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Thai Court Confiscates Passport of British Human Right Activist Andy Hall
British human rights activist Andy Hall addresses reporters at Bangkok court. . . BANGKOK – A Thai court has confiscated the passport of British migrant rights defender Andy Hall and banned him from...
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Two Chiang Mai Students Killed and 15 others Injured in Tragic Accident
Students arrive at hospital in Mae Hong Son after a pickup truck taking them home after school plunged off a hill road in Chiang Mai’s Omkoi district. . . CHIANG MAI – Two female students aged 11 and 7...
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Thailand’s Junta Report Progress in illegal Fishery Clampdown ahead of EU Visit
A Myanmar child labourer is shown at a seafood processing plant in Samut Sakhon . . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Military controlled Government delivered a progress report on Thursday on efforts to clamp down...
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Thailand’s Military’s Use of “Attitude Adjustment” to Suppress the Thoughts...
A protester is detained by Thai soldiers during an anti-coup demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand. . . BANGKOK – Since seizing power from a democratically elected Government in 2014, Thailand’s ruling...
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Mae Sai Sub District Chief Arrested for 1996 Murder in Japan
The murders happened by Kasumigaura lake in Ibaraki prefecture on March 24, 1996. . . CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Crime Suppression Division officers have arrested Sub-District Chief in Mae Sai on Thursday...
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Canadian Vadim Scott Benderman Gets 4 Years in Vietnam Prison for Child Sex...
Benderman, 46, photographed in Cambodia School . . HANOI – Canadian Vadim Scott Benderman, 46, has been jailed for four years for sexually abusing underage homeless boys he met on Hanoi’s streets, a...
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Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake Strikes Hokkaido, Japan
a magnitude of 6.7 struck off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Thursday . . HOKKAIDO – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck just off Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday,...
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Fourteen Dead, 27 Injured in Tragic Bus Crash Near Japanese Ski Resort
The wreckage of the bus, most of the passengers were aged their teens or in their early 20s Photo – Jun Yasukawa . . NAGANO – Fourteen people have been killed and 27 were injured when a packed bus on...
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Taiwanese K-POP Singer Tzuyu in China Controversy
Tzuyu, also known as Chou Tzu-yu, had waved the flag in an online-only segment of South Korean variety show. . . SEOUL – Taiwanese singer Tzuyu is cancelling her activities in China after the member of...
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New Study Shows E-cigarettes Don’t Help Smokers Quit
E-cigarette use actually lowers smokers’ chances that they’ll quit tobacco by about 28 percent. . . CALIFORNIA – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal has published an evidence review showing that...
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Thai Police Chief Considers Legal Action Over Laura Witheridge Scathing...
Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, the national police chief, has ordered his force’s legal affairs unit to examine Laura Witheridge’s denunciations to decide whether to take legal action against her. . . BANGKOK...
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Watch: 16 Year Old K-Pop Star’s Humiliating Apology to China for Waiving...
China demand that pop star 周子瑜 bow down + deny Taiwanese nationality triggering strong pre-Taiwan Election backlash. . . TAIPEI – She is a 16-year-old singer from Taiwan, who performs with a South...
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Taiwan Elects First Female President, China Warns over Sovereignty Movement
Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen has won presidential election . . TAIPEI – Taiwan’s Opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen has won a convincing victory in the presidential...
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American Plunges to his Death from Phuket Hotel Balcony
He fell from the 17th floor of the Royal Paradise Patong hotel . . PHUKET – Patong Police Deputy Superintendent Akanit Danpitaksat has reported that a 41-year-old American National has fallen to his...
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Junta Commences Rice-Subsidy Trial of Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
Ousted former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra gestures as she arrives at the Supreme Court, for a trial on criminal negligence – REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom . . BANGKOK – The trial of former Thai...
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Anti Junta Activist Charged with Lese Majeste Flees Thailand
Thanet Anantawong arrested by Military on lese majeste under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, inciting disorder and computer crimes. . . BANGKOK – Political activist Thanet Anantawong, 25, charged...
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American and Swede Busted Dealing Marijuana at Cambodia Cafe
Police confiscated 494.6 grams of dried marijuana and also some marijuana oil . . KAMPOT – American Yanale Demyanov, 36, and Swedish National Blakej Bujar, 26,were arrested on Wednesday afternoon...
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Red Wine and Berries Reduce the Risk of Erectile Dysfunction
The international average of erectile dysfunction is around five in 10 men over the age of 40. . . A joint study by Harvard University and the UK’s University of East Anglia has found a new dietary...
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Thai Court Rules British Human Rights Crusader Andy Hall to Face Criminal...
Hall, 34, tweeted the outcome of today’s hearing, saying the court had agreed to a 12-day trial starting on May 19. He faces up to seven years in jail if convicted . . BANGKOK – British human rights...
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Russian Bar Manager Faces Deportation in Connection with Gun Attack on Koh...
Russian national Sergei Milentie, 31,was arrested on Saturday . . SURAT THANI -Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakphan, commander of the Tourist Police Division told reporters that Russian National Sergei...
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