A Thai man who built a memorial to Japanese soldiers killed by members of a Thai resistance group during World War II hopes that their remains will be returned to their home country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/japan/thai-want-to-return-japanese-soldiers-remains/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #thailand #imperialarmy #wwii
When weeks of tensions escalated into a major border conflict with Thailand last week, former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appeared to take charge of his country's response. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/asia-pacific/politics/cambodia-hun-sen-border-thailand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hunsen #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged allegations of breaching a ceasefire deal that has largely halted the open combat that engulfed their frontier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/asia-pacific/thailand-cambodia-truce-breaking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia
Fighting along the Thai-Cambodian border came to a halt after military commanders from both countries met to enforce a ceasefire agreement reached on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-truce-challenges/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
Thailand's captive lion population has exploded in recent years, with nearly 500 registered in zoos, breeding farms, petting cafes and homes in the country where ownership of the big cat is legal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/asia-pacific/society/thailand-pet-lion-problem/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #lions #thailand #pets #animalwelfare #southeastasia
Thailand's army accused Cambodia of violating an hours-old truce, saying clashes continued despite a deal meant to end the fighting that has engulfed their shared border. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/asia-pacific/thai-army-cambodia-break-truce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
A ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand came into effect at midnight hours after both sides agreed to halt their deadliest conflict in more than a decade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/asia-pacific/politics/ceasefire-thailand-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #china #us #southeastasia
Both a booming business and soft power tool, Thailand’s BL (boys’ love) dramas are winning hearts in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/07/28/issues/thai-boys-love-japan-fandom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #thailand #boyslove #fandom #idols #tvdrama #softpower
Thai and Cambodian leaders are set to hold peace talks driven by Donald Trump, who used the threat of tariffs to press for a ceasefire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/asia-pacific/politics/thai-cambodia-peace-talks-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia #us #donaldtrump
Thailand said late Saturday it agrees in principle to entering a ceasefire with Cambodia and beginning a "bilateral dialogue" aimed at ending the nations' deadliest fighting in more than a decade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/27/asia-pacific/thailand-dialogue-cambodia-conflict/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
Cambodia wants an "immediate ceasefire" with Thailand, the country's envoy to the United Nations said, with Bangkok also signaling an openness to talks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/26/asia-pacific/cambodia-ceasefire-thailand-clashes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia #un
Thai F-16 fighter jets struck military sites in neighboring Cambodia as a border dispute between the nations that stretches back decades erupted in fresh clashes that killed at least 14 people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/asia-pacific/thailand-cambodia-f16-border/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
Thailand has recalled its envoy from Phnom Penh and expelled the Cambodian ambassador following a second land mine explosion that injured its soldiers amid a simmering border dispute. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-ambassador-cambodia-border/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia
Thailand has accused Cambodia of placing landmines in a disputed border area after three soldiers were injured, but Phnom Penh denied the claim and said the soldiers had veered off agreed routes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/politics/landmine-tensions-thailand-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #landmines
The generation of Cambodians who may find themselves in the firing line when the country introduces military conscription is split between quiet pangs of anxiety and proud proclamations of patriotism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/politics/cambodia-conscripts-thailand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia
Thailand accused Cambodia of planting new land mines on the Thai side of the shared border, in an escalation of a bitter territorial dispute between the two countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-land-mines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #landmines #southeastasia
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra testified in court on Wednesday, seeking to defend himself against royal defamation charges in a watershed case for his faltering political dynasty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/asia-pacific/thaksin-defamation-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #paetongtarnshinawatra #thailand #thaksinshinawatra #lesemajeste
Thailand has been plunged into its latest political crisis by the suspension of its prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/asia-pacific/politics/thai-political-crisis-prime-minister/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #paetongtarnshinawatra #cambodia #hunsen #southeastasia
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra being suspended raises fresh doubts about her survival, the country’s economy and the future of a dynasty that has loomed over the nation for decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/asia-pacific/politics/thai-leader-suspension-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #paetongtarnshinawatra #thailand #southeastasia
It was a Thai court decision last year that swept Paetongtarn Shinawatra into the prime minister's office and now, once again, the fate of the 38-year-old novice politician lies in the hands of the judiciary. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/asia-pacific/politics/thai-premier-fate-limbo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #paetongtarnshinawatra #thailand #hunsen #thaksinshinawatra