Border trade slowdown expected to drag on this year
A SURVEY shows that border trade will likely continue slowing down this year being impacted by the tension at Thai-Cambodian border and higher transportation costs with over 80 billion baht lost over the last six months,PPTVHD26 said today (Jan. 28). The survey on Thailand’s Foreign Border Trade Sentiment Index (FBI) for 2026 conducted by […]
Read MoreAnutin promises to build a wall in Ubon to keep out Khmer intruders
By Thai Newsroom Reporters UBON RATCHATHANI – Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Jan.27) promised prospective voters in the lower northeastern province that he will literally build a wall between Thailand and Cambodia to keep out any territorial intruders in the future if he comes back as head of government after the Feb.8 election. […]
Read MorePM dispels rumours of third round of fighting
CARETAKER Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Jan. 27) dismissed rumours of a third round of fighting erupting along the Thai-Cambodian border as the military had informed him during a visit to Sa Kaeo province yesterday that despite Cambodians building more trenches close to the border there are no signs of conflict or violence […]
Read MoreArmy quashes online rumours of trouble at the border
THE THAI army this evening (Jan. 25) allayed social media panic that Cambodian troops either are repositing near the border or a clash had erupted at Ubon Ratchathani province as the country gets close to the Feb. 8 general election, Amarin TV said. Fear of another round of fighting especially during the upcoming general […]
Read MoreKhmers are building ‘many bunkers along Sa Kaeo border’
A WELL-KNOWN social activist posted a photo on his Facebook page showing Cambodians building a bunker along K5 road bordering Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province with his Khmer source saying over a hundred such structures had already been constructed there, Amarin TV said last evening (Jan. 23). Mr. Guntouch Pongpaiboonwet, or Gun Jompalang, said in […]
Read MoreLaos sending more troops, armaments to Cambodia border
LAOS has over the past few days continuously increased the number of troops and armaments at Attapeu province, which borders Cambodia, with photos and videos of their transportation taken by Laotian netizens shared on Facebook and Tiktok, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 9). A post at the “Army Military Force” Facebook page today said […]
Read MoreMovements by Cambodian troops observed but Thailand not threatened
THE Thai army has seen Cambodian troops operating within established boundaries, showing no clear signs of threat, but security remains uncertain after the a joint statement under the Kuala Lumpur agreement assenting to a 72-hour ceasefire was signed on Dec. 27 with patrols along the border having already begun, TV Channel 7 said today […]
Read MoreThai troops urgently placing containers at Sa Kaeo border
THAI soldiers from Burapha Task Force are urgently placing containers at a former Cambodian refugee camp in Ban Nong Chan village, Sa Kaeo province, to reinforce border security and use them as support points for security missions and operations in the area, PPTVHD36 said today (Jan. 1). The goal is to strengthen control and […]
Read MoreAnutin to push border wall construction while Phnom Penh bans fireworks
ALTHOUGH Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Dec. 29) that the situation along Thai-Cambodian border is currently normal with any minor mishaps not posing a threat to the country he underscored that he will push the construction of a wall along this border, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD36 said. Amid this calm the Phnom […]
Read More16 Thai soldiers killed so far, over 300 injured
THE Thai military said clashes and attacks are continuing at the Thai-Cambodian border with one officer and a civilian having been killed in Phu Makheua area of Sisaket province today (Dec. 14) taking the military death toll to 16 and 327 injured, Amarin TV said. RADM Surasan Kongsiri, spokesperson of the Defence Ministry, said […]
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