Bangkok (EFE).- Rescuers were searching Wednesday afternoon for some five people still missing after a construction crane collapsed onto a passing passenger train in northeast Thailand, killing at least 29 people and injuring 67. The accident took place at about 9.05am in Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, about 230km (143 miles) northeast of Bangkok, … Read more
Bangkok (EFE).- Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire agreement on Saturday with immediate effect on the common border, where the military clashes that broke out on Dec. 7 have left some 100 dead and nearly 700,000 displaced. “Both sides agree to an immediate ceasefire after the time of signature of this Joint Statement with effect … Read more
Bangkok (EFE).- Thailand and Cambodia on Wednesday begin four days of negotiations in a bid to find a peaceful resolution to the military clashes along their border, which have claimed at least 86 lives since Dec. 7. Public broadcaster Thai PBS reported on Wednesday that both sides agreed to extend the talks through Friday at … Read more
Beijing, Dec 18 (EFE).- China has dispatched a special envoy to Thailand and Cambodia in an effort to ease tensions after days of deadly border clashes that have left more than 50 people dead. Deng Xijun, the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s special envoy for Asian affairs, began a visit to both countries Thursday to seek common … Read more
Bangkok, Dec 12 (EFE).- The Thai Army said Friday that it has inflicted at least 165 casualties on Cambodian forces during the clashes between both countries along their shared border since Sunday, with Phnom Penh telling EFE that the information is “false.” Thai armed forces told local media that nine of their soldiers have been … Read more
Bangkok, Dec 12 (EFE). Thailand’s foreign office said Friday that it “is coordinating” a phone call with United States President Donald Trump to address the renewed border clashes with Cambodia, after the US leader said he would speak with the heads of government of both countries to discuss the escalating conflict. “We are coordinating the … Read more
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 28 (EFE).- The governments of Thailand and Cambodia held a bilateral meeting on Tuesday to promote the peace agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump and signed on Sunday during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told his Cambodian counterpart, Hun Manet, … Read more
Bangkok (EFE).- The king of Thailand has approved the new 36-member cabinet of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the final step to form a government ahead of a swearing-in ceremony. The Royal Gazette published the endorsement on Friday of the ministers appointed by the Bhumjaithai Party’s conservative leader, who has chosen technocrats and businesspeople for key … Read more
Bangkok (EFE).- Thailand’s House of Representatives voted Friday to install conservative politician Anutin Charnvirakul as the country’s prime minister, following last week’s removal of Paetongtarn Shinawatra for ethical breaches. Anutin, a former health and interior minister, obtained more than the 247 votes needed out of the 492-member House. His success was enabled by a deal … Read more
Bangkok (EFE).- Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday ordered the dismissal of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra after she was found guilty of violating ethics for criticizing a senior military officer in a leaked telephone call. In the leaked audio recording of the conversation with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen, the Thai leader, who was suspended from … Read more
By Taryn Wilson Sisaket/Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand (EFE).- Kamonrat Phonsetthalert had just left the gas station she owns in Thailand’s Sisaket province when a rocket fired from across the border in Cambodia crashed through the roof, sending a fireball into the sky. The Jul. 24 strike was a decisive moment at the beginning of five days … Read more
By Lobsang DS Subirana Bangkok (EFE).- Fighting between Thai and Cambodian forces continued for a second straight day Friday morning along disputed sections of their shared border, with Thai authorities reporting sustained artillery attacks and more than 100,000 civilians fleeing violence. At least 14 civilians have been killed and 31 injured since clashes began early … Read more
By Lobsang DS Subirana Bangkok, Jul 24 (EFE).- Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia came to a boil Thursday along multiple points of their mutual border, resulting in at least 11 civilian deaths, 35 injuries and a retaliatory airstrike, following months of deteriorating diplomatic relations between the countries. Fighting took place from the morning into the … Read more
By Lobsang DS Subirana Bangkok, (EFE).- Authorities in Thailand continued working through the night and into Thursday after cries for help were allegedly heard from under the rubble, six days after a powerful earthquake in Myanmar felled a 30-story Bangkok building that killed at least 15 people. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said rescuers had located … Read more
Bangkok, May 18 (EFE).- The Thai political party that took out a surprise victory in the country’s weekend general election has formed a coalition with seven other pro-democracy opposition parties, its leader announced Thursday. Pita Limjaroenrat told a news conference in Bangkok alongside representatives of the other parties that his “coalition is firmly taking shape.” … Read more
Bangkok, Mar 20 (EFE).- Thai authorities dissolved parliament Monday with the aim of calling general elections in May, which will be the first vote since the 2019 elections held under the military junta. After the dissolution was announced in a decree published in the Royal Gazette, the Electoral Commission will meet to decide in the … Read more
Bangkok, Mar 15 (EFE).- Thai police on Wednesday detained an armed former officer, who allegedly suffers from mental problems, after more than 24 hours barricaded in a house on the outskirts of Bangkok and after shooting several times at agents, local media reported. A special police command broke into the residence of the armed man … Read more
Bangkok, Mar 7 (EFE).- A Thai court sentenced a man Tuesday accused of parodying King Vajiralongkorn in a calendar with veiled references to the monarch, allegedly likening him to a duck, to two years in prison for royal defamation, a group of Thai lawyers reported. The duck, one of the symbols of the protests calling … Read more
Bangkok, Dec 23 (EFE).- Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, announced Friday he would run for re-election in general elections scheduled for the first half of 2023 under a new political platform. “I want to introduce myself to give continuity to my projects,” Prayut told the media, adding that he would head the conservative Ruam Thai … Read more
Bangkok, Dec 21 (EFE).- At least six crew members of the Thai Navy ship that sank Sunday have died, while the search operation for 23 missing at sea in the Gulf of Thailand continued Wednesday. Authorities Tuesday night confirmed the increase in the death toll through social media, after reporting hours before that the emergency … Read more
By Lobsang DS Subirana Bangkok Desk, Sep 30 (EFE).- Thailand’s Constitutional Court allowed Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-Ocha to remain in his post Friday after an investigation into whether he had breached a clause limiting his term in office, by ruling that his tenure began in 2017. The decision means he can serve until 2025 … Read more
