Thailand's curfew covers five districts of Trat province that neighbour Koh Kong. Residents are prohibited from leaving their homes between 7pm and 5am.

At least 25 people have died this week, including four Thai soldiers the defence ministry said were killed in the border area on Saturday (Dec 13).

More than 200 people remain missing as of Saturday (Dec 13), while over 5,400 have been injured.

Manila said nearly two dozen Filipino fishing boats near Sabina Shoal were targeted with water cannon and blocking manoeuvres.

More than 30 people, including patients, medical workers and children, were reportedly killed and about 80 others injured in the military airstrike on the general hospital in the western state of Rakhine.

Beijing's trillion-dollar trade surplus is stirring tensions with its trade partners and drawing criticism from observers who say its production-focused economic growth model is unsustainable.

China consistently reminds its people of the 1937 massacre, in which it says Japanese troops killed 300,000 people in what was then its capital.

Pyongyang has reportedly sent thousands of troops to fight for Moscow as it presses ahead with its nearly four-year invasion of Ukraine.

"Thailand will continue to perform military actions until we feel no more harm and threats to our land and people," Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Saturday (Dec 13).

Russia’s war economy is fuelling Pyongyang’s most ambitious military upgrade in decades, says an academic.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin said US President Trump told him he wanted peace and for Thailand to halt operations and return to a previously agreed ceasefire.

Analysts say the key meeting offers fresh clues about where China sees its biggest pressures as it faces up to domestic and external headwinds.