key Thai-Cambodian checkpoints this morning (June 23) with motorcycles and all other two-wheeled vehicles forbidden from crossing over to the Thai side at one of them while Cambodians were unable to return to their homeland at the other, Amarin TV said. Meanwhile Second Army Region Commander Lt. Gen. Boonsin
Read moreTwo more checkpoints likely to be shut after closure of Buriram crossing
THAI Second Army Region Commander Lt. Gen. Boonsin Phadklang is gearing up to sign an order indefinitely closing two more border checkpoints after shutting Chong Sai Taku crossing in Buriram province this morning (June 22), Amarin TV said. This step was considered after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet followed suit and permanently shut two
Read moreHun Sen tells govt to stop importing Thai canned food, shrugs off oil cut threat
CAMBODIA’S former premier and current Senate President Hun Sen last night (June 20) urged his government to stop importing all types of canned food from Thailand if restricted border opening is not lifted while ignoring a Thai opposition party’s call to stop exporting oil, TV Channel 7 said this morning. In a Facebook post
Read moreArmy confirms some Cambodians visited border temple
THE THAI army this morning (June 20) confirmed that a group of Cambodian tourists crossed the border and visited Prasat Ta Khwai temple in Surin province and sang a song there with this occurring after the neighbouring country filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice over this and two other ancient temples
Read moreWarning that a single audio clip could lead to Thai economy collapsing
THE SWIRLING political storm over leaked audio clip of a phone call that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra made to Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen may lead to the Thai economy collapsing, TV Channel 7 quoted Mr. Poj Aramwattananon, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, as saying this evening (June 19). Thailand is currently
Read moreCambodia suddenly closes border crossing, causing confusion among locals
THE CAMBODIAN military suddenly announced the closure of a border crossing in Ubon Ratchathani province this morning (June 19) with the Thai side also having to follow suit because no one could cross over to trade and do other business and this confused local people about what was happening, Thai Rath newspaper said. Reporters
Read moreSenators seeking court-ordered ouster of Paetongtarn as PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN URGENT IMPEACHMENT motion was today (June 19) filed against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra by senators in pursuit of an immediate ouster of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s daughter as head of government in the wake of her disreputable, submissive manners which she has evidently displayed during a
Read morePeople’s leader slams Paetongtarn-Hun Sen conversation, calls for dissolving House
PEOPLE’S LEADER Nattapong Ruangpanyawut criticised what Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said in a leaked audio clip of her recent telephone conversation with former Cambodian prime minister and current Senate President Hun Sen pointing out that a Thai leader should not say the army is an opposition camp while calling for dissolution of House of
Read morePM angry at Hun Sen releasing audio clip of private phone call
PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra this afternoon (June 18) admitted that the a leaked audio clip of her telephone conversation with former Cambodian prime minister and current Senate President Hun Sen is real while criticising him for releasing it and ruling out anymore private chats, Naewna newspaper said. Asked by reporters that in saying Second
Read moreCambodia cuts off power supply from Thailand, switches to Vietnam
CAMBODIA this morning (June 17) switched off electricity supply from Thailand to Poipet border town, opposite Aranyaprathet border town, Sa Kaeo province, and adjacent areas and instead connected a new transmission line for flow of power from Vietnam, Amarin TV said. At 9 a.m. when the checkpoint was opened, officials from Poipet Electricity Authority
Read morePM orders strict monitoring of Israel-Iran conflict and Thai-Cambodian border
PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra today (June 17) ordered strict monitoring of the Israeli-Iranian conflict 24 hours a day and the Thai-Cambodian border tension on hourly basis with no Thais in either Iran or Israel having been injured in the ongoing aerial war so far, TV Channel 7 said. Mr. Jirayu Huangtrakul, spokesperson of the
Read moreCambodians dump good jobs in Thailand and take their fridges back home
A GROUP of around 50 Cambodian workers who had dumped their jobs to return to their homeland amid war fears arrived at Chong Sangam checkpoint in Sisaket province with a whole lot of belongings including refrigerators, Amarin TV said this evening (June 17). This checkpoint is currently open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Read moreClosing 5 key Thai-Cambodian border checkpoints will pile up 170 billion baht losses
AN INITIAL estimate of damage from possible closure of five key Thai-Cambodian border checkpoints is that this would be as high as 174.53 billion baht based on Customs Department’s total trade value last year, TV Channel 7 and Daily News newspaper said. The Commerce Ministry’s Foreign Trade Department said the checkpoint that registered the
Read moreThai-Cambodian meeting makes progress on installing border markers
THE sixth Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Committee (JBC) meeting in Phnom Penh concluded successfully with these talks being an important step towards installing of border markers along the 800-kilometre border, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 15). The Thai Foreign Ministry said in a Facebook post that Thai Ambassador Prasas Prasasvinitchai, chairman of JBC, and
Read moreMinistry says JBC meeting proceeding well while leaked chat triggers social media storm
THE FOREIGN Ministry’s spokesperson said the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Committee (JBC) meeting at Phnom Penh today (June 14) proceeded well and is continuing tomorrow while mentioning that he does not know anything about an alleged leaked chat indicating Thailand has discussed accepting Cambodia’s 1:200,000 map, which could lead to losing some territory and was
Read more2nd army Commander to Cambodia: If you want the land you have to fight for it
SECOND ARMY Region Commander Lt. Gen. Boonsin Phadklang today (June 14) underscored that Thais have held the three disputed temples and Chong Bok area at Ubon Ratchathani province for a long time and Cambodia would have to fight for them with Thailand also not going to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on this
Read moreHun Sen calls for fundraising to support troops at border
CAMBODIAN Senate President and former prime minister Hun Sen today (June 12) urged Cambodians to donate money to a fund to support troops along the border as the struggle against Thai “aggression” through military, political, diplomatic and legal means must be part of a long-term strategy, Amarin TV said. Hun Sen’s post, in Cambodian
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