Cambodia blames border closure as 3 factories shut, nearly 4,000 workers affected
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Three factories in Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province have closed or are preparing to shut down as soaring transportation costs and...
Gas truck crashes, catches fire and explodes in Chiang Mai
CHIANG MAI — 19 August 2026, A gas truck overturned and burst into flames on the Chiang Mai-Lampang road on Wednesday, prompting police to...
Thai entertainment mourns actor and host Ray MacDonald, dead at 49
BANGKOK — 19 August 2026, Thai entertainment is mourning the death of Ray MacDonald, a prominent actor, model and television host who rose to...
Heavy rain floods Nan, damages weir and collapses bridge on key route
NAN — 19 August 2026, Heavy rain has caused flooding across parts of Nan province, damaging an irrigation weir, washing out a bridge on...
Hermitcraft charity brings Thailand’s first hospital gaming “Go-Kart”
BANGKOK — Thailand has received its first GO Kart, a mobile gaming station that brings video games to children receiving hospital care, at Samitivej...
Nene Royal heads to US with family for AGT live show
PHUKET — 19 August 2026, Thai teenage singer Nene Royal flew to the United States with her family on Wednesday to compete in the...
Five houses destroyed in fire at wooden community in Bangkok
BANGKOK — 19 August 2026, A fierce fire tore through a wooden residential community in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district early Wednesday, destroying four to...
Father accuses Udon Thani tutoring-school owner of forcing son to use cannabis
UDON THANI — A father has filed a police complaint alleging that the owner of a tutoring school in Udon Thani assaulted his 15-year-old...
Anutin meets Canva to boost Thailand’s creative economy
SYDNEY, Australia — 18 August 2026, Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visited Canva’s headquarters, seeking greater cooperation with the global visual communication...
Six Thai workers hurt in old munition blast in northern Israel
Six Thai workers were injured when an old munition exploded in an agricultural field in Metula, northern Israel, on Monday morning, Israeli media reported.
Two...
