People's Party candidate Supat Hasuwannakit thanked voters in Songkhla for their support before conceding defeat to Democrat's Juri Namkeaw, who as of Monday looked set to win the seat for Constituency 2.

KYODO — Sony Corporation stated on Monday that it has decided to exit the Blu-ray disc recorder market as the widespread availability of streaming services has snuffed out demand, with final shipments of recorders to begin in February this year.

LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to stay on as Britain's leader Monday, as another top aide quit and he prepared to face lawmakers furious that his government has become embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

The Democrat Party is preparing to overhaul its strategy and internal operations, said party secretary-general Chaiwut Bannawat, after unofficial results showed the party is poised to win just 22 seats in the House of Representatives — slightly below its target.

Caretaker finance minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas has reaffirmed that economic policies will remain in place after the formation of a new government, adding that it will push for 2026 to be a “year of investment”.

The National Anti‑Corruption Commission (NACC) on Monday found 44 former Move Forward Party MPs—now mostly with the People’s Party—guilty over their 2023 pledge to amend Section 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse‑majesté law.

ROME — Fifty-three ‍migrants, ‌including ​two babies, were dead or ‌missing after a ‌rubber boat carrying ⁠55 people capsized off the coast of Libya, ‌the ‍International Organisation for Migration ‌(IOM) reported ​on Monday.

SAMUT PRAKAN - A woman delivery rider who was publicly assaulted by a man wielding a crash helmet took her case to the media on Monday, saying her assailant claimed to have police connections and she feared he would go free. 

PATHUM THANI - Surveillance cameras were left covered by black bags during counting at a polling station in Pathum Thani on Sunday night, sparking a citizens' protest over being denied rightful access to observe the process.  

A domed building collapsed at the Bang Phli electricity authority training centre in Bang Sao Thong district in Samut Prakan on Monday, injuring four construction workers.