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See a Vegetable-Themed Funeral in Surin (Video)
SURIN — Instead of calla lilies and white carnations, a funeral in Isaan is using unusual flora for decoration: chilies, eggplants, sponge gourds, tomatoes and bamboo rice containers adorn the temple...
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Elephant Swimming Show is Exercise, Not Cruel: Zoo
CHONBURI — A young elephant walks on its hind legs and swims in a glass tank to the delight of a crush of students watching and cheering. The post Elephant Swimming Show is Exercise, Not Cruel: Zoo...
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33 Hours of Defiance: The Thai Airmen Who Resisted an Empire
In the darkness over the sea, air force lieutenant Srisak Sucharittham heard the enemies before he saw them. The post 33 Hours of Defiance: The Thai Airmen Who Resisted an Empire appeared first on...
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Hospital Apologizes for Violent Treatment of Coma Patient
PHITSANULOK — After a clip of a nurse’s rough handling of a comatose, 90-year-old man went viral, the hospital went live online to apologize Tuesday night, but few observers seemed impressed. In its...
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Online Freedom Exhibit at TCDC Talks Memes, Pixels, Censorship
BANGKOK — Through a pixelated sculpture of Prayuth’s eyes to a memeified event in Thai history, artists at an exhibition say the internet in Thailand is both a venue for freedom and a tool for...
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‘Mafia Elephant’ Searches Trucks for Goodies in Khao Yai (Video)
PRACHINBURI — A foraging male elephant was filmed removing belongings from the back of two pickup trucks in the Khao Yai National Park. The post ‘Mafia Elephant’ Searches Trucks for Goodies in Khao...
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Croc Thrown in Lockup After Crashing Krabi Pub Party (Video)
KRABI — After a raucous evening at a pub, an unlikely bar-goer spent the night at the police station before someone showed up to claim him. But it wasn’t the usual Krabi troublemaker – it was a...
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Students Appalled by Haphazard Forced Cut (Video)
KANCHANABURI — A teacher presses a ruler onto the nape of a student’s neck while the other crudely shears five inches of her straight locks off in a matter of seconds. Kanchananukroh School in...
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522 Foreigners Got X-Ray Outlawed So Far This Month (Video)
BANGKOK — Police arrested more than 500 people in their sweep of foreigners violating immigration law this month. At 1am this morning, Immigration deputy police chief Maj. Gen. Itthipol...
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Police Intercept Pickup Packed With Pangolins On Way to China (Video)
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — Police charged a man with animal trafficking after finding 76 pangolins in the back of his truck Saturday. Sompol Mekchai, 45, was arrested at a police checkpoint near the Sam...
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70s HK Pop Singer ‘Agnes Chan’ Looks Back on Stardom, Talks Motherhood
BANGKOK — “We can’t return we can only look behind from where we came / And go round and round and round in the circle game,” sings the sharp, clear voice of a 63-year old woman. In the 1970s, every...
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Coronation-Themed Songkran Shirts at the Ready
NAKHON RATCHASIMA — Yellow floral shirts are flying off of the racks in many provinces. The post Coronation-Themed Songkran Shirts at the Ready appeared first on Khaosod English.
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Baby Elephant Rescued After Falling Into Septic Tank
SURIN — A baby elephant is in recovery Monday after falling into a septic tank. Chabaakaew, a 2-to-3-month old calf, fell into a septic tank in Bueng Kan on April 4. She was rescued by rubber farmers...
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An Ode to Notre Dame, For Now (Video)
PARIS — There is something about architectural wonders which transcends national borders and religion. Notre Dame is one such wonder. The post An Ode to Notre Dame, For Now (Video) appeared first on...
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Khaosod English Talks to Hawkeye, the Most Humble Avenger
Snap – and half the universe, including Black Panther, Scarlet Witch and teenage Spiderman – is dust. Although the Avengers were unsuccessful in saving the world from Thanos, the superhero team will...
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The Running of the Kwais: Trang’s Annual Buffalo Bacchanal
TRANG — Nobody ever lives their life all the way up, except kwai-runners. Farmers have released about 300 buffalos to run freely on the island fields of Koh Sukorn off the coast of Trang – a kwai...
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Stand Under Van Gogh’s Starry Night at Bangkok Exhibition (Video)
BANGKOK — Western masters of impressionism to surrealism are brought to expansive, animated life at the From Monet to Kandinsky exhibition, running in Bangkok from Friday through July at River City...
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Smooth Criminal: Animal Control Lugs Python to Policeman with Snake Phobia...
SARABURI — After catching a python who strangled an elderly woman’s cat on Friday morning, an animal control official carried the reptile to the police station – to the grief of Capt. Pattarapol...
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Elephant Squishes Car in Khao Yai National Park
NAKHON RATCHASIMA — Park officials Wednesday published 10 rules to follow when encountering a wild elephant after a video of one such beast squishing a car driving through Khao Yai National Park went...
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Colombian Priest in Thailand Translates Pope Welcome Song into Spanish (Video)
BANGKOK — To help Pope Francis and Spanish-speaking Catholics worldwide understand the theme song written for his visit to Thailand, a Columbian priest translated it into Spanish. The post Colombian...
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