This is the chaotic moment Korean tourists had a mass brawl at a hot pot restaurant in Thailand. The holidaymakers were seated at the same table when a row broke out among them at the open-air restaurant in 'Sin City' Pattaya on Friday.

G ridlock in Thai politics tends to end one way. Thailand is the only middle-income country in which the armed forces regularly seize power. There have been a dozen coups since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932, two of them in the past 20 years.

More than 500 civilians and soldiers fled conflict in Myanmar and crossed into Thailand on Saturday after an assault by ethnic fighters on a military base,

China urged Cambodia and Thailand to resolve their border dispute through friendly dialogue, offering to play a constructive role by upholding an "objective and fair" position, its foreign ministry said.

Pressure has come from the UK, which has seen a flood of Thai marijuana being smuggled into the country.

China sincerely hopes that Cambodia and Thailand will resolve their disputes through dialogue, and Beijing is also willing to continue playing a constructive role according to the needs of the two neighbors, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday.

A Thai national flag is seen at a port under the Port Authority of Thailand, following the announcement that U.S. President Donald Trump would impose tariffs of 36% on goods from Thailand starting on August 1, in Bangkok, Thailand, July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just not in humans, according to medical experts.

Thailand’s ruling establishment—its army, the palace and assorted other magnates—has long felt entitled to sack politicians whenever they believe their own interests are under threat. For decades these elites have worked hard to make sure that Thailand’s democracy is never much more than a veneer .