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00:00Look, if I had a New Year's wish, it would be for Thailand to find some semblance of stability.

00:05We're cutting through all the noise of 2025 and bringing you the top stories out of Thailand that

00:10are still on our mind. This one hits at the heart of the nation. The Bureau of the Royal Household

00:16announced on Friday, October 24th, that Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother,

00:21passed away peacefully at King Chulalongkon Memorial Hospital at the age of 93. Noted for

00:28her direct and personal engagement with her subjects, Queen Sirikit was a champion of

00:33Thailand's women and minority groups. Even today, Thailand continues to mourn the loss of the Queen

00:39Mother, with a steady number of people paying their respects and taking part in special ceremonies

00:44carried out by the Royal Household. On March 28th, an 8.2 magnitude earthquake erupted just south of

00:52Myanmar. What would soon be recorded as the most powerful quake to impact Thailand in 90 years

00:59would ultimately send out a ripple so strong it would trigger evacuations and panic from the northern

01:05city of Chiang Mai to the capital of Bangkok. And now, closer to the year-end, on November 19th,

01:12major cloudbursts dumped an amount of water that overwhelmed the city's flood prevention systems.

01:17Local residents found themselves in up to three meters of inundation. Undoubtedly, the biggest

01:24matter in Thailand this year is its persisting conflict with its neighbor, Cambodia. All-out

01:30fighting erupted on July 24th, after rockets launched by Cambodia hit civilian targets, killing

01:36eight citizens at a 7-11 in Sisiget province. The future of the conflict is uncertain. Hostilities

01:42are still running high in 2026, and things are getting more complicated. Look, if I had a new

01:49year's wish, it would be for Thailand to find some semblance of stability. From all of us here at

01:54The Nation, we look forward to another fantastic year of cutting through the noise in 2026. Happy New

02:00Year. I'm Benjamin Ruchovakan for The Signal.