Tag : #ThaiPBSVerify

A viral Facebook post, accusing Thailand’s Acting Defence Minister Gen Nattaphon Narkphanit of rebuking reporters over questions related to Thailand denying medical assistance to Cambodians, is disinformation.

Thailand’s Ad Hoc Centre for Thailand-Cambodia Border Affairs (The Centre) has debunked a news article, published on a Cambodian news website, which falsely claimed that the Thai military had dropped a bomb on a village in Cambodia.

A Facebook account posted a claim that Thai fighter jets released toxic smoke over Cambodia. Verification revealed that the image was entirely AI-generated.

A Facebook page titled “Embassy of Cambodia in Bulgaria” posted an image of an aircraft dispersing pink-colored substances, accusing Thailand of using chemical weapons to kill civilians. Verification revealed that the image was distorted and unrelated to the claim. The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Thailand strictly adheres to the Chemical Weapons Convention.

An account on platform X shared a video clip showing a city being bombed, along with a caption referring to unrest between Thailand and Cambodia, claiming that Thailand had launched airstrikes on Cambodian military bases—while Russia and Ukraine remain at war. In reality, the footage is of Russia attacking Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, using missiles and drones.

Thai PBS has wrongfully been cited as the source of a video, posted by foreign social media accounts, showing fighter jets taking off from a runway with the claim that “Thailand is planning to bomb Phnom Penh.” Thai PBS has never reported or published such news or footage.

Cambodian media published a report claiming that: “Thai troops were seen retreating in chaos from the area around Prasat Ta Khwai, leaving behind uniforms and corpses as they fled.”