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BANGKOK — Thailand's military junta has agreed to hold a referendum on the draft of its new post-coup charter, without specifying what options the ballot will offer.

BANGKOK — Police arrested around ten student activists several hours before they planned to protest the May 2014 military coup d'etat on its one-year anniversary.

BEIJING (DPA) — China's land reclamation in the South China Sea will "be completed in the upcoming days," the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, as the project has increased tensions in disputed areas.

NARATHIWAT — Thai officials say they have repealed the arrest warrants of 22 former suspected members of the separatist movement in southern Thailand in an effort to promote reconciliation during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

BANGKOK — Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha was royally endorsed as the leader of the country, although His Majesty the King, who is 86 and unwell, did not attend the ceremony in person.

BANGKOK — The secretary-general of Thailand's Election Commission has defended the group's ten-day trip to Scotland, calling it an opportunity for officials to learn how to "improve the election procedure" in Thailand.

BANGKOK — Pheu Thai politicians have expressed their confidence in former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s defense of the corruption allegations filed against her by Thailand’s national anti-graft agency.

BANGKOK — The Red Cross Society of Thailand has issued an urgent appeal for blood donations, while insisting that the organization is not affiliated with any political group in Thailand.

BANGKOK (DPA) — The crisis over thousands of Rohingya people stranded on boats in South-East Asian waters has come during a watershed year for Myanmar, the departure point of most of the migrants.

MANILA (DPA) — Asian stock markets slumped Monday on jitters over Greece's worsening debt crisis and its impact on the global economy.