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84th Birthday of Thai Democracy to be Marked Friday
BANGKOK — Though democracy may not be restored for at least another year, but some people will commemorate its very beginning later this week.
UN Says 65 Million People Displaced in 2015, a New Record
GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency says persecution and conflict in places like Syria and Afghanistan raised the total number of refugees and internally displaced people worldwide to a record 65.3 million at the end of last year.
Auditor-General Revives Probe on Bogus Bomb Detectors
BANGKOK — The Office of Auditor-General said he wanted to give it another try in the effort to hold the authorities accountable for wasting up millions of baht on bogus bomb detectors sold by a British conman.
Blaze Tears Through Famous Border Market, Again
SA KAEO — A large fire burned through a famous sprawling border market near a popular land crossing into Cambodia in the early hours...
‘I’m Capt. Joe’ Road Rager Wasn’t Cop But Gun Was Real
BANGKOK — A man who claimed to be a policeman and pulled a handgun on another motorist in Bangkok was arrested Sunday.
‘Star Trek’ Actor Anton Yelchin Killed in Freak Accident
LOS ANGELES — Anton Yelchin, a rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new "Star Trek" films, was killed by his own car as it rolled down his driveway early Sunday, police and his publicist said.
The Gulf States’ Expat Dividend
PARIS – How should policymakers in the Middle East’s Gulf States manage their countries’ large expatriate workforces? In Saudi Arabia, foreign nationals account for roughly one-third of the population. In Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, nine out of every ten residents is an expatriate. Should these countries’ governments continue to invest heavily in developing indigenous labor forces, with the aim of decreasing dependency on foreign workers?
See World Economic History Through the Medium of Dance
BANGKOK — In a first for Southeast Asia, renowned writer Pascal Rambert’s acclaimed play that entwines everyday life with economics, “Kin-Yoo-Kue” will be staged in Bangkok for three days this week.
Taxi Driver Loses His License for 3 Months for Road Rage Attack (Video)
BANGKOK — A taxi driver who kicked and jumped on foreigner's car before appearing to attempt to run him over in a viral video...
The Many Faces of Intolerance Dragging Down Thailand
Intolerance, political or not, brings out the worst in us. A pro-democracy political science freshman at Chulalongkorn University discovered it June 9 when a...