The rejuvenation of a stretch of Rama IV Road continues with the opening of Central Park, Central Pattana Plc’s (CPN) 43rd department store, at the intersection of Silom and Rama IV roads.

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has travelled to Singapore for a medical examination and insists he will return to Thailand within two days to hear the ruling in his extended hospital stay case on Sept 9, dismissing speculation that he intends to flee the country.

Chaikasem Nitisiri, the prime ministerial candidate from the Pheu Thai Party, has pledged to dissolve the House of Representatives immediately if elected on Friday.

Mpox cases have risen in Thailand since May and most patients with serious symptoms have HIV, according to the Department of Disease Control.

The Royal Thai Army has warned Cambodian people who trespass into Thai territory or destroy warning signs erected near the border at Ban Nong Chan in Sa Kaeo province that they would be prosecuted under Thai law, according to a spokesperson for the First Army Region.

Soldiers and forensic experts have found ball bearings from Cambodian rockets that hit a lower northeastern community when Cambodia opened fire at Thailand in July, and the evidence indicates a war crime, according to the Royal Thai Army.