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Govt ramps up shipping and aviation safeguards
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 31/03/2026
» Thailand has stepped up monitoring and contingency measures for shipping and aviation as tensions in the Middle East intensify, with authorities assisting Thai nationals and coordinating safe passage for commercial vessels affected by disruptions at key maritime chokepoints.
Govt urges citizens to leave Israel
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 19/03/2026
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged Thai nationals to leave the Middle East, particularly Israel, as fighting intensifies between Israeli forces and Hezbollah.
Premier unfazed by Hun Sen's remarks on border
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/11/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul brushed off recent comments by Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, who declared that Cambodia would not suffer even if the Thai-Cambodian border remained closed for another "500 years".
Border drones 'mostly from Cambodia'
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/08/2025
» Most of the drones sighted carrying out surveillance work along the border in recent days originated from Cambodia, according to Thailand's Defence Ministry.
Thai minister clarifies rules for closing disputed temple
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 24/06/2025
» Local military commanders can recommend the closure of Ta Muean Thom temple in Surin province should the situation along the Thai-Cambodian border deteriorate further, Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Tuesday.
'Give diplomacy a chance'
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 11/06/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has confirmed that she personally held direct talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and his father, Senate President and former premier Hun Sen, securing in the process a shared commitment to a peaceful resolution of the two sides' brewing border dispute through dialogue.
Thailand rejects the International Court of Justice's jurisdiction
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/06/2025
» Thailand does not recognise the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the land dispute with neighbouring Cambodia.
Myanmar jet near border not a breach
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 08/05/2025
» Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai confirmed that a Myanmar fighter jet flying near the border in Kanchanaburi province on Tuesday did not enter Thai airspace.
Thai PM urged to track down Tak Bai massacre defendants
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 22/10/2024
» Forty-three non-governmental organisations have signed an open letter urging Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, along with the Interior Minister and national police chief, to make sure the seven defendants in the 2004 Tak Bai massacre case are brought to trial before the case's statute of limitations expires this Friday.
Thais may be among first freed
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 08/11/2023
» The Thai workers held hostage by Hamas are expected to be among the first to be released, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara.