Thailand and Cambodia ceasefire holds
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A Cambodian government official has praised U.S. President Donald Trump for "bringing about peace" after Thailand and Cambodia agreed to a cease-fire starting at midnight local time on Monday.
Thailand's trade talks with the United States are expected to be concluded before August 1, and U.S. tariffs on the country are not expected to be as high as 36%, its finance minister said on Tuesday.
The State Department raised both advisories to Level 2 on July 25, citing the “risk of unrest” in Thailand and crime and landmines in Cambodia.
Livestock offices in Thailand's border provinces are offering safe space for animals whose owners have had to flee the fighting with Cambodia.
Thailand's foreign tourist arrivals from January 1 to July 27 fell 6.18% from the same period a year earlier, the Tourism Ministry said on Tuesday. There were about 18.98 million foreign visitors during the period,
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Five people died on Monday in Thailand after a mass shooting at a popular seafood market in the south Asian country's capital city.
Long-festering tensions over border territory have escalated into armed conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, leading to dozens of deaths on both sides and displacing tens of thousands of people