Virtual Thailand: Enter the Crematorium of King Rama IX
Thailand has been mourning for a year. For the past eight months of the mourning, a sprawling funerary complex has been under construction in Bangkok’s Sanam Luang, a royal field reserved solely for...
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BANGKOK — See several days of rehearsals, preparation and ceremonies for Thursday’s cremation ceremony in a five-minute drone video released by officials.
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Owner of Cafe Where Animals Died Sorry For ‘Lapses’
BANGKOK — The acrid smell is the first thing that registers at Siam Square’s Kitties and Bears Cafe. Animal funk is hard to hide at Bangkok’s exploding number of unregulated animal cafes, but there’s...
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Thai Indie Music: The Movie
Independent artists are shaking up the Thai music landscape which has long been dominated by two corporate labels. This short film leaps onto the stage and gets face-to-face with some of the musicians...
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Video of Dramatic Defection of N. Korean Soldier Released (Video)
SEOUL, South Korea — It’s 3:11 p.m. on a cold, gray day on the North Korean side of the most heavily armed border in the world, and a lone soldier is racing toward freedom. His dark olive-green jeep...
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MBK Fight Night Back and Ready to Brawl
BANGKOK — The Bangkok institution that is MBK Fight Night has returned for a seventh season of Muay Thai action after more than a year’s layoff.
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‘Oyster Mask’ Baffles World, Wins YouTube For 2017
BANGKOK — Sorry, it’s not Ed Sheeran’s carpool karaoke or Lady Gaga’s Superbowl show.
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Panda Preview: Tokyo Trots Out Newest Baby (Video)
TOKYO — A baby panda has made a special appearance before Tokyo's governor, a group of local schoolchildren and the media one day ahead of its official public debut.
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80-Meter Bridge Collapses After Barge Strike (Video)
NAKHON PATHOM — A barge pilot was hit with a minor fine Thursday morning after his vessel smashed into a bridge and made it collapse.
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Thai Princess Saves Christmas With Amazing Dance Videos
BANGKOK — Princess Ubolratana wished people a Merry Christmas this week in a widely hailed, viral videos one must see to believe.
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School Shooting VR: US Army’s New Survival-Horror Game
ORLANDO, Florida — The shooter rapidly fires through the front doors of an elementary school with an assault rifle and blasts his way down the hallway.
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Africans, Indians Arrested in Latest Raid on ‘Black People’ (Video)
BANGKOK — Police said they arrested 10 “black people” for various offenses early Thursday morning in an operation they described as racially motivated.
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Don’t Resign, Plead Prawit Wongsuwan Fans (Video)
BANGKOK — A few dozen supporters gathered outside the Defense Ministry to urge embattled junta deputy Prawit Wongsuwan not to resign.
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That’s Nasty: Spotlight Shined on Filthy Bangkok Air (Video)
BANGKOK — Whorls of thick dust in the air at Lumphini Park visible in a widely shared video clip has stoked further fears about Bangkok’s air pollution crisis. Facebook user Pidech Ponpipat on Monday...
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Prayuth Drops Valentine’s Single ‘Diamond Heart’
BANGKOK — Not to be confused with the Lady Gaga single of the same name, a song written by junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha went viral Wednesday to the derision of netizens.
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Cops Getting Envelopes of Cash May Not be Bribery: Police
BANGKOK — Who doesn’t love the heartwarming tradition of Chinese New Year – that of elderly relatives handing out ang pao, or red envelope money, to excited children?
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Everything Elephant as Thailand Celebrates National Animal (Video)
PATTAYA — Elephants feasted on fruit and were made to reenact historical battles nationwide as the country celebrates the national animal on Thai Elephant Day. The post Everything Elephant as Thailand...
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Muralists Paint ‘The Last Kill’ For Thai Wildlife
Ten muralists painted a vet clinic Friday as part of a distributed movement to demand justice for a black tiger poached in a wildlife sanctuary last month. The post Muralists Paint ‘The Last Kill’ For...
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‘How Clever of You,’ Prayuth Tells Student Hecklers (Video)
BANGKOK — Security forces moved in on a small group of students today who held up signs calling junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha a “dictator” near their downtown campus. The post ‘How Clever of You,’...
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Culture Clash and Chaos at Silom Songkran (Action Photos)
BANGKOK — Traditional garb and garlands brushed shoulders with tank tops and water guns Friday where Lumphini Park meets Silom Road. The post Culture Clash and Chaos at Silom Songkran (Action Photos)...
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