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Thai soldiers stand guard overlooking the Moei river on the Thai side near the Tak border checkpoint with Myanmar in Thailand’s Mae Sot district. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar and Thailand’s busiest trade crossing was closed for a second day on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) after the military junta pledged to throttle black markets…
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A 22-year-old Spanish tourist died in Thailand after being attacked by an elephant while bathing the animal at an elephant care centre. Blanca Ojanguren Garcia, a resident of Valladolid in northwest Spain, was bathing an elephant at Koh Yao Elephant Care on Friday, January 3, when the animal pierced her with its tusk, Spanish outlets El…
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Bangkok: Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra declared more than $400 million in assets on Friday, her party said, including more than 200 designer handbags worth over $2 million and at least 75 luxury watches, valued at almost $5 million. The youngest daughter of telecom billionaire and ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Paetongtarn took office in September…
New Delhi: The Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi has officially announced the rollout of Thailand’s Electronic Visa (e-Visa) system in India, effective January 1, 2025. The system, aimed at streamlining the visa application process, will also include an offline payment option, offering added convenience to applicants. In its announcement, the Embassy highlighted that the…
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A Thai woman has been experiencing nearly two decades of constant, stinging pain after a suture needle was left in her vagina post-childbirth, according to a report in SCMP. The 36-year-old woman from the Cho Airong district in the Narathiwat province has been suffering severe abdominal discomfort since then but unable to find any treatment….
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Bangkok, Thailand: A devastating fire tore through a Thai bus carrying 44 students and teachers on a school trip Tuesday, officials said, with up to 25 feared dead. Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said there were fatalities and offered condolences to the victims’ families. Transport minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit said the number of fatalities was not clear…
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The King’s formal approval marks the culmination of years of campaigning and thwarted attempts to pass equal marriage laws. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Thai king has signed same-sex marriage into law, the official Royal Gazette announced on Tuesday (September 24, 2024), making Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia and the biggest place…
Healthcare comes at a cost, but there are those who strive to increase access and reduce prohibitive expenses. Several countries have mooted the idea of universal health coverage as a component of public health and social welfare. Among those who have succeeded in their goals is Thailand. The collective of doctors which spearheaded the effort…
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The incident took place on Friday. Thailand’s parliament has said that it will investigate veteran politician and former army chief Prawit Wongsuwon after he was filmed slapping a journalist as she tried to ask him questions. According to the BBC, Mr Wongsuwon, the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader, struck a ThaiPBS reporter on the head…
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Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra attends a press conference at the Pheu Thai party headquarters. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Thailand’s new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Monday (August 19, 2024) thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his greetings and said she looked forward to working closely with him to build upon the existing ties…
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