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Asia & Pacific 2 months ago

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Prabowo talks regional, global issues with Thailand’s Thaksin

Ex-Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's visit to Jakarta is part of Indonesia's effort to intensify international cooperation with global leaders and other prominent figures amid recent geopolitical developments, according to the Presidential Secretariat.

Asia & Pacific 11 months ago

Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit dies at 93

The palace said she had been hospitalized since 2019 due to several illnesses and developed a bloodstream infection on Oct. 17 before passing away late on Friday.

Middle East and Africa 1 year ago

Hamas frees five Thais after 15 months of captivity

The five were among 31 Thai nationals captured and taken hostage during the Palestinian militant group’s attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Middle East and Africa 1 year ago

Thai national killed by anti-tank missile in north Israel: first responders

Thai nationals in Israel have been particularly hard hit since the start of the war with Hamas, with at least 39 killed as a result of the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel.

Art & Culture 4 years ago

Mud, sweat and cheers: Traditional Thai water buffalo race enthralls crowds

Boys scurry, duck and weave through crowds sheltering from the suffocating heat on Sunday, before upending buckets of cooling water on beefy bovines waiting to compete at the annual traditional Thai buffalo races in Chonburi.

Environment 5 years ago

Penguins missing visitors, say keepers, at locked-down Thai Zoo

"I noticed that they felt a bit confused because when they walk out, there's usually a lot of people waiting for them," said Tossapol Kosol, a penguin specialist at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo just outside Bangkok, the Southeast Asian country's capital.

SE Asia 5 years ago

Thai authorities propose tighter curbs as COVID-19 deaths climb

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is due to consider the new restrictions in a meeting on Friday.

SE Asia 6 years ago

Large number of Thai returnees from Indonesia carry COVID-19

Forty-two of 76 Thais who returned from Indonesia on Monday are COVID-19 patients, a report on Tuesday said.‪

Entertainment 6 years ago

Rap and rice paddies: Thai hip hop creates unlikely new stars

A recent video features the 18-year-old artist rapping in a rice field, sitting on an old truck as he laments in Thai about jealousy over a girl. It was viewed 57 million times on YouTube.

SE Asia 7 years ago

Thai man sentenced to death for German tourist rape, murder

Ronnakorn Romruen was arrested in April, hours after the bloodied body of a 27-year-old German woman was found buried under dried leaves and rocks on the picturesque island of Koh Sichang in the Gulf of Thailand.

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