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Applications are now OPEN for the JOURNALIST FELLOWSHIP program with Thai PBS World. As a fellow, you will experience multimedia news production first-hand with Thailand’s public broadcaster, covering a wide range of topics on domestic and international current affairs. This…

The operations centre of the Second Army Region has issued a warning of cyberattacks by hackers based in Cambodia, with an intention to disrupt both government and private sector information systems in Thailand. The centre is urging all sectors to prepare defences against the…

The Si Sa Ket provincial administration has declared Kantharalak, Phu Singh and Khun Han districts to be public disaster zones, as a direct result of the ongoing armed dispute between Thailand and Cambodia. The designation will facilitate the provincial administration in the…

Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an unconditional ceasefire today, effective from midnight, and will hold bilateral talks at multiple levels to end the bloody border conflict and return to normality, said Malaysia’s prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, who currently chairs ASEAN and was…

July 28, 2025: Before Bangkok and Phnom Penh started exchanging military punches, many strategical analysts saw the southern border as having a more fragile bilateral situation. There has been no man’s land. There used to be insurgent groups operating. As Malaysia’s armed rebels…

The historic truce talks between Thailand and Cambodia, aimed at securing an immediate ceasefire and halting hostilities along the disputed border, began in Putrajaya on Monday. The meeting, brokered by Malaysia and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in his capacity as the current…

Six people were shot dead, including the gunman, at the ‘Or Tor Kor’ market in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district today. The motive for the shooting is still being investigated. The Ruam Katanyu Foundation reports that three of the victims were security guards. The shooter was seen in…

Thailand has firmly rejected allegations, made by Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defence, that Thai forces have used chemical weapons in attacks on Cambodian territory, calling them baseless and lacking credible evidence. The Second Army Region Command also refuted the reports…

ASEAN foreign ministers have called for an immediate ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand, expressing deep concern over the rising death toll and humanitarian impact in the border areas of the two countries. The statement was issued on Monday, ahead of truce talks between the…

Thailand's Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and his negotiating team are now in Kuala Lumpur, as they head into peace talks with Cambodia at 3pm local time today. Malaysia's Prime Minister and ASEAN Chair, Anwar Ibrahim, will be acting as mediator. #ThaiPBSWorld

BREAKING: A mass shooting has occurred at the famous 'Or Tor Kor' market in Bangkok's Chatuchak district. Four people were killed and two injured. Shooter reported to have committed suicide. Police investigation underway

The Sai River, swollen due to heavy rain in the Shan state of Myanmar, has breached its banks in Mae Sai district in Chiang Rai province, causing widespread flooding in the district’s commercial area and several communities. This morning, district officials warned that flooding…

Thailand will reiterate in truce talks with Cambodia in Malaysia today that it needs to see Cambodia’s sincerity and commitment to ending the ongoing bloody open battle that has claimed the lives of innocent Thai civilians and damaged non-military areas, said the Thai negotiation…

Tucked away in Phitsanulok, Phu Hin Rong Kla - Thailand’s rain-drenched sanctuary of stone and story - is a place worth wandering, even in the rain. In the mountainous north of Thailand, where the monsoon clouds gather like a curtain and the land exhales beneath the downpours,…

Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa finds himself in the spotlight as Thai relations with Cambodia crumble amid deadly armed clashes along the border. Fighting broke out along the Thai-Cambodian frontier on Thursday (July 24), a day after Bangkok recalled its ambassador and…

On July 27, 2025, the Thai military reported that 14 civilians died and 12 were seriously injured. Eight soldiers were killed and 103 were wounded. A total of 139,646 people have been evacuated to shelters in 7 provinces. #ThaiPBSWorld #ThailandNews #ThailandUpdate #Thailand…

The Thai army sent the bodies of 12 Cambodian soldiers, killed during fierce fighting at Phu Makua in Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket, back to Cambodia today. Colonel Richa Suksuvanon, deputy spokesperson for the Thai Army, said that repatriation of the fallen Cambodian…

Thai and Cambodian prime ministers accepted Malaysia as mediator and will meet tomorrow in Kuala Lumpur to find ways to end the bloody border conflicts, starting last Thursday, said Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan today. Mohamad said Thailand’s acting prime minister,…

His Majesty the King has ordered the cancellation of birthday-related ceremonies, scheduled to be held at the Amarindra Vinijaya Throne Hall in the Grand Palace, as the country is facing a serious threat from the ongoing armed conflict along the border. The events to celebrate…