Thailand
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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