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BANGKOK (DPA) — Thailand's foremost Buddhist authority denied reports that it had acquitted a controversial monk accused of embezzlement and distorting the religion, a report said Tuesday.

BANGKOK — Thailand’s Department of Mineral Resources will dispatch officials to investigate what locals in Uttradit province claim is a fossil of the mythical Naga dragon.

BANGKOK (DPA) — Thailand's foremost Buddhist authority denied reports that it had acquitted a controversial monk accused of embezzlement and distorting the religion, a report said Tuesday.

TAK — A fire that destroyed a house in Tak province and caused more than 2 million baht in damages miraculously spared a portrait of His Majesty the King, firefighters and police officers say.

BANGKOK — The Thai government has launched a mobile phone application that will allow passengers to rate their experiences with taxi drivers in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — Two theater activists were sentenced to two years and six months in prison today for putting on a play about a fictional kingdom that judges said "insulted" the Thai monarchy.

BANGKOK — The four activists who handed out free T-shirts near Bangkok's Victory Monument yesterday have been fined 100 baht each for causing a "public nuisance."

YANGON (DPA) — Four people including a journalist and local aid worker were injured as rebels attacked a Red Cross vehicle carrying wounded in north-eastern Myanmar, state media reports Sunday.

CHIANG MAI — An official from Chiang Mai's Doi Suthep temple has asked tour companies to educate their clients about proper temple etiquette after a video of a suspected Chinese tourist kicking one of the temple's bells went viral on social media.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA — A Chilean bicyclist on a mission to cycle around the world was hit and killed by a pick-up truck in northeastern Thailand yesterday.