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What Do Chiang Mai People Gain From the Visits of Srettha, Thaksin, and Pita?

CHIANG MAI - How many prime ministers are actually in Thailand? Many people satirised and joked about this as Thailand's top politicians, Prime Minister...

Jailed Redshirt Leader’s Defamation Prison Term Reduced

BANGKOK — A prominent Redshirt leader will serve a year in prison for defamation after the Supreme Court reaffirmed his conviction Thursday morning.
An ethnic Rohingya holds a banner during protest after Friday prayers outside the Myanmar Embassy in 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Vincent Thian / Associated Press

Myanmar to Bar UN Human Rights Investigators

YANGON — Myanmar's government said Thursday it will instruct its embassies around the world to bar members of a U.N.-approved fact-finding mission from entering the country...

Clickbaiters Are Mad at Facebook For This 1 Weird Trick

NEW YORK — Facebook is taking another stab at ridding users' news feeds of "clickbait," the links and headlines that ask readers to "guess what happened next" but don't provide any useful information, tempting people to click if they want to find out anything.

Sex Worker Charity, Female Footballers, Reporter Among Women’s Day Awardees

BANGKOK — An environmentalist, activist and journalist were among women and advocacy groups honored for their work championing women today at an awards ceremony. The...

Pattani Fisherman Protest New Labor Laws

PATTANI — Thousands of boats docked at a southern provincial port Monday to protest new stringent labor laws requiring employers keep track of worker’s ATM slips.
Combination photo taken on Feb. 15 (L) and Feb. 16, 2019 shows a flower grower in southwest China's Yunnan Province "sends" a flower to a woman in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Hu Chao, Zhang Keren / Xinhua

China Prepares Valentines’ Day Flowers to Export to Thailand

KUNMING, China (Xinhua) — Li Hongyun, a flower grower from Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, has never been to Thailand, yet the roses he plants have gained popularity in Bangkok, the nation's capital.

Police: 10 People Killed in Colorado Supermarket Shooting

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A shooting at a Colorado supermarket killed 10 people Monday, including a police officer who was the first to respond to the scene, authorities said.
An anti-junta protest in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Feb. 8, 2021.

Myanmar Executes NLD Lawmaker, 3 Other Political Detainees

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar has carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years with the hangings of a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men accused of violence after the country's military takeover last year.

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