Thailand, the second largest economy in Southeast Asia, welcomed 30.2 million foreign visitors as of Dec. 7, a 7.19% decrease compared to the same period the previous year.

Thailand launched air strikes against Cambodia on Monday as a new wave of fighting erupted between the southeast Asian neighbors, marking the potential collapse of a peace plan presided over by US President Donald Trump just two months ago.

Southeast Asia is on a knife’s edge after fresh border clashes erupted between Thailand and Cambodia, shattering months of a fragile, Trump-brokered peace. Thailand confirmed it launched deadly airstrikes on Cambodian positions after what it called an unprovoked attack on its troops along the disputed frontier.

Royal Thai Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets have been pounding targets in Cambodia after tensions between the two countries escalated into a small-scale conflict.

In today’s Thailand video news, Alex covers key stories from across Thailand and Southeast Asia. The lineup includes updates on how rising Thai–Cambodian tensions are impacting the Southeast Asian Games,

The death toll from cyclone-induced floods and landslides in Indonesia passed 600 as rescuers battled to clear roads and improved weather conditions revealed the scale of a disaster that has killed nearly 800 people in Southeast Asia.

Scientists have also warned that more regions could be at risk from extreme weather as storms form in new areas and follow different trajectories.

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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The death toll in widespread flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in Southeast Asia mounted on Monday with another person reported killed in Vietnam, and five others in Thailand with tens of thousands of people displaced.

Overlapping Storms: Though rainy weather is typical during fall in South and Southeast Asia, the tail end of this “wet season” has been abnormally intense. That’s partially due to the La Niña weather pattern, during which strong trade winds blow more warm water than usual from South America toward Asia.