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Created: 2026/07/03 16:18
Updated: 2026/07/03 16:18
‘This is a patient’: Thai nurse defies Buddhist taboo to treat monks after fatal crash

‘This is a patient’: Thai nurse defies Buddhist taboo to treat monks after fatal crash

 BANGKOK, July 3 — A nurse in Thailand challenged Buddhist customs when she stepped in to treat the victims o...

Author: Malaymail
Thai Buddhist procession death toll rises to 10 after boy, 11, drove pickup into monks

Thai Buddhist procession death toll rises to 10 after boy, 11, drove pickup into monks

 BANGKOK, July 3 — The number of monks killed has risen to 10 after an 11-year-old boy drove a pickup truck i...

Author: Malaymail
Thai nurse defies Buddhist custom to save monks in deadly crash

Thai nurse defies Buddhist custom to save monks in deadly crash

Nurse Wiwat Laonoi stepped in to help, despite the Buddhist taboo against physical contact between women and monks.

Author: Free Malaysia Today
How drug gangs use social media to recruit Thai air crew as couriers

How drug gangs use social media to recruit Thai air crew as couriers

A Thai Airways flight attendant was charged this week with importing heroin into Australia, exposing how drug networks are using fake social media accounts to recruit

Author: Free Malaysia Today
Global stocks stage a rally as American markets take the day off

Global stocks stage a rally as American markets take the day off

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on June 26, 2026 in New York City.

Author: Fortune
Australia heroin bust spurs Thai airport screening overhaul

Australia heroin bust spurs Thai airport screening overhaul

Tougher measures being rolled out include expanded use of drug-sniffing dogs and additional gate screening of passengers, crew and baggage.

Author: Free Malaysia Today
Death toll hits 10 in Thai monk procession crash

Death toll hits 10 in Thai monk procession crash

An 11-year-old boy drove into a group of 35 monks and five lay followers walking along a roadside.

Author: Free Malaysia Today
Boy drives truck into Buddhist procession, kills 8 Thai monks

Boy drives truck into Buddhist procession, kills 8 Thai monks

The group of 35 monks and five lay followers was walking along a roadside in northeastern Mukdahan province during a pilgrimage.

Author: Free Malaysia Today
Thailand denies viral claim Macron knelt before king

Thailand denies viral claim Macron knelt before king

An AI-generated image widely shared in Thailand falsely purported to show the French president kneeling as he presented awards to the Thai royal couple.

Author: Free Malaysia Today
IM Jem Garcia books slot on Philippine team for September’s World Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan

IM Jem Garcia books slot on Philippine team for September’s World Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan

ALL IT took was that memorable draw with former world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in a tournament less than a month ago in Bangkok, Thailand. From there, Filipino

Author: Bworldonline