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Act Now! Up to 16 Bangkok Monuments Unclaimed

BANGKOK — Not one, but up to 16 memorials and monuments in Bangkok stand in legal limbo over which agency is responsible for them, a city official said Tuesday.

Meet the Unlikely Band Taking on University Tradition

Keerati was forced to cut cards out of paper and rehearse a cheer performance – for five hours a day, five days a week, including some weekends. This continued for three months, all for the pleasure of his upperclassmen.
A police officer Tuesday leads away a man accused of stabbing a German man near BTS Mo Chit.

German Man Stabbed in Neck Near BTS Mo Chit

A German man was stabbed in the neck Tuesday afternoon at a bus stop near BTS Mo Chit.
President Donald Trump listens in January during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Photo: Evan Vucci / Associated Press

Trump to Mark 17 Years Since 9/11 at Pennsylvania Field

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is marking 17 years since the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil by visiting the Pennsylvania field that became...
Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sept. 4, 2017, at the BRICS summit in Xiamen, China.

Report: Chinese Building Projects Narrowing Economic Gaps

BEIJING — A wave of Chinese-financed railways and other trade links in Africa and Asia that have prompted worries about debt and Beijing's ambitions...

Warut ‘O’ Woratham, Actor and TV Host, Dies at 48

CHIANG MAI — After two nights in intensive care, former actor-television host Warut “O” Woratham died early Tuesday morning. He was 48. Warut reportedly fell...
U.S. President Donald Trump in June leaves the G7 Leaders Summit in La Malbaie with White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, left, and National Security Adviser John Bolton. Photo: Sean Kilpatrick / Associated Press

US Relationship With International Court Crashes Under Trump

WASHINGTON — America's long-running reluctant relationship with the International Criminal Court came to a crashing halt on Monday as decades of U.S. suspicions about...
Workers inspect dumplings on a conveyor belt that are made at an automated factory of CJ CheilJedang Corp. in July in Incheon, South Korea. Photo: Lee Jin-man / Associated Press

With Automation, Korean Dumplings Go Global in Business Bet

INCHEON, South Korea — Move over pot stickers, here comes another Asian dumpling. South Korea's largest food company is making a multimillion-dollar bet on "mandu,"...
Protesters prepare for a march to the Government House in May 2018 to mark the fourth anniversary of the 2014 coup. They were blocked from reaching their destination.

Junta ‘Afraid’ to Lift Politics Ban, But Why?

The powers that be who’ve bottled expression and dissent for five years fear the resumption of regular political life.

Desperately Seeking: Owner of Victory Monument

BANGKOK — The government Monday said it’s working to answer a bizarre question that has left historians and officials baffled: Who owns Bangkok’s Victory Monument?

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