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Power vacuum in Thailand: Acting PM moves to dissolve parliament; opposition demands fresh elections

Thailand Acting PM Phumtham Wechayachai (Image: X/Phumtham Wechayachai) Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has moved to dissolve parliament, the ruling party said on Wednesday. This comes after the largest opposition bloc announced its support for a rival candidate for the top office.Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was ousted last week by the Constitutional Court, creating […]

Thailand PM removed: Cambodia border row at core; political crisis ahead?

Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday removed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her cabinet from office over her role in a border dispute with Cambodia.The court’s nine judges said Paetongtarn failed to meet the ethical standards expected of a prime minister. Their decision was based on a leaked phone call from June, where she was heard […]

What’s Behind the Thailand-Cambodia Conflict

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Thailand and Cambodia agree to immediate & unconditional truce

PUTRAJAYA (MALAYSIA): Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an “unconditional” ceasefire starting midnight, Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim said Monday, a significant breakthrough to resolve five days of deadly border clashes that have killed dozens and displaced tens of thousands of people.Cambodian PM Hun Manet and Thai acting PM Phumtham Wechayachai hailed the outcome of the […]

Thailand warns of war with Cambodia, clashes enter day 2

A convenience store at a gas station is damaged after Cambodia fired artillery shells in Sisaket province, Thailand (Pic credit: AP) Thailand warned its conflict with neighbouring Cambodia could “potentially develop into a war” as troops used rockets and artillery to shell targets along their contested border for a second day.Acting Thai PM Phumtham Wechayachai […]

Thailand temple scandal: Monks caught in $12m sex-blackmail scheme; King cancels birthday ceremony invite

Thailand’s Buddhist clergy is facing a major crisis after a sex and extortion scandal involving at least 11 monks came to light this week. The monks are accused of breaking their celibacy vows and using temple donations to pay hush money to a woman who blackmailed them.Police say the woman seduced the monks, secretly recorded […]

R Madhavan on son Vedaant’s discipline and routine: “Vedaant’s day ends at 8 o’clock, and then he’s up again at 4 in the morning” 8 : Bollywood News

R Madhavan, known for films like Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, 3 Idiots, Tanu Weds Manu, Shaitaan, and more, recently shared that his discipline doesn’t match that of his son Vedaant, a professional swimmer.

How This River in Thailand Was Poisoned

Unregulated heavy rare earth mining in war-torn Myanmar is poisoning the Kok River in Thailand. Hannah Beech, a New York Times reporter based in Bangkok, spoke to locals about the negative effects. Source link

US eyes AI chip curbs on Malaysia, Thailand over China concerns

Trump administration is planning new restrictions on the export of AI chips, such as those from Nvidia, to Malaysia and Thailand over concerns that the technology could be diverted to China, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The draft rule from the commerce department is not yet finalised and could […]

Doctors remove 15cm spoon from body of Chinese man: Patient thought it was a dream; traces it back to Thailand drinking episode

A 29-year-old Chinese man unknowingly lived with a 15cm coffee spoon inside his body for nearly six months after accidentally swallowing it while being intoxicated in Thailand.The man, identified as Yan, only discovered the foreign object when he visited a doctor in Shanghai in June, suspecting he had swallowed plastic while eating takeaway food.Instead, scans […]