The Saphan Lueang Mazu Shrine, a Chinese shrine in Bangkok’s Sam Yan neighbourhood, has won an award from the Association of Siamese Architects (ASA) for architectural conservation. Meanwhile, it has been reported that the shrine's caretakers continue to be pressured to vacate the property.

American academic Dr Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University’s Faculty of Social Sciences who was charged with royal defamation, has been granted provisional bail, with 600,000 baht as security. He was required to wear an electronic monitoring device.

The Thai parliament has held an urgent debate to explore solutions for mitigating the impact of the US reciprocal tariff. Meanwhile, the government has unveiled its five key measures in response to the tariff.

The US Department of State is "alarmed" by the Thai authorities' arrest of US academic Dr Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University's Faculty of Social Sciences, said department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.

The Phitsanulok Provincial Court today (8 April) denied bail for Dr Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University’s Faculty of Social Sciences, who was charged with royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act. He will be detained while his lawyers appeal the Court’s decision.

A Thammasat University student has been released after staging a solo protest against the attendance of Myanmar junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing at the 6th BIMSTEC summit taking place in Bangkok. No charges were filed against him.

A leader of the Myanmar migrant worker network Bright Future was attacked by members of an ultra-royalist group this morning (5 April) while arriving at a protest against Myanmar’s junta leader in front of the UN headquarters in Bangkok.

The Thai government has come under criticism for inviting a globally denounced war criminal, Myanmar military junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, to attend the 6th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit in Bangkok.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Dr Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University’s Faculty of Social Sciences, after a royal defamation complaint was filed against him by the Army.

Thailand faces a 37% tariff rate on all exports to its largest market, the US, following the announcement of global ‘reciprocal tariffs’, putting its economy at risk of a 1% loss of GDP. Simultaneously, a surge in Chinese imports looking for new markets is adding pressure, raising concerns about exacerbated economic strain.

Civil society in Thailand and Myanmar have called on the Thai government to exclude the Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing from the 6th BIMSTEC summit, which Thailand is set to host on 3-4 April.

Following a powerful earthquake that struck central Myanmar, with tremors felt across Thailand, a 33-storey building under construction in Bangkok collapsed in the blink of an eye. A probe is underway after several suspicious circumstances have been uncovered.