A vibrant logo marks six decades of Singapore-Thailand friendship, symbolizing their shared history and future aspirations

SINGAPORE: Thailand’s immigration is set to begin enforcing a digital arrival card for all visitors to the kingdom with foreign passports from May 1.

Singapore and Thailand celebrate the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic relations this year. A logo was unveiled to honour this milestone.

Catherine Wong Siow Ping, Singapore's ambassador to Thailand, left, and Lalivan Karnchanachari, vice minister of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, right, presided over an event to launch the 60th-anniversary logo marking Singapore-Thai diplomatic relations in Bangkok yesterday. Somchai Poomlard

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that escalating tensions between the two countries could lead to catastrophic global consequences.

Singapore and Thailand have moved to block prediction markets platform Polymarket, adding to the regulatory hurdles facing the venue that surged in popularity during the US election.

Weddings took place across the country, including at a Bangkok mall, as same-sex marriage became legal. Thailand is one of the few places in Asia where it’s allowed.

Hundreds of same-sex couples tied the knot across Thailand on Thursday, as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to legally recognize equal marriage.

Among individuals surveyed in six ASEAN countries, more than half (52%) prefer destinations within Southeast Asia, followed by East Asia (44%), including China, Japan, and South Korea.

Thailand's PM2.5 pollution crisis has intensified into a political issue as local elections approach on February 1. Opposition leader Natthapong Ruangpanyawut criticized Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shi

In the 2019 election which returned Thailand to civilian rule after five years under a military government, a new reformist party called Future Forward, which fully supported equal marriage, did unexpectedly well. They won the third-largest share of seats, revealing a growing hunger for change in Thailand.

Thailand has joined the growing list of countries cracking down on Polymarket, the crypto-powered prediction platform. Authorities announced plans to ban the platform, accusing it of “facilitating illegal online gambling.