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Thailand’s Crackdown on Online Criticism Part of Broader Political Repression
Thai authorities charged eight Facebook users with sedition and computer crimes for mocking Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha online. . . BANGKOK – Human Rights Watch said today Thailand’s military...
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Bangkok Students Caught Cheating on Entrance Exam Using Smart Watches
Cheaters used smartwatches and glasses with a built-in camera to cheat on the Rangsit University entrance exam . . BANGKOK – Three students who took the entrance exams for the College of Medicine,...
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Thai Police Arrest Brothers who Stabbed Belgian Man on Koh Lipe
Police on Koh Lipe have arrested and charged two brothers following the stabbing of a Belgian man in the early hours of Sunday morning. . . SATUN – Police say they will oppose bail for the two...
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Cliff Richards Haunted by Decades Old Sex Abuse Allegations as Case Goes to...
Sir Cliff Richard and his friend Father John McElynn pictured on a shopping spree in Malibu. . . LONDON — British prosecutors are considering whether to pursue criminal charges against singer Sir Cliff...
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VIDEO: Queen Elizabeth II States Chinese Officials “Very Rude”
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II , right, as she greets Chinese President Xi Jinping, during the official ceremonial welcome for the Chinese State Visit, in London. . . LONDON – Britain’s 90-year-old...
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Mae Fah Luang University Hosts Shanxi Province Symphony Orchestra
Shanxi Province Symphomy Orchestra is the only state-owned professional symphony orchestra . . CHIANG RAI – Mae Fah Luang University in Chiang Rai province has held the Shanxi Province Symphony...
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Thai Man Slashes his Girlfriend’s Throat for Chatting to Another Man on Line App
Kunthika Churuek, 24, who was the man’s girlfriend, had fatal knife wounds to her throat and chest. A blood-stained knife was found in the room. . . KOH PHANGAN – A 24-year-old Thai National, Natthanet...
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Malaysia Confirms that Two Newley Identified Pieces of Debris Came from...
The two newly identified pieces of debris were an engine cowling piece and inner cowling piece. . . KUALA LUMPUR– The Malaysia’s government reported Thursday that two more pieces of debris, discovered...
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Soldiers and Police Raid Homes of Pheu Thai Party’s Core Leaders
Soldiers, police raid 12 homes of influential people in Samut Prakarn . . SAMUT PRAKAN – A combined force of over a hundred soldiers and police launched simultaneous raids on 12 homes of influential...
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U.N. Human Rights Council Slams Thai Junta at Universal Periodic Review
Thailand’s human rights records were last reviewed in 2011. The military seized power in May 2014 following a coup. . . GENEVA – Thailand had its rights record reviewed by the U.N. Human Rights Council...
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Thai Police Investigate Jumping Death of Chinese Woman in Bangkok
46-year-old Chinese tourist fell to her death from the eighth floor of a hotel in Bangkok’s Huai Kwang district early on Thursday . . BANGKOK – Metro Police in Bangkok are investigating the death of a...
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Thailand’s Junta Orders Closure of Australian Run Chatree Gold Mine
A miner walks in front of drilling machines at the Chatree gold mine operated by Akara Mining in Phichin February 17, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj . . PHICHIN – Thailand’s Junta has ordered the closure...
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Discussions Held on New Interchange in Chiang Rai
The project is expected to facilitate traffic and urbanization in Chiang Rai . . CHIANG RAI – The Department of Rural Roads has called a public hearing with various local agencies and residents in...
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Ayutthaya Police Hunt for Attacker of 20 Year-Old German Woman
Tourist police with German Friede Hartwig, 20, who was injured in an attempted robbery at Ayutthaya Historical Park in Ayutthaya . . AYUTTHAYA – Police in the old capital are stepping up the hunt for...
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Global Child Sex Tourism on the Rise, Dispite Efforts to Fight it
Thailand denied entry to 79 known foreign child sex offenders in 2013 . . BANGKOK – The sexual abuse of children by tourists and travellers is a growing scourge around the globe that has largely...
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Briton Sought for Hit and Run Causing Death in Chiang Mai
Police found a British passport in the name of Simon Wellings, a laptop computer, Chinese money, sunglasses, credit cards, a first aid kit and a mobile phone inside the Mercedes. . . CHIANG MAI –...
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75 Year-Old Buddhist Monks Throat Slit by Muslim Extremists in Bangladesh
Mong Shwe U Chak had received anonymous threats before he was killed. . . DHAKA – The body of 75-year-old Buddhist Monk Mong Shue U. Chak was found dead Saturday morning with his throat slit in a small...
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Thai Immigration Deports Japanese Yakuza Financier
Mr Shuhei Yoshizawa was escorted by five Japanese police at Suvarnabhumi Airport . . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Immigration police last night deported a key financier of the Yamagushi Yakuza gang to Japan...
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Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin Crowned Miss Universe Thailand 2016
Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin, parades on stage during the annual transgender beauty contest ‘Miss Tiffany’s Universe Thailand 2016’ . . PATTAYA – One of the world’s largest transgender beauty pageants...
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Briton Ronald Rymer, 69, Sadly Joins Thailand’s Balcony Jumping Club
Ronald Rymer, 69, was found on the terrace at the foot of the fire escape of the Manorah Hotel. . . PHUKET – Pol Col Udom Phetcharat, deputy inspector from Mueang Phuket Provincial Police Station told...
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