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UN Rights Council Names Team To Probe Myanmar Rohingya Abuses
The UN rights council on Tuesday named a three-person team to probe alleged atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya...
UK Journalist Faces Thai Jail For Carrying Protective Gear
A British journalist faces jail time after he was arrested at Thailand's main airport with a gas mask and plates for a...
Myanmar To Deport Turkish Family Amid Crackdown Fears
Myanmar authorities have detained a Turkish family and are trying to deport them to Turkey, where activists fear they...
Ariya, Ryu Charge After Top Spot With Ko Off
Defending champion Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand and South Korea's Ryu So-Yeon take aim at the world number one ranking...
Thai Teen Among Latest Group Held For ‘royal Insults’
A 14-year-old boy has been detained in a Thai army prison under a draconian and increasingly wielded royal defamation...
Bangkok Military Hospital Bomb Attack Wounds 20
A small bomb struck a Bangkok military hospital on Monday wounding more than 20 people, police said, three years to the...
After 10-Year Gap, Thai Lotuses Bloom Again
For the first time in a decade a Thai lake has given up its dazzling secret -- the pink blooms of tens of thousands of...
Two Britons Arrested In Thailand Over Football Streaming
Two British men have been arrested in Bangkok for allegedly selling online access to illegally streamed football...
Thai Solar Chicken A Hot Hit
Not many chefs don a welding mask before they enter the kitchen, but Sila Sutharat prefers to cook his chicken sunny...
Thai Army Hunts Four Over Supermarket Car Bomb
Thailand's military said Wednesday it was hunting four suspects over a large car bomb which wounded more than 60 people...
China Lawyer’s Wife Seeks US Asylum After Brazen Escape
Chen Guiqiu fled China on foot with her two daughters, only to end up in a Thai prison until US officials helped them...
Car Bomb Hits Thailand’s Troubled South, Injures 51
More than 50 people including children were injured on Tuesday when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in...
Car Bomb Hits Thailand’s Troubled South, Injures 40
At least 40 people were wounded Tuesday when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in Thailand's insurgency-plagued...
The Mekong Middlemen Running Drugs Across Asia
Compared to their ultra-violent Central and Latin American cousins, the drug dealers of Southeast Asia's Golden...
Mr X and the Cartels Hooking SE Asia On Pills
The downfall of millionaire "Mr X", long shielded by cash and contacts in Laos, has highlighted the role of the...
Thais Revoke Passport of Red Bull Heir Over Hit-and-Run
Thailand has revoked the passport of the fugitive heir to the Red Bull billions, an official said Friday, after he left...
Five Thais Charged With Royal Defamation For Facebook ‘shares’
Five men were charged with violating Thailand's draconian royal defamation law for sharing Facebook posts written by an...
Facebook, Apple Logos Removed From Thai Royal Funeral Statue
An artist has been forced to rework a giant statue built for Thailand's late king after the inclusion of Apple,...
Thai May Face 150-Year Jail Sentence For Royal Defamation
A Thai human rights lawyer could be sentenced to a maximum 150 years in prison after he was charged with a record ten...