Domestic gold prices are on course to surpass the previous record high of 54,800 baht per baht-weight set on April 22, as global prices could hit US$3,600 per tonne later this year after bullion set a new record high on uncertainties surrounding Trump tariffs and US interest rate cuts.

The House of Representatives will hold a vote for a new prime minister on Friday, House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha announced on Wednesday night.

The Ad Hoc Centre for the Thailand-Cambodia Border Situation (AHC) has approved plans to build a 16-kilometre fence along the disputed border, connecting Baan Nong Chan with Baan Nong Ya Kaew in Sa Kaeo province.

The opposition People’s Party (PP) and the Bhumjaithai Party (BJT) on Wednesday announced the terms of their political agreement on the nomination of Thailand’s 32nd prime minister, after the Constitutional Court removed Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office.

Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul signed a written agreement with the People’s Party to support his bid for prime minister and stated he would form a minority coalition government as soon as possible.

People’s Party (PP) leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawt announced support for Bhumjaithai Party (BJT) leader Anutin Charnvirakul as the new prime minister on Wednesday morning, but the caretaker prime minister from the ruling Pheu Thai Party countered with a move for a House dissolution.