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First Time Thailand to Host Miss World Pageant
BANGKOK — Thailand will host this year’s Miss World Pageant for the first time, event organizers announced Monday.
POLITICS
Prayuth Should Stay On as PM for Coronation: Minister
BANGKOK — Interior Minister Gen. Anupong Paochinda defended his boss Monday by insisting that junta leader-cum-Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha should not step down before the royal coronation takes place in two months.
Lovesick Slovenian Destroys Pro-Junta Posters to Spite Girlfriend
KALASIN — A Slovenian man destroyed posters of the Phalang Pracharat Party to get back at his girlfriend for standing him up on Valentine’s Day to campaign for the party, police said.
Lovesick Slovenian Destroys Pro-Junta Posters to Spite Girlfriend
KALASIN — A Slovenian man destroyed posters of the Phalang Pracharat Party to get back at his girlfriend for standing him up on Valentine’s Day to campaign for the party, police said.
Drunk Driver Sparks Blaze Incinerating Furniture Shop: Police
SONGKHLA — A car crashed into a furniture shop and sparked a massive fire that caused at least 80 million baht in damages early Monday morning, police said.
522 Foreigners Got X-Ray Outlawed So Far This Month (Video)
BANGKOK — Police arrested more than 500 people in...
Bangkok Biker Bowls Over Pedestrian With Temerity to Warn Him
BANGKOK — A man waits for a bus. Seeing a motorcycle trespass on the sidewalk, he warns the rider. Moments later, the bike returns and plows into his body, knocking him to the ground before speeding off.
Mukdahan Police Hunt for Escaped Uighur Refugees
MUKDAHAN — Police on Thursday were looking for four Uighurs refugees who escaped nearly three years of detention in Thailand’s northeast.
Royal Fraud Acquitted of Human Trafficking
BANGKOK — The court acquitted a well-known socialite of human trafficking Monday, though she will continue to serve a sentence for royal defamation.
ASEAN & WORLD
Abe Mum on Reports He Nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his chief spokesman declined Monday to say if Abe had nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, though they praised Trump for dealings with North Korea.
Unicorns Are Real: Indonesian Candidate Baffled by Tech
JAKARTA — Indonesia's presidential candidates debated some of the most pressing issues facing the world's third-largest democracy: dilapidated infrastructure, struggling farmers, forest fires —...
Checks, Tie-Dye, Baby Dolls: It’s All at London Fashion Week
LONDON — From young talents like Alexa Chung and Simone Rocha to London design veteran Jasper Conran, London Fashion Week showed off a diverse...
Trump Claims Japan’s PM Nominated Him for Nobel Peace Prize
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump claimed Friday that Japan's prime minister had nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize for opening a dialogue with...
Myanmar Court Sentences 2 to Death for Killing Suu Kyi Aide
YANGON — A court in Myanmar on Friday sentenced two men to death for the killing of a prominent Muslim lawyer who was a...