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Quiet streets, cautious firms signal China’s slow exit from zero-COVID

BEIJING, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Judging by Friday’s quiet streets in the heart of China’s capital and city eateries adherence to virus curbs, the anxieties created by the ‘zero-COVID’ regime…

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High minimum wage: Devil is in the details

Morally, it’s undisputed. Economically, it’s questionable. Politically, it’s a no-no. All of them, of course, come with a big “Unless”. That’s how Thailand should proceed with the Pheu Thai Party’s…

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Thailand’s cannabis legal vacuum spawns multibillion-baht business plus health concerns

Thailand has spent more than six months trying to pass a law to control the use of cannabis, but this legal vacuum is likely to continue for some time. Many…

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This general view shows the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon on February 1, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

US to downgrade relations with Myanmar, VOA reports

The United States will downgrade its diplomatic relations with Myanmar upon the departure of its current ambassador, VOA Burmese reported Thursday. It quoted an unidentified diplomatic source as saying that…

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Gold shop-owner foils robbery, killing one, injuring another in Tak Province

An alleged robber was shot dead and one of his accompliceswas injured when four men tried to rob a gold shop in Mueang district of Thailand’s western province of Tak…

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Cannabis plants are pictured at a dispensary in Bangkok on November 22, 2022. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP)

Thai PM urged to reconsider decriminalisation of cannabis

A rift between two coalition parties, Democrat and Bhumjaithai, widened when a group of Democrat MPs called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Thursday) to reconsider the decriminalisation of cannabis….

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Regulator demands return of ฿600m for breach of “Must Carry” rule on World Cup broadcasts

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Thailand’s broadcast and communications regulator, has demanded the return of 600 million baht, granted to the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) to purchase…

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Thailand to host international AIDS conference in Chiang Mai next week

Thailand is preparing to host an international conference on AIDS, between December 13th and 16th in Chiang Mai. Dr. Tares Krassanairawiwong, director-general of the Diseases Control Department, said today (Wednesday)…

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[File Image] Religious police guide a woman before she receives 100 whippings as punishment for pre-marital sex, in front of Al Munawarah mosque in Jantho, Aceh province on September 4, 2020. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)

Indonesia sex laws ‘nail in coffin’ for LGBTQ rights

(AFP) – Indonesia’s legislation banning sex outside marriage represents a major new threat to the LGBTQ community’s rights in the conservative country, where same-sex unions are not recognised. “It’s another…

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15 drug smugglers killed near Thai-Myanmar border in Chiang Mai

Thai security forces shot and killed 15 hill tribesmen and seized an unspecified quantity of illegal narcotics as they were trying to cross the border from Myanmar into Fang district…

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Public urged to report suspicious people or activities in Thailand’s Deep South

Members of the public in Thailand’s Deep South have been asked to be vigilant in looking out for suspicious strangers and materials, as part of intensified security, in anticipation of…

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Police search a car as they secure the area after 25 suspected members and supporters of a far-right group were detained during raids across Germany, in Berlin, Germany December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Mang

Germany foils far-right plot to install Prince Heinrich XIII in coup

BERLIN, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Germany on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor’s office said was preparing a violent overthrow of the state…

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Palang Pracharath members oppose Mingkwan as next prime minister

Two key members of Palang Pracharath, the core government party, have voiced disagreement with the suggested nomination of Mingkwan Saengsuwan as one of the party’s three candidates for the prime…

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South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives for the G20 leaders’ summit in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 15, 2022. (Photo by Mast IRHAM / POOL / AFP)

ASEAN-Korea celebrate 10 years of connectivity dialogue

Strengthening ASEAN-Korea relations is one of Korea’s top foreign policies priorities, as South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol recently unveiled his country’s version of the Indo-Pacific strategy and the Korea-ASEAN Solidarity…

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Thai police arrest 48 Rohingya on bus in Ratchaburi Province

Highway police intercepted a bus in Pak Tho district of Ratchaburi Province today (Wednesday) and found 48 undocumented Rohingya migrants and three Thais on board. The three Thais, including the…

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Private sector against Pheu Thai’s 600-baht minimum wage proposal

The Thai private sector has expressed serious concerns over the opposition Pheu Thai Party’s ambitious plan to increase the daily minimum wage to 600 baht by 2027, claiming that this…

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3,500 Bitcoin mining machines seized in raids in BKK and Nonthaburi

Officers from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) have seized 3,500 Bitcoin mining machines and arrested a man in raids on 41 locations in Bangkok and its neighbouring province of…

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Residents undergo swab testing at a residential area under lockdown due to Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions in Beijing on November 29, 2022 / AFP

China eases COVID quarantine rules in major policy adjustment

China’s national health authority said on Wednesday that asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and people with mild symptoms can quarantine at home, in the strongest sign yet that China is preparing its people to live with…

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Thai parliament drops Progressive Movement’s bill on local administration

The Progressive Movement-initiated bill to decentralise local administration, to allow greater autonomy for local administrations in managing their affairs, was rejected by a joint session of the House and Senate…

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‘Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction,’ warns UN chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday slammed multinational corporations for turning the world’s ecosystems into “playthings of profit” and warned failure to correct course would lead to catastrophic results. “With…

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Thailand needs 400 more psychiatrists in next 5 years

The Ministry of Public Health plans to produce an additional 400 qualified psychiatrists within the next five years, to cope with the country’s rising number of patients. According to the…

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Thai Senate passes student loan bill

The Thai Senate passed the third reading of a bill yesterday (Tuesday) which seeks to lower the interest rate charged on loans extended to needy students to only 1% and…

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ASEAN special envoy’s planned Myanmar trip aborted

Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn will not make a planned third visit to Myanmar as ASEAN’s special envoy, a senior Cambodian official said Tuesday. The Khmer Times reported that Cambodia’s…

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Pheu Thai Party’s advisory chair for public participation and innovations and head of the “Pheu Thai Family”, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, aka “Ung-ing”

Pheu Thai Party unveils its 10-point “think big” manifesto

Thailand’s opposition Pheu Thai Party has unveiled its ambitious 10-point “think big” manifesto, which envisages, among other things, a minimum daily wage of 600 baht, a minimum monthly salary for…

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Thai Prime Minister Prayut to attend ASEAN-EU summit in Brussels

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will fly to Brussels to attend the commemorative ASEAN-EU summit, which marks the 45th anniversary of their diplomatic relations, according to an informed source. Prayut will…

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Former Thai commerce minister Mingkwan joins Palang Pracharath Party

Former Commerce Minister Mingkwan Saengsuwan has formally joined the Palang Pracharath Party, reportedly to head its economic team. He was officially presented to the media today by Palang Pracharath Party…

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Thai PM hints that he wants to stay on for two more years

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today (Tuesday) that he can occupy the office for more two years only and he promises to do his best so that he can pass…

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Tourism returns to the Andaman Sea islands

Crystal clear turquoise waters, white sandy beaches, corals and rich marine life have become the charms of most islands in the Andaman Sea, after they were closed to tourists during…

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SRT will compensate families of those killed by Tuesday’s bomb in Songkhla

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has announced the deaths of three of its employees in an explosion today (Tuesday), at the scene of Saturday’s train derailment, and has promised…

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People line up at a nucleic acid testing site to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo

Beijing drops COVID testing burden with wider easing eyed

People in China’s capital Beijing on Tuesday were allowed to enter supermarkets, offices and airports without having to show negative COVID tests, the latest in a mix of easing steps…

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3 missing in another blast at scene of Saturday’s train derailment in Songkhla

Three Thai railway officials are believed to have been killed and four others injured in an explosion this morning (Tuesday), about 200 metres from the scene of a blast on…

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Yasonna Laoly, Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights, receives the new criminal code report from Bambang Wuryanto, head of the parliamentary commission overseeing the revision, during a parliamentary plenary meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Indonesia parliament ratifies criminal code that bans sex outside marriage

Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday approved a criminal code that bans sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail, part of a raft of legal changes…

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North Korea fires more artillery shells into sea in response to South Korea drills -KCNA

North Korea said on Tuesday it had ordered military units to fire more artillery shells into the sea, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported, in response to South Korea’s ongoing drills across…

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NASA’s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from launch complex 39-B on the unmanned Artemis 1 mission to the moon, seen from Sebastian, Florida, U.S. November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Joe Rimkus Jr./File Photo

NASA’s Orion capsule makes its closest approach to moon

The uncrewed Orion capsule of NASA’s Artemis I mission sailed within 80 miles (130 km) of the lunar surface on Monday, achieving the closest approach to the moon for a…

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Flood warning in 11 southern provinces for December 8th-11th

Thailand’s National Water Command Centre is advising people living in 11 southern provinces to brace for possible heavy rain and flooding from Thursday through Sunday. Areas vulnerable to river overflows…

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Work under way to restore sabotaged rail tracks in Songkhla Province

Manpower and heavy equipment have been sent to the scene of Saturday’s bomb blast in Sadao district of Songkhla, to remove several derailed train carriages and repair damaged sections of…

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1.5 tonnes of smuggled pig carcasses from Cambodia seized in Sa Kaeo

Livestock and customs officials seized about 1.5 tonnes of pig carcasses yesterday (Sunday), which had been smuggled into Thailand’s eastern border province of Sa Kaeo from Cambodia. The driver of…

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo gestures as he delivers his remarks during the annual meeting of Indonesia’s central bank with its financial stakeholders in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Indonesia set to pass new criminal code that will ban sex outside marriage

Indonesia is expected to ratify sweeping changes to its criminal code on Tuesday, senior officials confirmed, in a legal overhaul that critics say could wind back hard-won democratic freedoms and police morality in the…

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Gladak Perak Bridge is seen following the eruption of Mount Semeru volcano, in Lumajang, East Java province, Indonesia, December 4, 2022. Antara Foto/National Disasters Mitigation Agency (BNPB)/ via REUTERS

Thousands on alert in Indonesia’s Java after Mt. Semeru eruption

Thousands of residents in Indonesia‘s East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island’s tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometer no-go zone and…

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An aerial view shows the Vladimir Arsenyev tanker at the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel

G7 price cap on Russian oil kicks in, Russia will only sell at market price

The Group of Seven price cap on Russian seaborne oil came into force on Monday as the West tries to limit Moscow’s ability to finance its war in Ukraine, but…

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Traffic moves along a highway shrouded in heavy smog in New Delhi, India, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

India’s capital blanketed in smog; private construction banned

India’s capital, New Delhi, was engulfed in thick smog early on Monday as cooler weather exacerbated pollution and the government banned private construction in and around the city to try to limit dust and emissions. Residents of…

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Thailand’s COVID death toll rises, hospitalisations fall during past week

Deaths from COVID-19 between November 27th and December 3rd surged to 105, or an average of 15 cases a day, from the previous week’s 74 deaths, according to the COVID-19…

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Ban imposed on movement of field ducks into Khon Buri district

Officials from the Livestock Development Department have banned the movement of animals, field ducks in particular, into Khon Buri district of the north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima following reports of…

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Heavy rain causes flooding in Nakhon Si Thammarat

Flash floods following heavy downpours hit several areas in Sichon and Tha Sala districts of the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat yesterday (Sunday). An EMT, from the Siam Ruamjai…

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Age is not the main challenge for ASEAN’s young politicians

No political party should see themselves representing a single generation and involving more young politicians is necessary to stay relevant in politics, according to panel discussion on the challenges facing…

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‘No diplomatic solution’ to Ukraine war: Nobel winner

There is no prospect of a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine, according to Irina Scherbakova, one of the co-founders of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Russian rights organisation Memorial. “I am absolutely convinced that there is…

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Bangkok Marathon to be bigger next year

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will consult the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Thai private sector about upgrading the Amazing Thailand Marathon Bangkok next year, said Bangkok Governor…

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Thai troops clash with armed drug traffickers, seize 200,000 meth pills

Thai army troops seized 200,000 methamphetamine tablets today (Sunday), following a brief gun battle in Mae Ai district of the northern province of Chiang Mai, near the Thai-Myanmar border. Troops…

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UK minister says army could be drafted to ease possible strike disruptions

Conservative Party Chairman, Nadim Zahawi said on Sunday (December 4) the government has set up contingency plans to minimise possible strike disruptions this month, which include drafting the military to fill border and NHS…

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This handout photo taken and released from the Indonesia Geology Agency on Sunday shows the Glada Perak bridge hit by hot smoke and ashes from the Mount Semeru volcano eruption in Lumajang. (Photo by Handout / Indonesia Geology Agency / AFP)

Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano erupts, top alert status triggered

Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile into the sky and sending rivers of lava down its side, sparking the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people exactly one year after…

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Authorities in China’s financial hub of Shanghai will from Monday scrap some testing requirements © Hector RETAMAL / AFP

Shanghai axes some Covid testing requirements

Authorities in China’s financial hub of Shanghai will from Monday scrap some testing requirements in the country’s latest relaxing of its strict zero-Covid policy following nationwide protests unseen in decades. Multiple cities have started to roll back some restrictions…

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Security to be further tightened Thailand’s in southern provinces

Security at airports, railway stations and tourist spots in 14 southern provinces, especially Hat Yai, Phuket and Surat Thani Province, is to be stepped up following the derailment of a…

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Heavy rain forecast for 15 southern provinces through Monday

People living in Thailand’s 15 southern provinces are advised to brace for heavy to very heavy rain today (Sunday) and tomorrow, while small vessels should remain ashore due to rough…

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Indonesia raises volcano warning to highest after Semeru erupts – media

Indonesian authorities raised the warning on Semeru volcano to the highest level on Sunday, Kompas TV reported, after an eruption spewed a column of ash high into the air. The evacuation of…

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Issa Kassissieh, dressed as Santa Claus, poses for a picture as he rides a camel at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City © AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

Palestinian Santa brings festive cheer to Jerusalem

In Jerusalem’s Old City there are dozens of churches, but as Christmas beckons there is just one Santa Claus — a towering Palestinian former basketball player. Each December, the streets…

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Over 80% of people in Bangkok satisfied with new governor’s performance

More than 80% of people living in Bangkok are satisfied with the performance of Governor Chadchart Sittipunt in the six months since he took office, according to a National Institute…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link from the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia December 2, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS

Putin insincere about peace talks, takes war to new level of ‘barbarism’ – a top U.S. diplomat

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not sincere about peace talks with Ukraine while he is taking the war to a new level of “barbarism” by trying to turn off the…

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Amid economic gloom fuelled by soaring inflation and fears of China’s weaker energy demand, the two global crude benchmarks remain close to their lowest level of the year © JOE KLAMAR / AFP/File

Opec+ likely to maintain oil output levels

Major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia and Russia look set to maintain their current output levels at a meeting Sunday, ahead of fresh sanctions against Moscow coming into force. The 13-member Organization of the Petroleum…

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U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines (Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS)

U.S. intelligence assessments on Ukraine, Russia, China and N. Korea

The U.S. intelligence community expects the reduced tempo in fighting in Ukraine to continue in coming months, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said on Saturday (December 03)….

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Train derailment in Songkhla the result of sabotage

Thai security officials have blamed the freight train derailment in Sadao district of the southern province of Songkhla on a bomb detonated by southern insurgents, to disrupt the direct train…

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25 tonnes of meat seized from illegal meat processing plant in Chon Buri

Officials from the Livestock Development Department seized about 25 tonnes of pig and cow offal and other meat soaked in formalin yesterday (Saturday) from an illegal food processing plant in…

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Thai VietJet Air warned by CAAT after three flight cancellations on Thursday

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has warned Thai VietJet Air that it could face punitive action if it does not comply with air service rules. The warning comes…

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Small blaze extinguished at Central World shopping mall in Bangkok

A fire broke out at Central World shopping mall in Bangkok this afternoon (Saturday), but it was quickly extinguished, the company said in a statement. According to the company, it…

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Boy seen smoking weed using a pipe stage-managed – Public Health Minister

Thailand’s Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, said today (Saturday) that he believes the smoking of weed by young boys in Pattaya was stage-managed to discredit the Bhumjaithai Party and its…

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Freight train derailment in Songkhla Province

Several cargo carriages became derailed after a freight train left Hat Yai for the Padang Besar border town in Sadao district of Songkhla this morning (Saturday). Initial reports said that…

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Probe ordered after 17 defence students hospitalised after harsh training

The commander of the Fourth Army Region has ordered an investigation after 17 territorial defence students, in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat, were sent to hospital suffering from severe dehydration,…

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Turtle lays second clutch of eggs on Thalu Island in Prachuap Khiri Khan

A Hawksbill sea turtle has laid 168 eggs, the second clutch for this nesting season, on the beach of Thalu Island in Bang Saphan Noi district of Prachuap Khiri Khan…

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Beijing, Shenzhen loosen more COVID curbs as China easing gathers pace

Beijing residents cheered the removal of COVID-19 testing booths while Shenzhen followed other cities in announcing it would no longer require commuters to present their test results to travel, as an easing…

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A plastic bottle lies on the sand at Maccarese beach, west of Rome, Italy November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Countries split on plastics treaty focus as UN talks close

The first round of negotiations on a global plastics treaty ended on Friday with agreement to end plastic pollution but a split on whether goals and efforts should be global…

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Weed-smoking boy returned to child care centre in Chon Buri

Social workers and Pattaya police, yesterday (Friday), escorted a 10-year-old boy, who was found to have been smoking weed at a fish market in Pattaya, back to a child care…

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Challenges for Asian journalists, leaders

Thai Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and its English website, Thai PBS World, recently gathered journalists and young political leaders from Asia to discuss the challenges they face and the most…

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Prince William meets President Biden, awards climate prizes

Prince William greeted U.S. President Joe Biden at Boston’s waterfront on Friday, the final day of a visit by British royals trying to focus attention on tackling environmental issues. William and his wife, Kate, attempted to…

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Government urged to focus on Blue Carbon action

Building Blue Carbon ecosystems should become an integral part of national mitigation and carbon sink plans, said Assistant Professor Thon Thamrong-Nawasawat of the Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University. Research findings…

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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a news conference announcing his cabinet at Putrajaya, Malaysia December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain

Malaysia PM Anwar to helm finance ministry

Malaysia’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday that he would also serve as the country’s finance minister, retaking a cabinet role he first held 30 years ago as he looks to…

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Musk’s free speech absolutism ‘a fantasy’

The limits of Elon Musk’s self-professed “free speech absolutism” were laid bare, critics said, when he banned rapper Kanye West from Twitter over his latest anti-Semitic outburst on Thursday. Only a few…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Young Scientists Congress in Sochi, Russia December 1, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS

Putin is open to talks and diplomacy on Ukraine, Kremlin says

President Vladimir Putin is open to talks on a possible settlement to the conflict in Ukraine and believes in a diplomatic solution, the Kremlin said on Friday after Joe Biden…

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Child rights advocate charged with human trafficking in Thailand

Secretary-General of the Child Protection Foundation, Montri Sinthaweechai, aka “Khru Yun”, acknowledged a human trafficking charge today (Friday), filed against him by Amphawa district police. The long-time child rights advocate…

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Malaysia’s newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim signing a document as he clocks in to the Prime Minister office on his first day holding the premier position at Putrajaya, Malaysia November 25, 2022. Malaysian Department of Information/Wazari Wazir/Handout via REUTERS

Malaysia PM Anwar says cabinet line-up to be announced on Friday – report

Malaysia‘s newly-appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will announce his cabinet line–up on Friday, state news agency Bernama reported. The report did not state what time the announcement would be made. Anwar‘s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on…

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One killed, another injured in building collapse in Phitsanuloke

A site worker was killed and another injured when a partially completed building, in the compound of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) in the northern province of Phitsanuloke, collapsed in…

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Health minister challenged over young boys seen smoking weed in Pattaya

A Democrat MP has demanded accountability from Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul over an incident involving two young boys pictured smoking cannabis in Pattaya. Dr. Banyat Jetanajan, an MP for…

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Some good news for Thai economy amid many negative factors

The Thai economy grew 4.5 per cent year on year in the third quarter of 2022, exceeding market expectations.  Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the third quarter nearly doubled…

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Chinese cities ease COVID curbs as virus keeps spreading

Some communities in Chinese cities where COVID-19 is still spreading are easing off on testing requirements and quarantine rules ahead of an expected shift in virus policies nationwide after widespread social unrest. The uneven…

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Rohingya refugee children play at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia / AFP

In crowded camps, Rohingya refugees embrace family planning

Rohingya cleric Abdur Rashid still believes children are divine gifts, but life in a Bangladeshi refugee camp with six little mouths to feed has left him and his wife unwilling…

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Singer Aed Carabao’s land does not encroach onto national forest reserve

Two plots of land in Thailand’s Saraburi Province, owned by famous singer Yuenyong Opakul, aka “Aed Carabao”, are not located in Thap Kwang-Muak Lek national forest reserves, according to the…

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NACC says Racha Thewa TAO has the right to buy more “fancy” lamp posts

Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will not interfere with the decision of the Racha Thewa Tambon (sub-district) Administration Organisation (TAO) to procure an additional 727 “fancy” lamp posts, at an…

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Tesla’s new electric semi truck is unveiled during a presentation in Hawthorne, California, U.S., November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandria Sage/File Photo

Musk set to finally take wraps off Tesla truck – to tough crowd

Tesla is set to unveil on Thursday its long-delayed Semi, a 18-wheeler heavy duty vehicle that has faced skepticism from industry experts who doubt battery electric trucks can take the strain…

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Government and opposition MPs blame each other for collapse of House meeting

Government and opposition whips resorted to finger-pointing over the collapse of the House meeting today (Thursday), due to a lack of a quorum. The House was scheduled to vote on…

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Point system to curb traffic violations to be enforced from January 9th

Starting January 9th, the Royal Thai Police and the Land Transport Department will enforce a demerit point system to curb traffic violations and dangerous driving, in the hope increasing drivers’…

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Israel kills two Palestinians, including militant leader, in West Bank raid, Palestinians say

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian officials said, in heavy clashes that erupted in the Jenin refugee camp during a pre-dawn raid. The…

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Ethnic Karen people demand shared common land for rotational farming

A group of ethnic Karen people, from the Kaeng Krachan area in Phetchaburi Province, submitted a petition yesterday (Wednesday) to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation seeking…

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Second Leatherback turtle nest found on Phang-nga beach

Officials from Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources found a second Leatherback turtle nest, containing 141 eggs, yesterday (Wednesday) on a beach in Takua Pa district of the southern…

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A screen broadcasts news footage of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin following his death, in Beijing, China November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Chinese papers go black in mourning for late leader Jiang Zemin

Chinese newspapers turned their front pages black on Thursday and flags were put at half mast in mourning for the death of former president Jiang Zemin, whose death has prompted…

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White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

U.S. preparing more sanctions on North Korea, Sullivan says

The United States is working a new round of sanctions against North Korea, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Thursday, as Pyongyang forges ahead with banned missile development…

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Thailand goes into battle against resurgent HIV/AIDS

AIDS claimed 9,300 lives in Thailand last year, despite the availability of free, comprehensive care for those living with HIV. Though this figure is worrying, what’s even more worrying is…

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Yellow-band disease affecting corals in Gulf of Thailand

Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources has been coordinating with numerous agencies to tackle yellow-band disease, which has infected some corals in the Gulf of Thailand, said Atthaphon Charoenchansa,…

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Large haul of narcotics seized in Myanmar en route to Thailand

Myanmar anti-narcotic officials seized a large quantity of narcotics, destined for Thailand, across the Thai-Myanmar border from Chiang Rai Province on Monday. Wichai Chaimongkhon, secretary-general of Thailand’s Office of the…

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Residents stand in line for their routine COVID-19 tests in the freezing cold weather near the site of last weekend’s protest in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. China’s ruling Communist Party has vowed to “resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces,” following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China vows crackdown on ‘hostile forces’ as public tests Xi

China’s ruling Communist Party has vowed to “resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces,” following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up…

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Thai actress “Pinky” expected to be released on bail Wednesday evening

Former actress Savika Chaiyadej, aka “Pinky”, is expected to leave the Central Women’s Correctional Institution tonight, after the Criminal Court granted her temporary release on five-million baht bail. The conditions…

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Thai Charter Court rules MP election bill is constitutional

The Constitutional Court ruled today (Wednesday) that using 100, instead of 500, as the divider in the formula for the calculation of party-list House seat allocation, as stipulated in the…

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Half of world’s democracies in decline -intergovernmental watchdog

Half of the world’s democracies are in a state of decline amid worsening civil liberties and rule of law while already authoritarian governments are becoming more oppressive, an intergovernmental watchdog group said on…

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