When a 17-year-old recently confessed to throwing the body of her eight-month-old son into a canal and reporting him missing, she exposed huge flaws in Thailand’s three major social systems….
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When a 17-year-old recently confessed to throwing the body of her eight-month-old son into a canal and reporting him missing, she exposed huge flaws in Thailand’s three major social systems….
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Rescue workers manage to retrieve the body of the pilot of an aerochute/paramotor from the reservoir behind Pasak Jolasid Dam in Phatthana Nikhom district of Lop Buri province this afternoon…
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Thailand’s 23-year-old Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan won the World Women’s Snooker Championship, held at the Hi-end Snooker Club on Saturday night, by defeating her Chinese rival Bai Yulu 6 frames to 3….
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s condition has improved and he will be able to return home tomorrow (Monday), after undergoing minor surgery to remove a lymph node from his swollen right…
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North Korea’s foreign ministry called on the United Nations to urge a halt to joint military drills by Seoul and Washington, state media reported Sunday. The drills and rhetoric from…
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“Everything Everywhere All At Once” swept up yet more film prizes Saturday, as it was named best feature at the Spirit Awards — one of the last major Hollywood ceremonies…
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China on Sunday set an economic growth target of “around 5 percent” for 2023, one of the lowest in decades, as its annual National People’s Congress opened in Beijing. The…
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Household debt has become an alarming issue for the country, and as Thailand heads towards a general election this year, it’s a ticking bomb that needs the urgent attention of…
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was admitted to Phramongkutklao Hospital for overnight observation of his swollen right hand, after his return from a trip to Ayutthaya province yesterday (Friday). His personal…
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Bang Rak district officials and forensic police have visited the scene of the fire which burned down the building of the 5th division of the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) on…
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The Election Commission’s (EC) reallocation of constituency MPs has been published in The Royal Gazette and becomes effective today (Saturday). The EC has completed the redrawing of the constituency map…
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Individuals in Thailand who own any of 10 species of controlled wildlife or their carcasses since before last October 19th are required to notify authorities by March 16th or face…
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Ancient paintings of prehistoric people have been found on the walls of the Hin Perng cave in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima. Chaiyaporn Taptimthong, head of the Khao Phu…
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The 3-storey building of the Fifth Division of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Bangkok’s Sathorn Road burned down early this morning, together with many criminal case documents. No one…
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The Malaysian facilitator for the southern peace dialogue has expressed confidence that there is a strong chance for peace in the trouble-plagued region, but cautioned that there cannot be a…
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As has happened during previous Indonesian ASEAN chairmanships, the Bali Concord 4 will be issued to institutionalise human rights and other civic values within the grouping at the 42nd ASEAN-related…
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Two members of an army bomb disposal squad were killed and another injured by a southern insurgent IED attack on the convoy of the deputy commander of the Fourth Army…
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It is past midnight on a beach in southern Thailand and 12-year-old Prin Uthaisangchai is anxiously staring at a leatherback turtle nest, waiting for scores of the endangered hatchlings to scrabble out…
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The UN nuclear watchdog chief was in Iran on Saturday for expected talks with President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials after the discovery of uranium particles enriched to near weapons-grade…
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Iraq’s judiciary issued arrest warrants on Saturday for four former officials who are accused of facilitating the theft of $2.5 billion in public funds in one of the country’s biggest-ever…
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Hunger strikers Tantawan Tuatulanon and Orawan Phuphongwere rushed from the Supreme Court back to Thammasat University Hospital this evening (Friday), after their conditions deteriorated to a critical level, according to…
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Police from the Central Investigation Bureau have arrested six suspects and seized assets worth more than 1.4 billion baht in coordinated raids today (Friday) on 63 locations in six provinces,…
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About 90% of the hotspots in northern Thailand are caused by humans and PM2.5 atmospheric pollution in the region is expected to increase before it gets any better, said Director-General…
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The Election Commission is redrawing election constituency maps in eight provinces after the Constitutional Court ruled that non-Thai citizens must be excluded from the Thai population when calculating the number…
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It is time for Thailand to work harder to ensure a brighter and more equitable future for every child, according UNICEF Thailand in its latest report titled “UNICEF Thailand’s Seven…
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Real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin made clear today (Friday) that he will not accept any ministerial portfolio other than that of prime minister if the Pheu Thai Party becomes the…
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Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has been ordered by the Constitutional Court to cease performing his duty, effective today (Friday), after the court accepted a complaint from 54 opposition MPs, alleging…
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Thailand will enter this year’s dry season on Sunday and it will be hotter than last year, with average high temperatures forecast at 35.5oC and 40-43oC in Tak, Sukhothai, Lampang…
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A Thai teenager has made Thai sport history by being the runner-up in the bobsleigh event at the OMEGA Youth Series Competition, held at the Olympic Sliding Centre in South…
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China will likely set one of the country’s lowest growth goals in decades at the annual National People’s Congress next week, experts told AFP, hit by long-running property woes, a…
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A Cambodian court on Friday sentenced top opposition leader Kem Sokha to 27 years in jail for treason, in a case rights groups say is politically motivated. Kem Sokha was…
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Prawit Wongsuwan, Jatuporn Prompan and the unbendable Move Forward Party have all expressed sound reasons lately when it comes to the future course of Thai politics. The greatest influencer, though,…
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Located eight kilometres northwest of downtown Ratchaburi, the Khao Ngu Stone Park, once a stone mill, is made up of scattered caves and small limestone mountains. Not only will you…
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Two defendants in the case surrounding the death of actress Nida Patcharaveerapong, aka “Tangmo”, have pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court, which has scheduled sentencing forMay 10th. Nida died following…
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Household debt for the third quarter of 2022 increased by 3.9%, to over 14.9 trillion baht for the first time in five quarters, largely due to the rise in personal…
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The Chinese Government is ready to support its Thai counterpart in dealing with Chinese grey business in Thailand. The two countries have been cooperating closely in the suppression of transnational…
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Thailand’s Government Savings Bank (GSB) has stopped sending text messages (SMS) containing URLs to all customers, effective on March 1st, to protect its customers from being cheated by scam artists….
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Telenor Asia announced yesterday (Wednesday) the completion of the merger between Total Access Communication Company (DTAC) and True Corporation (TRUE), billed as the largest telecom merger in Southeast Asia by…
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“Thailand will be a full-fledged aging society this year, as citizens 60 years old and above will represent 20 per cent of the total population,” said Worawan Plikhamin, deputy secretary-general…
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Two years after the coup, the military-led administration in Myanmar passed a law allowing firearms civilians to carry firearms from January 31st, 2023. The accompanying written mandate related to the…
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The world’s ultra-richest saw their fortunes shrink by 10 percent in 2022, due to the war in Ukraine, a study said Wednesday, but the outlook for them this year is…
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Five moon bears were rescued from an illegal bile extraction farm last Wednesday (February 22), in a joint effort between the Vietnam Administration of Forestry and Animals Asia to eradicate illegal bear…
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About 100 trawlers have staged a blockade of the sea channel near Lipe and Adang islands, to put pressure on the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation to…
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Wildlife officials and police have arrested a man and seized 30 live monitor lizards (Varanus salvator), 59 lizard carcasses and several live turtles in a raid on an illegal slaughterhouse…
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Thai police are investigating the death of a US serviceman, who was found lifeless in a bathroom of the 31st Infantry Regiment of the Royal Guards barracks in Lop Buri…
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Police divers continued their search in a canal for the third consecutive day today (Wednesday) for the missing 8-month-old baby who was disposed of there, according to his teenage mother….
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Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, the newly-appointed director of the Office of National Parks, declared today (Wednesday) that he would not mind being seen as a “mafia figure”, if it wouldstrike fear in…
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Two Thai criminologists say they doubt the claim by the teenage mother of the missing 8-month-old boy, who claims to have disposed of her child in a canal near home…
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At least 29 people were killed and another 85 injured after a collision between two trains caused a derailment near the Greek city of Larissa late Tuesday night, authorities said….
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PM2.5 dust in most northern provinces today (Wednesday) exceeds the safety level, being measured at between 61 and 200 microns. The situation is likely to deteriorate in the coming days,…
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The ruling party appears to be reinventing the image of its leader, General Prawit Wongsuwan. His wardrobe has been updated with trendy clothes popular among fashion-conscious young celebrities half his…
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Nearly 300 migratory birds have been recorded in the middle alluvium ground of the Red River, which flows through Hanoi. This is a particularly rare occurrence as many migratory species…
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The teenage mother of the missing 8-month baby told the media that her son was dead when she decided to put the body into a canal near her home and…
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The Thai Ministry of Defence has announced that the remaining five missing crew members of HTMS Sukhothai, which sank in stormy seas off Bang Saphan district of Prachuap Khiri Khan…
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Thailand’s opposition parties’ bid to hold a debate on the executive decree, delaying the enforcement of some provisions of the Act for the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced…
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A former close aide of the late Somdet Phra Wannarat, abbot of Bowonniwet Vihara Temple, was sentenced to 10 years in prison today (Tuesday), after being found guilty by the…
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“I have never had a dream. Since childhood, I have never thought about what I will be when I grow up, but I have thought that I will get a…
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Thai anti-narcotics police have seized assets worth about 100 million baht and arrested four major suspects belonging to three illegal narcotic networks during in raids in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai,…
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Representatives of the Swine Raisers Association of Thailand (SRAT) are scheduled to meet with the director-general of the Livestock Development Department to discuss falling pork prices and the smuggling of…
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Police in Nakhon Pathom are coordinating with Hin Mun Tambon Administrative Organization (TAO) today (Tuesday) to make arrangements to drain the Thor canal, in the search for the 8-month-old baby…
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Hong Kong is scrapping its mask mandate from Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee announced, ending the financial hub’s last major Covid curb as it seeks to emerge from the pandemic….
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Pokemon’s last major smartphone hit, “Pokemon Go”, had fans on the move hunting the lovable characters, but its next release will focus on a more relaxing activity: sleep. The Pokemon Company has revealed…
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Sleepless nights and days have already begun for the Fire Hawk Team. February to May is the peak period for forest fires and that means no rest, no leisure, no…
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Thailand’s Ministry of Interior has instructed all provincial governors to make preparations to allow the resumption of animal competitions, such as bull, cock and fish fighting, now that the COVID-19…
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The executive committee of the opposition Move Forward Party has decided to vote against an Executive Decree which delays the enforcement of some provisions of the Act for the Prevention…
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Two fasting student activists have asked Thailand’s Supreme Court to allow them, their families and some supporters to use the court compound and some of its facilities to continue their…
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Police in Hong Kong filed murder charges against the former father-in-law and brother-in-law of a model and influencer whose body parts were found in a refrigerator and a skull believed…
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Thailand’s Ministry of Industry is seeking cooperation from the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to tackle the problem of sugarcane burning, as many sugarcane…
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A backhoe and a team of veterinarians in a forest in Thong Pha Phum district of Kanchanaburi province have helped an elephant and its calf to get out of sink…
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The mother of a missing 8-month-old baby boy has allegedly admitted that, in a panic, she dumped the baby into a canal near her home, after the baby accidentally fell…
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At least 59 people died, including 12 children, when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near the southern Italian coast early on Sunday, authorities said. The vessel, which…
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People express their individuality in many different ways, among them how they wear their hair. Some color their hair blond. Girls shave their heads. Boys grow their hair long. Some change…
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Despite Thailand’s increasing desperation to boost the quality of its education, authorities have decided that teacher trainees only need to be tested on one subject to get a license. This…
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People who want to join the 5th phase of the “Rao Tiew Duay Kan” (We Travel Together) program can registration from tomorrow, from 6am until 9pm, Deputy Government Spokesperson Traisuree…
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A Thai security guard at a pub at Bangkok’s Khaosan area has been dismissed after he allegedly slapped the face of a tourist accused of stealing a bottle of drinking…
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The Supreme Court rejected the bail applications by two convicted Talugas defendants because they may attempt to flee if they are released from jail, according to Thai Lawyers for Human…
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Temperatures in Bangkok and its suburbs, northern and north-eastern regions are forecast to fall by a further 1-3oC on Monday and Tuesday, due to a strong cold front which is…
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he is a native son of the north-east son and urged its people not to desert him, as he unveiled some of the United Thai…
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Speaking to thousands of Chiang Rai people, the leader of the Pheu Thai Party, Cholnan Srikaew, announced that the party had nominated Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the party’s candidate for the…
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Nearly 85,000 households and businesses were without power in the Los Angeles area on Saturday, as storms continued to pummel parts of California, bringing snow to higher elevations and dumping…
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G20 finance ministers failed Saturday to adopt a joint statement on the global economy at talks in India, after China sought to water down references to the Ukraine war. Russia,…
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Turkey has arrested 184 people suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in this month’s earthquakes and investigations are widening, a minister said on Saturday, as anger simmers over…
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Former leader of the Democrat Party, Chuan Leekpai, has blasted party-hopping politicians for only pursuing self-interest and claimed that some MPs in Thailand’s oldest political party have been offered huge…
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Thai troops, based at a camp in Kanchanaburi province near the border with Myanmar, were put on alert today (Saturday), as fighting broke out between Myanmar government troops and People’s…
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A truck driver has been arrested and his vehicle impounded by the police after he allegedly dumped industrial waste in Kaeng Khoi industrial estate in Saraburi province. Veeris Ammarapala, governor…
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Cambodia is asking US$800,000 (~28 million baht) for the live broadcast rights to the SEA Games, which it will be hosting in May, but none of the participating countries, including…
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Whilst tropical islands and seaside resorts make Thailand’s East spectacular, a road trip along its scenic coast is no less of a visual treat. From wild marshland and lush mangroves…
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Philippine protesters held a noisy rally Saturday for the 37th anniversary of the “People Power” revolution, which ousted President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s dictator father and sent the family into exile. It was the first commemoration…
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An unqualified person, who has been administering Botox, vitamin and dermal injections at a legally-registered clinic in Bangkok’s Srinagarind area for about five years, was arrested yesterday (Friday) as he…
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Chelsea manager Graham Potter and his family have received anonymous death threats following the Premier League club’s poor run of results, he told reporters on Friday. Chelsea are 10th in…
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China called Friday for urgent peace talks as it released its plan to end the war in Ukraine, but several Western powers rebuffed the proposals while warning against Beijing’s closening…
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We all have our own definition of love. For some, love means caring, kindness, trust, honesty, respect and commitment. For others, it’s about being the best of friends. To many,…
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Hackers working for online gambling platforms have hijacked the webpages of many Thai government agencies and turned them into portals for illegal gaming sites. Websites of state agencies under all…
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Diplomats and representatives from 36 countries and civil society joined a public solidarity event in Bangkok today (Friday), to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The event,…
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Officials from the Chon Buri Provincial Industrial Works Office collected water samples for tests today (Friday), from a ditch along the 331 Highway in Ko Chan, after they received complaints…
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Two Thai hunger strikers, Tantawan Tuatulanon and Orawan Phuphong, left Thammasat University Hospital this afternoon (Friday) for the Supreme Court, to continue their hunger strike. The two young pro-democracy activists…
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Thailand’s Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) recently impounded a Sukhumvit condominium penthouse, worth 245-million baht, from the husband of a former actress. The property is suspected of being linked to the…
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Police in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat are holding four suspects in custody for questioning in connection with the deaths of four men, three of whom were found in the…
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The amount of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere in 52 areas in Bangkok and its suburbs today (Friday) exceeds safety standards and may have adverse health effects, with the likelihood…
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BEIJING (AP) — China, a firm Russian ally, has called for a cease-fire between Ukraine and Moscow and the opening of peace talks as part of a 12-point proposal to…
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