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JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI

JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI

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Asia|Crime|Environment

Thailand sends 3 orangutans rescued from illicit wildlife trade back to Indonesia

Three trafficked Sumatran orangutans have been sent back from Thailand to Indonesia as part of a joint effort between the countries to tackle the illegal wildlife trade

Thailand sends 3 orangutans rescued from illicit wildlife trade back to Indonesia
Asia|News

An explosion at a fireworks factory in rural Thailand kills about 20 people

An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand has killed about 20 people, though the devastation at the scene has made the death toll uncertain

An explosion at a fireworks factory in rural Thailand kills about 20 people
Asia|World

Jailed former Thai PM Thaksin gets parole, capping a reconciliation with military that ousted him

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last year returned from more than a decade of self-imposed exile to serve a prison sentence for misdeeds committed while in office, has been granted parole and could be released this weekend, the country’s justice minister announced Tuesday

Jailed former Thai PM Thaksin gets parole, capping a reconciliation with military that ousted him
Asia|News|World

Thailand sends aid to war-torn Myanmar, but critics say it will only help junta

Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar on Monday, sending ten trucks over the border from the northern province of Tak in what officials hope will be a continuing effort to ease the plight of millions of people displaced by fighting

Thailand sends aid to war-torn Myanmar, but critics say it will only help junta
Asia|Environment|Science

Officials have a plan to end years of monkey mayhem in a central Thai city

Thai wildlife officials laid out a plan on Wednesday to bring peace to a central Thai city after at least a decade of human-monkey conflict

Officials have a plan to end years of monkey mayhem in a central Thai city
Asia|News|Political|World

Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar's military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lost

Thailand’s foreign minister says he has urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents

Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar's military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lost
Asia|Entertainment|Lifestyle|Travel|World

Water guns are in full blast to mark Thai New Year festivities despite worries about heat wave

It’s water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the country’s traditional New Year, splashing each other with colorful water guns and buckets in an often raucous celebration that draws thousands of people, even as this year the Southeast Asian nation marks record-high temperatures causing concern

Water guns are in full blast to mark Thai New Year festivities despite worries about heat wave
Asia|News|World

About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in a key border town

Officials in Thailand say about 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand as fresh fighting erupted at a border town that has recently been captured by ethnic guerillas

About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in a key border town
Asia|News

A Thai court sentences an opposition lawmaker to 2 years in prison for defaming the monarchy

A Thai court has sentenced a lawmaker from a progressive opposition party to two years in prison after finding her guilty of defaming the monarchy in a speech she made during a protest rally three years ago

A Thai court sentences an opposition lawmaker to 2 years in prison for defaming the monarchy
Asia|News|Political|World

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for royal defamation, prosecutors say

Thai prosecutors say former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for royal defamation, prosecutors say
Asia|News|World

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin is in trouble again as he's indicted for royal defamation

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been indicted and arraigned on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have rattled Thai politics

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin is in trouble again as he's indicted for royal defamation
Asia|News|World

Thailand’s Senate overwhelmingly approves a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriages

Thailand’s Senate has voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to enact such a law

Thailand’s Senate overwhelmingly approves a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriages
Asia|Business|Economy

Thailand is set to roll out a controversial $13.8 billion handout plan in digital money to citizens

Thailand’s prime minister has said that eligible businesses and individuals can register from August for digital cash handouts, a controversial program that will cost billions of dollars and is meant to boost the lagging economy

Thailand is set to roll out a controversial $13.8 billion handout plan in digital money to citizens
Asia|Crime|News

6 Vietnamese and American guests found dead in a hotel room in Bangkok, with poisoning a possibility

Police say the bodies of six people were found in a luxury hotel in downtown Bangkok, with poisoning a possibility

6 Vietnamese and American guests found dead in a hotel room in Bangkok, with poisoning a possibility
Asia|Crime|News

Traces of cyanide are found in the blood of Vietnamese and Americans found dead in a Bangkok hotel

Initial autopsy results showed traces of cyanide in the blood of six people who were found dead in a room at a central Bangkok luxury hotel

Traces of cyanide are found in the blood of Vietnamese and Americans found dead in a Bangkok hotel
Asia|News|World

Myanmar violence, South China Sea tensions are top issues as Southeast Asian diplomats meet in Laos

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have gathered in the capital of Laos for a regional forum that runs through Saturday

Myanmar violence, South China Sea tensions are top issues as Southeast Asian diplomats meet in Laos
Asia|News|World

Southeast Asian diplomats meet with China as friction mounts over Beijing's sweeping maritime claims

Top diplomats from Southeast Asia have met with China’s foreign minister for talks that come as friction escalates over Beijing's growing effort to press its sweeping maritime claims

Southeast Asian diplomats meet with China as friction mounts over Beijing's sweeping maritime claims
Asia|News|World

Southeast Asia top diplomats condemn Myanmar violence, urge peaceful means to settle sea disputes

Southeast Asian top diplomats have condemned violence in Myanmar’s ongoing civil war and urged for “practical” means to defuse rising tensions in the South China Sea during the last of the three-day regional talks with allies including the U.S., Russia and China

Southeast Asia top diplomats condemn Myanmar violence, urge peaceful means to settle sea disputes
Asia|Election

Thailand's progressive Move Forward party might be dissolved, but its former chief remains hopeful

The charismatic Thai politician who led his progressive party to a stunning general election victory a year ago is urging supporters not to lose hope — even if it is disbanded by a legal order

Thailand's progressive Move Forward party might be dissolved, but its former chief remains hopeful
Asia|News|World

Thai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but was blocked from power

A court in Thailand has ordered the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward Party, which won national elections in 2023, saying it violated the constitution by proposing an amendment of a law against defaming the country’s royal family

Thai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but was blocked from power
Asia|News|Political|World

Thailand's reformist Move Forward Party, dissolved by court order, regroups as People's Party

Just two days after being disbanded by court order, Thailand’s main progressive political party has regrouped under a new name and vowed to continue its fight for reforms despite continuing opposition from the conservative establishment that blocked the party from taking power despite finishing first in last year’s election

Thailand's reformist Move Forward Party, dissolved by court order, regroups as People's Party
Asia|News

Court removes Prime Minister Srettha from office in another ruling shaking up Thailand's politics

Thailand's Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethics violation

Court removes Prime Minister Srettha from office in another ruling shaking up Thailand's politics
Asia|News|World

Daughter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin will be nominated as new leader in parliamentary vote

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, will be nominated as the country’s new prime minister in a parliamentary vote, her party and its coalition partners said Thursday

Daughter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin will be nominated as new leader in parliamentary vote
Asia|World

Thaksin's daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra is elected Thailand's prime minister

Thailand’s Parliament has elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, as the country’s new prime minister

Thaksin's daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra is elected Thailand's prime minister
Asia|News

Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thai prime minister after royal signoff

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, became Thailand’s prime minister after receiving a royal letter of endorsement Sunday, two days after she was chosen by Parliament following a court order that removed her predecessor

Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thai prime minister after royal signoff

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