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BANGKOK — Amanda Carr didn't let the disappointment of missing selection for the 2012 Olympics hold her back for long. She got back on her BMX,...

BANGKOK — Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the only Thai filmmaker to win a Palme d’Or, was named today as the first Thai member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying trainee policemen, killing 30 on Thursday about 20 kilometers west of Kabul, according to Afghan officials.

BANGKOK — Owners of street stalls failed to win a reprieve from City Hall yesterday and have until the end of next month to end their occupation of Siam Square’s sidewalks.

BANGKOK — A fire broke out in the basement of luxury shopping mall Emporium this morning.

PYONGYANG, North Korea — Hoping to show the world his country is doing just fine despite sanctions and outside pressure over its nuclear weapons program, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has put his soldier-builders to work on yet another major project — a series of apartments and high-rises that are once again changing the Pyongyang skyline.

CHACHOENGSAO — Four crew members were hospitalized with injuries sustained today when their gas tanker exploded in the Gulf of Thailand. The Pattarawadee 12, a...

BANGKOK — A Bangkok man confessed today to slashing a woman's arm with a knife last week, but said it was a case of mistaken identity because he was really drunk at the time.

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PHUKET — A Korean woman was found dead on Patong Beach early Wednesday morning.