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An elephant roams on a road inside Khao Yai National Park. Photo: Khao Yai National Park / Facebook

Wild Animals Thrive in Pandemic, But Some are Starving

BANGKOK — Undisturbed by humans, wildlife is making a comeback to national parks across the country, which remain shut due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Khon Kaen Hospital To Compensate Maternal Death

(22 October) Somdet Phra Yuppharaj-Kranuan Hospital in Khon Kaen province has said it will take responsibility for the case of a woman who died giving birth there.

New Virus Clusters Found in South and East; Lockdown Possible

BANGKOK (AP) — Health officials in Thailand said Saturday that two new clusters of coronavirus cases have been found that appear to be linked to a major outbreak discovered a week earlier among migrant workers in an industrial province near Bangkok.

Thailand Eyes Developing Storms as Flooding Continues

BANGKOK (AP) — As floodwaters persisted in areas of northern and central Thailand and have started to hit low-lying areas in the capital, officials were looking warily ahead Tuesday to developing storms later this month, but were optimistic the devastation of a decade ago would not be repeated.

Malls, Airport Closed as Worst Flood in Decades Hit South

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — Banks, schools, shopping malls and at least one airport in the south were forced to close Thursday by the ongoing flood crisis that has already claimed six lives.

New Zealand Declares Emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle Eases

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The New Zealand government declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the country’s North Island, which has been battered...

Krabi Teacher Turns Out to be American Drug Trafficking Suspect

KRABI — An man wanted in the United States on drug trafficking charges was arrested Wednesday morning from the school where he was employed as a teacher in the south.

Police Hunt Violent Ex-Con Accused of Raping Nurse

NONG KHAI — An ex-convict with a history of violent crimes was still on the loose Wednesday after he broke into a hospital and sexually assaulted a nurse there earlier this week.
Maj. Gen. Surachet ‘Big Joke’ Hakpan, standing in brown, addresses a group of foreign detainees outside the Montien Hotel in Bangkok’s Bang Rak district.

Germans, Russians Netted in This Week’s ‘X-Ray’ Foreigner Raids

BANGKOK — More than 100 foreigners were arrested Thursday night in yet another raid targeting schools, hotels and restaurants nationwide.
Police officers talk to the diplomat on July 16, 2020.

No More VIP Treatment? ‘EU Diplomat’ Tries to Skip Quarantine

BANGKOK — Management at a condominium in Bangkok said they stopped an Estonian diplomat, who recently returned from overseas, from staying at the residence and skipping a quarantine.

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