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Myanmar’s lost generation battles trauma, drug addiction at jungle rehabilitation centre
MAE SOT, Thailand: In a drug treatment centre in a wooden stilt house deep in the Thai jungle, young refugees from…
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Thai massacre families left without justice as charge deadline expires
“NOT WORTH IT” On Oct 25 that year, security forces opened fire on a crowd protesting outside a police station…
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Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand become partner countries of BRICS
SINGAPORE: Four Southeast Asian countries – Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand – have become partner countries of BRICS, a group…
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Thai celebrities among 18 arrested for pyramid scheme
Police were looking into bank accounts and cash transfers linked to the suspects to find out if any more people…
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Surging currency rates and purchasing power: How the US Fed’s moves impact Southeast Asia’s largest economies
When the Fed cut its interest rate three times in 2019, BI also did so, making four adjustments that year.…
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Thai consumer confidence falls to 17-month low in September
BANGKOK : Thai consumer confidence dropped for a seventh consecutive month in September to its lowest level in 17 months,…
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Sorrow and anger as families bid farewell to Thai school bus fire victims
The transport ministry recalled more than 13,000 gas-fuelled buses last week to conduct safety checks. Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said…
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ASEAN must play key role in resolving Myanmar crisis, Thai PM says
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Monday (Oct 7) the regional bloc ASEAN must play a key role…
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Two elephants die in flash flooding in northern Thailand
Two elephants drowned during flash flooding in popular Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai, their sanctuary said on Sunday (Oct 6),…
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Floods inundate Thailand’s northern tourist city of Chiang Mai
BANGKOK: Chiang Mai, Thailand’s northern city popular with tourists, was inundated by widespread flooding on Saturday (Oct 5) as its…
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