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Dozens of new Zika cases have been reported in Thailand as the disease spreads to new areas.

BANGKOK — Activists in Thailand worry that a threat to the U.N. appointment of a Thai rights expert as the body’s first independent expert on the protection of LGBT rights would also be a setback to their cause at home.

A tollway guard was beaten unconscious after getting into an argument with a group trying to go through without an Easy Pass.

BANGKOK — Police have charged an actor and talk show host with assault for punching a motorcyclist and dragging him to prostrate to his “dream car,” footage of which went viral over the weekend and cost him his job Monday.

YALA — Many on social media on Thursday were praising a teacher who instructed her fourth graders to cover their right eyes to appreciate how His Majesty the Late King Bhumibol must have felt when he toiled for the nation with only one good eye.

As cool weather looms over Thailand, a public school in Buriram has confiscated brightly colored children’s jackets for being deemed inappropriate to wear during mourning period.

PATTANI — Jittraporn Banjong was working in front of the checkout counter when two men with covered faces entered the 7-Eleven where she worked. They fired a gunshot and told everyone to get down before splashing gasoline all over the place.

PATTANI — A number of attacks were reportedly carried out in three southern provinces Wednesday night as members of the interim cabinet members arrived for peace talks.

BANGKOK — Prosecutors will ask the court to dismiss Jenphop Viraporn’s claim he is mentally unfit to stand trial for double vehicular manslaughter, a lawyer for one of the victims’ families said Wednesday.

BANGKOK — One of Bangkok’s busiest traffic flyovers will be shut down later this month for demolition to make way for a new elevated rail line.