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BANGKOK — King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has mostly recovered from illnesses that left him needing oxygen and intravenous feeding, the palace said on Monday.

BANGKOK — A bomb scare briefly broke out at Bangkok’s military court after a man with a large backpack wandered in one day before the two men accused of staging last month’s bomb attack were scheduled to appear.

BANGKOK — The Ministry of Labor is investigating why a bikini-clad singer was invited to serenade officials at a recent concert organized by the Social Security Office.

CHONBURI — Thailand's vice city, a known haven of transnational crime syndicates where sex, drugs and money are fluid commodities, isn't going to tolerate any more scofflaws. At least not where its sidewalks are concerned.

BANGKOK — Hong Kong eased its warning against visiting Thailand yesterday as Thai tourism officials hosted a celebrity visit to the site of last month’s bomb attack which killed two visitors from the territory.

BANGKOK — To honor the mutually “sweet” relations with Singapore, Thailand’s military government has reached for one of the kingdom’s most delicious assets: mango sticky rice.

BANGKOK — Foreign tourists the world over will be able to visit Thailand for six months under new visas available starting in November.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA — An unemployed ex-convict killed himself with a bomb yesterday, police in northeastern Thailand said.

BANGKOK — About 80 long-tailed, mischievous, long-tailed macaque monkeys will be relocated from the Bangkok outskirts and released into the wild and preservation areas.

BANGKOK — The military government has urged Thai expats in the United States to refrain from protesting junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha’s upcoming visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York City.