Thailand
Bangkok, June 11 (EFE).- A Thai court on Thursday sentenced two Chinese Uyghur men to death over the 2015 bombing of a Hindu shrine in downtown Bangkok that killed 20 people and wounded more than 120. The huge explosion, considered the deadliest terror attack in modern-day Thailand, tore through the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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