Thailand has condemned the latest round of mine laying by Cambodia, as well as Cambodia’s refusal to cooperate in removing the traps, during a briefing attended by envoys from over 40 nations.

A soldier at a base bordering Cambodia was found dead in Surin province near the location where he fired about a dozen shots of an M16 rifle in public, as the Royal Thai Army investigates whether the motive is linked to duty stress.

Royal doctors are closely monitoring the health of Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati due to a serious blood infection, the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement on Friday.

Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang, commander of the Second Army Region, said his forces were not ready for a reopening of the border with Cambodia, joking that it may remain closed “until his retirement”.

Suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has submitted her defence to the Constitutional Court, in which she claimed the remarks she made in the leaked recording of her conversation with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen were part of her negotiating technique — not an improper offer of favours.

The Supreme Court has rejected a bail request for Chaiphol “Uncle Phol” Wipha, convicted in the murder of a three-year-old girl, citing the severity of the offence and flight risk.