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BANGKOK, July 3 — A nurse in Thailand challenged Buddhist customs when she stepped in to treat the victims o...
2026/07/03
BANGKOK, July 3 — The number of monks killed has risen to 10 after an 11-year-old boy drove a pickup truck i...
Nurse Wiwat Laonoi stepped in to help, despite the Buddhist taboo against physical contact between women and monks.
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
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on June 26, 2026 in New York City.
Tougher measures being rolled out include expanded use of drug-sniffing dogs and additional gate screening of passengers, crew and baggage.
An 11-year-old boy drove into a group of 35 monks and five lay followers walking along a roadside.
The group of 35 monks and five lay followers was walking along a roadside in northeastern Mukdahan province during a pilgrimage.
2026/07/02
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.
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