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Flowers and toys at funeral for Thai school bus fire victims
LAN SAK, Thailand: Weeping parents laid flowers and toys on the coffins of 20 children killed in a Thai school…
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Thai police arrest driver in school bus fire that killed 23
BANGKOK: Thai police have arrested the driver of a bus carrying young students and teachers that caught fire and killed…
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Myanmar civil war fuels surge in cross-border drug trade, Thailand official says
BANGKOK: Thailand has seen a surge in illegal drugs trafficked from neighbouring Myanmar and a sharp increase in methamphetamines and…
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School bus catches fire in Thailand, 25 feared dead
BANGKOK: A devastating fire tore through a Thai bus carrying 44 students and teachers on a school trip Tuesday (Oct 1),…
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Thailand’s pension fund earmarks US$11.6 billion for global investment overhaul
NEW FACES, REFORMIST BACKING The more aggressive strategy follows a recent change in the composition of the fund’s board after…
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Thai king signs same-sex marriage into law
More than 30 countries around the world have legalised marriage for all since the Netherlands became the first to celebrate…
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Thailand to postpone Oct 1 minimum wage hike, official says
BANGKOK: Thailand will postpone a hike in the minimum wage to 400 baht (US$12.15) per day scheduled for Oct 1…
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Singaporean man deported from Thailand, arrested for suspected drug trafficking
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man wanted for drug trafficking has been arrested following his deportation from Thailand, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB)…
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Thailand to prosecute security personnel over deaths of 78 protesters in 2004 crackdown
BANGKOK: Thailand will prosecute eight former security personnel over their roles in a crackdown two decades ago in which 78…
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Thai baby hippo internet star draws thousands to its zoo
CHONBURI: Thailand’s latest internet celebrity, baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, is challenging its keepers with the unexpectedly big crowds it…
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