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Panic In Myanmar, Bangkok As Buildings Collapse, Airport Damaged In Quake
Collapsed bridges and buildings, shaking skyscrapers with water from infinity pools falling hundreds of feet to the ground - scenes that followed a big 7.7 earthquake in central Myanmar that led to tremors in northern Bangkok and southwestern China.
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200 Designer Bags, 75 Watches: This Country's PM Declares Over $400 Million
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra declared more than $400 million in assets, including more than 200 designer handbags worth over $2 million and at least 75 luxury watches, valued at almost $5 million.
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Drug Party Busted, 120 People In Their Underwear Detained In Thailand
Police in Thailand detained more than 120 people found in their underwear at a drug-fuelled party in Bangkok, officers told AFP Monday.
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Ousted Thai PM Srettha Thavisin Says He "Respects" Court Decision
Ousted Thai prime minister Srettha Thavisin said Wednesday that he respected a court ruling that removed him from office in an ethics case.
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6 Foreign Nationals Found Dead In Bangkok Hotel, Thai PM Orders Probe
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered an investigation after six foreign nationals were found dead at a hotel in downtown Bangkok.
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No More Cannabis In Bangkok? New Thailand Laws To Clamp Down On Marijuana
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022.
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72-Year-Old Bangkok Man Cremates Wife After Living With Her Coffin For Nearly 21 Years
A 72-year-old in Thailand recently cremated his wife after living with her dead remains for more than two decades. He had kept his spouses body next to him in a small room where he slept and spoke to her pretending she was still alive.
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Thais Turn To EVs At Motor Show As Petrol Prices Soar
Thousands attended the Bangkok International Motor Show this week where electric vehicles (EVs) were in the spotlight due to rising petrol prices.
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Deer Dies In Thailand After Swallowing 7 Kilogram Plastic Bags And Trash
A wild deer was found dead after swallowing 7 kilograms (15 pounds) of plastic bags and other trash in Thailand, an official said Tuesday, raising the alarm on waste littering the country's waters and forests.
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Pope Francis Reaches Thailand, Begins 7-Day Asia Trip
Pope Francis arrived in Thailand on Wednesday to meet with the country's small but devoted Catholic minority on a seven-day Asian trip that will include a family reunion in Bangkok and take his anti-nuclear message to Japan.
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Thailand's Yingluck Shinawatra: From First Female Prime Minister To Fugitive
Thailand's first female premier Yingluck Shinawatra followed her brother to the apex of the kingdom's political scene and will now depart it in a similar fashion: condemned to self-exile after a court handed her a five-year sentence in absentia
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Thai Activists Plan to Defy Junta Ban With More Marches
A group of pro-democracy activists said on Sunday they plan more marches after staging the largest political demonstration in Thailand's capital since a military government took power in May 2014.
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Caught on Camera: Fireball Appears to Explode Over Bangkok
It's a bird... it's a plane... it's Superman... no wait - on fire?
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Foreign Bomb Suspect Arrested at Thai-Cambodia Checkpoint: PM Prayut Chan-O-Cha
Thailand's prime minister said Tuesday a second foreign man has been arrested -- at a checkpoint on the Cambodian border -- for suspected involvement in last month's deadly shrine bombing.
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Police Seek New Suspects in Bangkok Blast as More Bomb Materials Found
Police investigating the deadly Bangkok blast said they were seeking a Thai woman and an unidentified man after bomb-making materials were discovered over the weekend in a second apartment raided by police.
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Panic In Myanmar, Bangkok As Buildings Collapse, Airport Damaged In Quake
Collapsed bridges and buildings, shaking skyscrapers with water from infinity pools falling hundreds of feet to the ground - scenes that followed a big 7.7 earthquake in central Myanmar that led to tremors in northern Bangkok and southwestern China.
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200 Designer Bags, 75 Watches: This Country's PM Declares Over $400 Million
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra declared more than $400 million in assets, including more than 200 designer handbags worth over $2 million and at least 75 luxury watches, valued at almost $5 million.
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Drug Party Busted, 120 People In Their Underwear Detained In Thailand
Police in Thailand detained more than 120 people found in their underwear at a drug-fuelled party in Bangkok, officers told AFP Monday.
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Ousted Thai PM Srettha Thavisin Says He "Respects" Court Decision
Ousted Thai prime minister Srettha Thavisin said Wednesday that he respected a court ruling that removed him from office in an ethics case.
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6 Foreign Nationals Found Dead In Bangkok Hotel, Thai PM Orders Probe
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered an investigation after six foreign nationals were found dead at a hotel in downtown Bangkok.
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No More Cannabis In Bangkok? New Thailand Laws To Clamp Down On Marijuana
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022.
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72-Year-Old Bangkok Man Cremates Wife After Living With Her Coffin For Nearly 21 Years
A 72-year-old in Thailand recently cremated his wife after living with her dead remains for more than two decades. He had kept his spouses body next to him in a small room where he slept and spoke to her pretending she was still alive.
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Thais Turn To EVs At Motor Show As Petrol Prices Soar
Thousands attended the Bangkok International Motor Show this week where electric vehicles (EVs) were in the spotlight due to rising petrol prices.
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Deer Dies In Thailand After Swallowing 7 Kilogram Plastic Bags And Trash
A wild deer was found dead after swallowing 7 kilograms (15 pounds) of plastic bags and other trash in Thailand, an official said Tuesday, raising the alarm on waste littering the country's waters and forests.
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Pope Francis Reaches Thailand, Begins 7-Day Asia Trip
Pope Francis arrived in Thailand on Wednesday to meet with the country's small but devoted Catholic minority on a seven-day Asian trip that will include a family reunion in Bangkok and take his anti-nuclear message to Japan.
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Thailand's Yingluck Shinawatra: From First Female Prime Minister To Fugitive
Thailand's first female premier Yingluck Shinawatra followed her brother to the apex of the kingdom's political scene and will now depart it in a similar fashion: condemned to self-exile after a court handed her a five-year sentence in absentia
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Thai Activists Plan to Defy Junta Ban With More Marches
A group of pro-democracy activists said on Sunday they plan more marches after staging the largest political demonstration in Thailand's capital since a military government took power in May 2014.
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Caught on Camera: Fireball Appears to Explode Over Bangkok
It's a bird... it's a plane... it's Superman... no wait - on fire?
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Foreign Bomb Suspect Arrested at Thai-Cambodia Checkpoint: PM Prayut Chan-O-Cha
Thailand's prime minister said Tuesday a second foreign man has been arrested -- at a checkpoint on the Cambodian border -- for suspected involvement in last month's deadly shrine bombing.
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Police Seek New Suspects in Bangkok Blast as More Bomb Materials Found
Police investigating the deadly Bangkok blast said they were seeking a Thai woman and an unidentified man after bomb-making materials were discovered over the weekend in a second apartment raided by police.
