Reports of 6 newly laid mines near Cambodia
TRAT: Thailand’s Humanitarian Mine Action Unit has discovered six newly planted PMN-2 anti-personnel landmines in Ban Chamrak, Muang district, confirming they were recently laid by Cambodian forces.

Injured jumbo dies despite vets' best efforts
An elephant recently found with an injured front leg in Sa Kaeo province has died despite intensive treatment, a senior wildlife official said on Sunday.

Hat Yai tourism reels as Chinese New Year bookings plunge
HAT YAI - The Chinese New Year in Hat Yai has been markedly subdued this year, with room bookings plunging and many businesses still closed months after last year’s flood, local hotel and tourism operators said on Sunday,

After Munich speech, Rubio visits Trump's allies in Slovakia and Hungary
BRATISLAVA - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Slovakia on Sunday, continuing his European tour with visits to countries led by right-wing allies of President Donald Trump, with the next stop Hungary.

Athletes outrace condom supply at Winter Olympics
Competitors at the Winter Olympics in Italy became the subject of off-colour jokes after reports emerged that the 10,000 condoms supplied to the athletes’ village ran out in just three days.

EC reaffirms vote secrecy amid barcode worries
The Election Commission on Sunday reaffirmed that the Feb 8 general election was run  in strict compliance with the principle of “direct and secret voting”.

Endangered wild crocodile reappears in far South
Two endangered thin-snouted freshwater crocodiles were recently seen in the wild for the first time in decades in the far South, where they had been believed extinct, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation reported. 

Thonburi prison inmate dies of mpox
A male prison inmate, 44, with underlying diseases including HIV died of monkeypox at Thonburi Remand Prison early last week, and about 100 other inmates and personnel are under observation, according to health authorities.

Seven bombs rock two Narathiwat districts
NARATHIWAT - Seven small bomb explosions were reported in Yi-ngo and Rangae districts on Saturday night and into Sunday morning, in what authorities believe was an insurgent group's attempt to stir up unrest ahead of the Muslim Ramadan fast.

Australia pledges $2.7bn to speed up nuclear submarine shipyard
SYDNEY - Australia ⁠said ⁠on Sunday it would ​spend A$3.9 billion (US $2.76 billion) to progress construction of a ​shipyard that will help ‌deliver nuclear-powered submarines under the trilateral AUKUS defence pact with the US and Britain.