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Cambodia fires missiles into Thailand

Travel warning for Thailand and Cambodia after gunfire and rockets leave at least 16 dead

Cambodia has accused Thailand of damaging a World Heritage-listed temple and dropping illegal bombs in the most serious armed conflict between the two nations in more than a decade.

  • Zach Hope and Nara Lon

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An Australian tourist has been found dead inside his hotel room in Phuket, Thailand.

Australian tourist found dead in Thai hotel room

An Australian man, believed to be aged in his early 20s, has died in a hotel room in Phuket reportedly whilst on the phone.

  • Kayla Olaya
City skyline views from the rooftop pool.

This upscale brand’s first Thai hotel is a haven of good taste

Madi Paidi offers an enjoyable respite from the intensity of Bangkok, tailor-made for city trippers, design fans and adventurous diners.

  • John Borthwick
Wilawan “Golf” Emsawat (wearing face mask) during her arrest at her home in Nonthaburi on Tuesday.

The Buddhist monk sex scandal that’s gripping Thailand

Prominent monks are leaving the order almost daily in an unfolding controversy centred on a woman nicknamed “Golf”. Other misbehaving monks are in hiding.

  • Zach Hope and Veena Thoopkrajae
Cambodian Senate president Hun Sen, centre, and his son and prime minister Hun Manet in January.

From weed parlours to citizenship, the unexpected fallout from a jungle border bust-up

Border tensions have spilled into the back streets and upper echelons of Thai and Cambodian society. And this chain reaction of patriotism, intrigue and self-interest is not spent yet.

  • Zach Hope
Brisbane lawyer Chris Saines with wife Chantho, with part of the GLG Legal Springfield team in 2018.

Inside the final hours before Australian lawyer died in Thai massage parlour

Christopher Saines walked through the glass doors of a massage parlour, and paid about $20 for a traditional Thai massage. Within hours, he was found dead.

  • Zach Hope and Cloe Read
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Christopher Saines, chief executive of GLG Legal in Brisbane.

Brisbane lawyer found dead with powder at Thailand massage parlour

A masseuse reported she could still hear him snoring at 4am, however when staff went to wake him hours later, they discovered he had died.

  • William Davis and Zach Hope
Trump announced, via his Truth Social platform, that letters had been sent out to 14 of the 80-odd countries that were supposed to be hit by his “reciprocal” tariffs.

Trump declared an auction but no bidders turned up

The US president is like an auctioneer with an ill-fitting suit and loud tie trying to sell a property that no one wants to buy.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Suon Roun’s mother, Em Heap, and brother Suon Eung inside their home at Kampenh village in Cambodia.

How a gunshot at dawn broke a mother’s heart, and left a prime minister fighting for her job

By first light on May 28, the soldiers had already stirred from their remote jungle beds. Some were making coffee. Others were pulling on uniforms. What happened next depends on who you talk to.

  • Zach Hope
The Preah Vihear temple complex in northern Cambodia.

Only 14 years ago, this magnificent temple was a place of death. Tensions are high again

It is so tranquil in the grounds of this sacred place that it is hard to imagine it any other way. But then a policeman points to the spot where his brother-in-law was blown up by a rocket.

  • Zach Hope

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