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Thai Airways airplane landing at Phuket Airport

Tourism

August 20, 2025August 20, 2025

Thailand to Offer Free Domestic Flights to 200,000 Foreign Tourists

BANGKOK — In a bold move to revitalize its tourism sector, Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Ministry has announced a plan to provide 200,000 free domestic flight tickets to international visitors over a three-month period. The initiative, themed “Buy International, Free Thailand Domestic Flights,” aims to distribute tourist traffic beyond major hubs to secondary destinations nationwide. […]

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News

August 20, 2025

Thai Navy Uncovers Video Evidence of Cambodian Troops Planting Landmines

SI SA KET — The Thai Navy’s mine clearance unit has discovered a mobile phone containing video and photographic evidence allegedly showing Cambodian soldiers planting new anti-personnel landmines in contested border areas, directly contradicting Cambodia’s repeated denials of violating international mine bans. Hun Sen Threatens Reciprocal Arrests of Thai Leaders in Escalating Border Dispute The […]

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News

August 19, 2025

Thailand Imposes Stricter Mobile Banking Limits to Combat Soaring Fraud

BANGKOK — The Bank of Thailand has rolled out new risk-based transfer limits for mobile banking users, imposing a daily cap of 50,000 baht for vulnerable groups — including minors and the elderly — in a bid to tackle an alarming rise in financial fraud. Bangkok Bank Tightens Account Rules for Foreigners Amid Rising Scam […]

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Hun Sen, former Prime Minister of Cambodia is captured during the session 'The ASEAN Agendar' in the Congress Centre at the Annual Meeting 2015 of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

News

August 19, 2025

Hun Sen Threatens Reciprocal Arrests of Thai Leaders in Escalating Border Dispute

BANGKOK — Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen has issued a stark warning that Cambodian authorities will arrest Thai leaders deemed responsible for territorial incursions and civilian deaths, intensifying a diplomatic crisis sparked by recent border clashes. The threat came hours after Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai announced plans to pursue legal action against Hun […]

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Cambodian soldiers pass through Prasat Preah Vihear.

News

August 19, 2025

Cambodian Soldiers Disrupt ASEAN Observer Mission at Thai Border

UBON RATCHATHANI — Cambodian soldiers attempted to block an ASEAN observer team from accessing the contentious Chong An Ma pass on Thursday, in what Thai military officials described as a damaging display of diplomatic discourtesy that violated bilateral ceasefire agreements. Thai Army Reaffirms Sovereignty Over Disputed Ban Nong Chan Area The incident occurred during a […]

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News

August 19, 2025

Thai Army Reaffirms Sovereignty Over Disputed Ban Nong Chan Area

SA KAEO – The Royal Thai Army has reiterated its stance that Ban Nong Chan in Kok Soong district, Sa Kaeo province, is undisputed Thai territory, despite ongoing claims by Cambodia. The area has been a point of contention since Thailand initially provided it as temporary shelter for Cambodian refugees fleeing conflict decades ago. Thai […]

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Tourists walking along a street in Patong Beach in Phuket.

Phuket

August 18, 2025

Foreigners’ Violent Attack on Thai Man Sparks Outrage in Phuket

PHUKET — A disturbing video of foreign men assaulting a Thai local in Patong has gone viral, reigniting public anger over law enforcement and foreigner accountability in Thailand. The footage shows three to four foreign attackers surrounding a Thai man who sought refuge under a restaurant table, while another local attempted unsuccessfully to intervene. Foreigners […]

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News

August 18, 2025

Thai Army Accuses Cambodia of Using Civilians to Encroach on Territory

SA KAEO — The Royal Thai Army (RTA) has accused Cambodia of orchestrating a civilian-led land incursion into Thai territory in Sa Kaeo province, calling it a deliberate strategy to avoid direct military confrontation. Thailand Presents Evidence of Alleged Cambodian Landmine Use to International Diplomats RTA spokesman Maj Gen Winthai Suvaree stated Monday that Cambodian […]

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