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BANGKOK — Yad doesn’t know anything about the new normal, and doesn’t seem to be aware of silly issues like unemployment and inflation. He’s a simple-minded rural man who plants rice with his bare hands, while a piano cover of “Take Me Home, Country Roads” plays in the background.

BANGKOK — Hackers have stolen the information of at least 123,000 customers in a massive data breach at two major commercial banks, though they said Tuesday no damages have yet been reported.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is investigating illegal luxury villa construction on Koh Samui, Surat Thani Province after discovering 93 violations across 24 locations

BANGKOK — The most popular place to celebrate New Year’s Eve has canceled its big, bright annual party.

BANGKOK — A major barbecue chain is recalling a shipment of beef Tuesday after a photo appeared online of lumpy meat served at one of its restaurants.

BANGKOK — A famed conductor was semi-apologetic for leading a sing-along of the royal anthem Tuesday on a Nok Air flight to the annoyance of some passengers and crew but said his intentions were good – and he’d gladly do it again.

NAKHON SAWAN — A couple were fined Monday for taking photos showing a woman’s tattooed buttocks near a shrine dedicated to the goddess Guan Yin.

BANGKOK — A man was found dead in his car Monday morning in Bangkok days after a well-known model jumped to her death just across town in two more cases of suicide as a global call for increased awareness goes out.

BANGKOK — A government regulator Wednesday played down the certainty of tracking all foreigners by phone SIM cards after the plan was met with concern and ridicule.

BANGKOK — A foreigner was killed by a bus Thursday morning on Phra Sumen Road in Bangkok’s old quarter.