SOLDIERS from Pha Muang Task Force clashed with drug traffickers in Chiang Mai yesterday (June 8) killing two of them and seized a big quality of drugs while another team fought a different drug gang in Chiang Rai over the weekend and were able to seize 110 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, Naewna newspaper said.
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Shells hit Sa Kaeo community sparking fire
TENSION escalated in Sa Kaeo province amid continuous clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops this morning (Dec. 22) with shells hitting a community in Khok Sung district causing extensive damage and sparking fire, Amarin TV said. At around 7.20 a.m. Khmer forces fired heavy weapons across the border into Thai territory with some shells
Read moreTrat border now under complete control of Thai military
THE Commander of Thai Marine Corps Task Force in Trat said today (Dec. 17) that the entire Trat border is under complete control of Thai forces with Cambodian units having been neutralised, PPTVHD36 said. Capt. Thammanoon Wanna, commander of this marine corps unit, said as the “Trat Suppresses the Adversary” operation entered the ninth
Read more16 Thai soldiers killed so far, over 300 injured
THE Thai military said clashes and attacks are continuing at the Thai-Cambodian border with one officer and a civilian having been killed in Phu Makheua area of Sisaket province today (Dec. 14) taking the military death toll to 16 and 327 injured, Amarin TV said. RADM Surasan Kongsiri, spokesperson of the Defence Ministry, said
Read moreGripen jets bomb casino used as Khmer command post
THAI JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets bombed a casino used as a Cambodian command post at O’Smach border town adjacent to Thai Chong Chom town, Surin province, late last night (Dec. 9) having to dodge suicide drones fired from BM-21 rocket launchers, Amarin TV said. The sortie was undertaken because this casino, named Lim
Read more46 Khmer troops killed in attack on headquarters, 2 more Thai soldiers dead
AN ATTACK by Thai troops on a Cambodian battalion headquarters today (Dec. 9) led to 46 Khmer troops being killed while two more Thai soldiers died taking the total since this round of clashes started on Sunday to three, Amarin TV said. A post on the Army Military Force Facebook page said Thai soldiers
Read moreTrump urges Cambodia, Thailand to honour ceasefire amid renewed border clashes
By Anadolu Agency Washington – US President Donald Trump expects Cambodia and Thailand to fully honour their ceasefire commitments following deadly clashes along their disputed border, a senior administration official told Anadolu on Monday [Dec. 8]. “President Trump is committed to the continued cessation of violence and expects the governments of Cambodia and Thailand
Read moreKhmers launch heavy attack while accusing Thais of firing toxic smoke
FIGHTING is continuing along Thai-Cambodian border today [Dec. 9] with the Second Army Region saying at 9 a.m. that Khmers had launched a heavy attack on the Thai side using artillery, BM-21 rockets and suicide drones plus Phnom Penh also accused Thai soldiers of firing toxic smoke at a military base in an early
Read moreThai army destroys five Cambodian military targets
THE Second Army Region said in a Facebook post this evening [Dec.8] that it has conducted five military operations today qnd completely destroyed Khmer military capabilities at these sites with a major success being the recapture of Prasat Khana ancient temple while it is feared Khmer forces may launch BM-21 rocket attacks against civilians
Read moreThai task force moves to reclaim Thai territory at Sa Kaeo
AFTER clashes broke out along the Thai-Cambodian border since yesterday [Dec. 7] the First Army Region through Burapha task force has launched a military operation to reclaim Thai sovereign territory along the border at Sa Kaeo province, PPTVHD36 and Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. This task force has moved to take control and reclaim
Read moreBhumjaithai to get overwhelming vote over Pheu Thai in Sisaket by-election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BY-ELECTION FOR MP of a northeastern constituency scheduled for the upcoming Sunday (Sep.28) will likely see a piece of cake for one contestant and a rotten tomato for another as far as tensions over Thai-Cambodian border conflict are concerned. In Constituency 5 covering Khun Harn and Pusing districts of
Read moreSri Lankan workers coming to replace Cambodians who have returned home
WITH hundreds of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers having returned home following the five-day clashes along the Thai-Cambodian border and ongoing tensions between the two countries, the Thai government is now bringing in Sri Lankan workers to replace them, Amarin TV said this evening (Aug. 19). Labour Minister Pongkawin Juangroongruangkit said the cabinet has
Read moreThai-Cambodian border villagers reluctantly selling their cattle
AFTER suffering a prolonged spell of loss of income villagers living along the border with Cambodia in Siriket’s Kantharalak district are now reluctantly selling their cattle at very low prices amid fears of a new round of clashes breaking out, Amarin TV said today (Aug. 19). Reporters from this TV station visited the cattle
Read moreFearful residents flee border district
FEARING another round of clashes could break out along the Thai-Cambodian border at any moment residents of a Sisaket district packed up and left their homes despite no evacuation order being issued, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Aug. 13). Reporters observed that there is a significant increase in vehicles leaving Kantharalak district and moving
Read moreShortage of Cambodian workers starting to hit Chonburi
THE exodus of Cambodian migrant workers as a result of the five-day clashes along the border that ended with a ceasefire on July 28 is now beginning to impact businesses in Chonburi that rely on them, TV Channel 7 said today (Aug. 10). Thai employers in construction and shipbuilding sectors admitted that their existing
Read moreTourist arrivals shrink due to safety concerns
TOURIST arrivals dropped by 5 percent last week (July 28 to Aug. 3) after Thai-Cambodian clashes ended compared to an increase of 1 percent while the conflict raged the previous week (July 21-27), Thai Rath newspaper quoted Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) as saying yesterday (Aug. 8). Ms. Thapanee Kiatphaibool, TAT’s governor, said last
Read moreCambodian troops stopped from dismantling barbed wire at border
A TENSE incident took place at Chong-arnma market in Nam Yuen district of Ubon Ratchathani late afternoon today (Aug. 5) with five Cambodian soldiers caught cutting two rows of concertina wire which the Thai side had installed to clearly mark the boundary, but they withdrew upon being told to do so, Naewna newspaper said.
Read moreAround 2,500 Cambodian troops have died in border clashes: Thai army
THE THAI army estimates that around 2,500 Cambodian soldiers have died in the border clashes while they are trying to retake Prasat Ta Khwai area in Panom Dongrak district of Surin and Pumakhua area in Kantharalak district of Sisaket, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 5). Maj. Gen. Wanchana Sawatdee, deputy army spokesman, said in
Read moreThai army quashes Hun Sen’s claim it is about to launch an attack tonight
THE Thai army denied it is evacuating residents in Surin province in order to launch an attack on Cambodia tonight (Aug. 3) as claimed by Cambodian leader Hun Sen who quoted the Khmer Defence Ministry as saying so, Amarin TV said. Maj. Gen. Winthai Suvari, the army spokesperson, refuted a rumour circulating on social
Read moreHun Sen appears to be in charge, has violated Cambodian Constitution
A THAI academic and international media have indicated that former Cambodian prime minister and current Senate President Hun Sen still plays a direct role in controlling and commanding military affairs on the Thai-Cambodian border while Khmer authorities have violated their own constitution, Amarin TV said today (Aug. 3). Mr. Jirayu Huangsap, spokesman for the
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