Along the border, there were signs of calm with some of the more than 260,000 people displaced by the fighting returning to their homes.

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. BANGKOK, Thailand – Military leaders from Thailand and Cambodia

Bangkok - At least four people died in a fireworks factory explosion in central Thailand on July 30, provincial officials said, with police still searching for those missing after the blast. The factory ignited around 11am in Mueang district of Suphan Buri province, north of Bangkok.

A gunman has shot and killed five people at a popular fresh food market in the Thai capital before killing himself.

The new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of Thailand Zhang Jianwei, arrived in Bangkok on July 29 to take up his post, accompanied by his spouse, Miao Haiyan.

Thailand's foreign tourist arrivals from January 1 to July 27 fell 6.18% from the same period a year earlier, the Tourism Ministry said on Tuesday.