Martin Aldrovandi

16.00h: It’s the final hour of the #ThaiElection26! Polls close at 5pm!

Here's the full join statement by Thailand and Cambodia aiming to end 3 weeks of armed border clashes that have killed dozens and displaced 100s of thousands of people in both countries. The 72 hour ceasefire has started since noon local.

Bonus round of who-sits-where at today’s peace deal signing with President Trump in Malaysia.

Heartwarming family photo with Trump and regional leaders, complete with a gentle musical soundtrack.

MP and longtime activist @LookkateChonth1 sentenced to 2 years, 8 months for Facebook posts made in 2020 She has been an outspoken advocate of political reform. If not granted bail she will lose her position as a @PPLEThai MP #WhatsHappeningInThailand

BREAKING: Former PM Thaksin was apprehended by immigration police at Don Mueang Airport after trying to board a private jet to Singapore. His passport has been confiscated too. #Thailand #Thaksin #ทักษิณชินวัตร

15.00h: The Constitutional Court has begun its reading of the verdict against Thai PM @ingshin

#BREAKING: FMR THAI PM @ThaksinLive ACQUITTED IN ROYAL INSULT CASE, ACCORDING TO LAWYER

9.30h: Fmr Thai PM @ThaksinLive arrives at the Criminal Court before the verdict in the lèse majesté case against him. Like at previous hearings, he took a side entrance but couldn’t quite escape the media trying to get a glimpse of him.

With the Thai army using so much razor wire they have essentially run out, an unspoken casualty is ecological connectivity along the intact forest ecosystems along the border, crucial for Tigers, Elephants, Bears, Leopards ect. This area has the potential to be a remarkably significant trans-boundary conservation area, complementing and equal to the world heritage site just to its west, yet it is being dotted with barriers, razor wire and landmines.

Eine Ausstellung über Unterdrückung und Zensur autoritärer Regime wird auf Druck eines autoritären Regimes zensiert. Keine Pointe. youtube.com/shorts/djRbPHZ…

@Villa_Market what’s the best way to contact you? Your customer service doesn’t pick up the phone or answers e-mails.

Thai police and officials have systematically failed to take action against those attacking migrants from #Cambodia who are working in #Thailand. There must be no looking the other way on such attacks, those responsible must be held accountable -- what I said to @RadioFreeAsia. rfa.org/english/cambod…

JUST IN: Two Cambodian soliders freed by Thailand have returned to Cambodia via O’Smach border

In Myanmar hat die Militärregierung den Ausnahmezustand aufgehoben. Er war seit dem Putsch im Februar 2021 in Kraft. srf.ch/news/internati…

Prime Minister Hun Manet’s wife, Pich Chanmony, visited a displacement shelter in Preah Vihear province.

Adidas will shut down its Myanmar office, Adidas Sourcing Limited (Myanmar Branch), but the global sportswear giant says it will continue placing garment orders with local factories. myanmar-now.org/en/news/adidas…

Like so much else, the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict is a vestige of Western colonialism – in particular, of a treaty signed between Siam and French Indo-China in 1904. buff.ly/CudHZZ2

CEASEFIRE UPDATE: Cambodia rejects Thai allegations of ceasefire violations as both @armypr_news and @MFAThai make renewed accusations of attacks during the second night of ceasefire.

Thailand-Cambodia conflict: legacy politics and premeditated escalation | Angela Suriyasenee and @Nrg8000 | bit.ly/45aEa3B