https://www.bangkokpost.com/webmaster@bangkokpost.comwebmaster@bangkokpost.comSat, 06 Jun 2026 16:00:00Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:57:16https://www.bangkokpost.com/common/img/rss/rss_default.gif 2727https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3266853/search-ends-for-last-two-men-lost-in-laos-caveRescuers called off their search on Saturday for two men trapped in a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than two weeks, as the site became unstable and survival hopes faded.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:59:00 +0700https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3266850/teen-relatives-held-in-killing-of-kanchanaburi-girlKANCHANABURI - Police have arrested two teenaged relatives of a seven-year-old girl whose body was found in a rubber plantation in Kanchanaburi province, with both suspects reportedly confessing to causing her death before disposing of the body.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:45:00 +0700https://www.bangkokpost.com/sports/3266848/economists-pick-france-to-win-world-cup⁠France will beat Spain to ⁠lift the World Cup trophy ​and five-times winners Brazil are expected to be the biggest flops, according to a Reuters survey of economists who said football was still harder to call than ​inflation.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:51:00 +0700https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3266845/iranian-footballers-get-visas-but-tensions-persistWASHINGTON - New attacks in the Middle East on Friday threatened to unravel an already fragile US-Iran ceasefire, even as American officials confirmed that Tehran’s football players had received visas for the World Cup.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:45:00 +0700https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3266820/nationalism-is-a-bad-fit-for-thailandOf all the countries seemingly turning inward to cope with the doldrums besetting the globe, Thailand, in the opinion of this writer, is one that will not benefit from such a strategy. It could even find itself at a loss by seeking to counter turmoil with nationalistic fervour.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:44:00 +0700https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3266838/thousands-use-up-monthly-copay-quota-in-first-weekMore than 21.2 million people have spent money under the “Thai Chuay Thai Plus” (Thais Help Thais) co-payment scheme, with 142,610 users exhausting their full monthly entitlement of 1,000 baht during the programme’s first week, the Ministry of Finance said on Saturday.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:17:00 +0700https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/tech/3266814/samsung-revives-support-for-decadeold-phonesSamsung has released a new security update for the Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ andSat, 06 Jun 2026 12:07:00 +0700https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3266834/us-crude-stocks-close-to-rock-bottomHOUSTON - In the prairie town that calls itself the ​pipeline crossroads of the world, 400 oil storage tanks sprawled across Cushing, Oklahoma, are ‌nearly empty, drained by refiners worldwide to plug a massive shortfall in global supplies caused by war in the Middle East.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:13:00 +0700https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/3266799/thaksin-tax-case-tests-coalition-unityThe resurging calls for authorities to pursue former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra over the 2006 sale of Shin Corporation to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings have once again exposed the delicate fault lines within coalition politics, where legal accountability, political survival and longstanding ideological divisions remain deeply intertwined.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:30:00 +0700https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3266719/risksharing-stalls-highspeed-airport-rail-dealThe 224.5-billion-baht high-speed railway linking Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi and U-Tapao airports was approved in March 2018 under Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's administration as a flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project. More than eight years and seven governments later, the project remains stalled by a combination of land, financing and contractual disputes. Although the Office of the...Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:38:00 +0700