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February 20, 2025 at 1:36 am

China begins repatriation from Thailand of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar

An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday, after the rescued workers were...

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January 31, 2024 at 3:54 am

Thai court rules that progressive Move Forward party must stop trying to change royal defamation law VIEW

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the progressive Move Forward party must cease advocating amending the law on royal defamation.

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Aleksandr “Shura” Uman, left, and Yegor “Lyova” Bortnik perform during the Bi-2 rock band concert in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. Members of the band, which has been critical of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, were arrested Thursday in the southern resort island of Phuket for playing without proper working papers, and sent to the immigration jail in Bangkok, from which human rights workers fear they could be deported to Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) XPAG111 XPAG111

January 29, 2024 at 6:09 am

Thailand may deport visiting dissident rock band that criticized war in Ukraine

Advocates and fans say a rock band that has been critical of the war in Ukraine and whose members were arrested in Thailand might face...

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January 24, 2024 at 12:41 am

Thai court says popular politician Pita Limjaroenrat didn’t violate law, can remain a lawmaker VIEW

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that popular progressive politician Pita Limjaroenrat, who was blocked from becoming prime minister even though his party placed first in...

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October 3, 2023 at 11:02 pm

Suspect in Bangkok mall shooting that killed 2 used a modified blank-firing handgun, police say VIEW

Police say a teenage boy who allegedly shot two people dead and wounded five others inside a major shopping mall in Thailand's capital used a...

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