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Water levels run low on the Mekong River. Photo: AFP Forum/Paritta Wangkiat

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Death by dam for the Mekong

by Tom Fawthrop September 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Jariyaporn Buayai, 32, has been accused of marrying at least a dozen different men in Thailand and making off with millions of baht in dowry payments. Photo: Ch7news/Facebook

Thai police nab ‘runaway bride’ who married at least 11 men

by Asia Times staff September 8, 2017February 18, 2020

People look at their smartphones while waiting for a train at a BTS station in Bangkok. Photo: AFP / Nicolas Asfouri

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How free is the internet? Ooniprobe knows

by Maria Xynou August 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is one of many women in Asia to have held senior positions. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

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Thailand’s ousted PM Yingluck has fled abroad: sources

by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat August 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Ousted former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra receives ears of rice from her supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court for a trial on criminal negligence looking into her role in a debt-ridden rice subsidy scheme during her administration, in Bangkok, Thailand November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom - RTX2RU77

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Thailand teeters on Yingluck trial verdict

by Richard S Ehrlich August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Cargo ships are loaded with containers as they are docked at the port near Chao Phraya river in Bangkok. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

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Exports, infrastructure drive Southeast Asia’s Q2 growth

by Asia Unhedged August 22, 2017February 18, 2020

An unidentified cigarette vendor at China's Alcohol and Tobacco Fair held in Jiangxi province's city of Nanchang in March 2017. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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Chinese cigarette smugglers keep Southeast Asia lit

by Alan Boyd August 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Crime suspects sit as Cambodian and Chinese police officials stand guard before boarding a plane at the Phnom Penh International Airport on June 24, 2016. Photo: AFP/Stringer

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Chinese crime gangs descend on Southeast Asia

by David Hutt August 22, 2017February 18, 2020

A historic picture of the Dusit Thani Hotel in Bangkok. Picture: Dusit International

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End of a hospitality era in Bangkok

by Peter Janssen August 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Golden opportunity: high-speed rail will put Thailand within a few hours of a potentially massive market of tourists in Southern Chinese. Photo: Reuters

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Chinese tourism sustains Thailand’s junta

by Peter Janssen August 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha shows the way to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a meeting at Government House in Bangkok on August 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Rungroj Yongrit/Pool

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Thailand belatedly focuses on its benighted banks

by Gary Kleiman August 10, 2017

Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha shows the way to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a meeting at Government House in Bangkok on August 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Rungroj Yongrit/Pool

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Tillerson in Thailand presses for more action on North Korea

by Amy Sawitta Lefevre August 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Netizens are bracing themselves for the next battle over online rights. Photo: ssoosay/flickr, CC BY-SA

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Thai cyber-activists fight to maintain an open web

by Janjira Sombatpoonsiri August 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Thai soldiers take away an alleged Red-Shirt protester ahead of a planned gathering in Bangkok in a May 2014 file photo. Photo: AFP/ Manan Vatsyayana

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Nowhere safe for Thailand’s anti-junta activists

by David Hutt August 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha takes a window seat on board a special train. A political foe to Yingluck, he has disavowed the "rice-for-bullet train" agreement with China. Photo: Bangkok Post via AFP/Chanat Katanyu

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Fast trains to nowhere in Southeast Asia

by Peter Janssen July 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Kuomintang (KMT), chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu during a visit to Beijing in 2016. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

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KMT leader blames Thailand visa troubles on Tsai’s Southbound Policy

by Asia Unhedged July 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Rohingya collect rainwater at a temporary refugee camp near Kanyin Chaung jetty, Myanmar, after being rescued from a boat carrying 734 people off Myanmar's southern coast in June 2015. Photo: Reuters

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Hundreds died in Rohingya camps on Thai-Malaysia border

by Asia Times staff July 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha (center) observing a construction project in Bangkok in a 2015 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

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Ambivalence on progress 20 years after financial crisis

by Gary Kleiman July 21, 2017

A cage made of barbed wire and bamboo sticks that Malaysian police said was used to hold migrants is seen at an abandoned human trafficking camp in the jungle close to the Thai border. This shot was taken on May 26, 2015, as Malaysian forensic police began the grim task of exhuming bodies of dozens of suspected victims of traffickers found buried around these camps. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj.

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Thai Army general among dozens convicted of trafficking

by Reuters and Jim Pollard July 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn is seen paying respects at the statue of King Rama I after signing the military-backed constitution in Bangkok. Photo: AFP/Lillian Suwanrumpha

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Thai king given full control of Crown Property Bureau

by Reuters July 17, 2017February 18, 2020

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan has been assessing extending visa-free access to nationals from other countries in Asia. Photo: Google Maps.

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Taiwan to grant visa privileges to visitors from South Asia

by Asia Times staff July 17, 2017February 18, 2020

US Marine Lt. General David Berger (R) and Chief of the Royal Thai armed forces General Surapong Suwana-Adth (C) pose for a photograph at the end of a live fire military display in Nakhon Ratchasima in northeastern Thailand on February 24, 2017, the last day of the 10-day multi-national Cobra Gold military exercise. Photo: AFP/ Roberto Schmidt

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With arms and invites, US lightens up on Thailand

by Richard S Ehrlich July 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Students photograph themselves before the the Dalai Lama delivered the commencement speech to their 2017 graduating class at the University of California, San Diego. Photo: Reuters/Mike Blake

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Singapore, China rank well on list of Top 10 universities in Asia

by Liu Hsiu Wen July 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha (center) observing a construction project in Bangkok in a 2015 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

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Thailand is Patient Zero once again

by William Pesek June 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Praca de Ponte e Horta, Macau Photo: Google Maps

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Macau police nab three suspects for drug-related activity

by Asia Times staff June 27, 2017February 18, 2020

A supporter of former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra holds an image them at the Constitutional Court in Bangkok, August 5, 2016. Photo: AFP/ Lillian Suwanrumpha

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Thai politicians predict “meaningless” polls

by Peter Janssen June 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha presiding over a mass pledge of allegiance to the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a ceremony at Government House in Bangkok. Photo: AFP/ Thai Royal Bureau

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Thailand’s elections fall from view

by Shawn W. Crispin June 22, 2017February 18, 2020

A combined image of North Korea and Thailand's national flags. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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Thailand-North Korea ties in the spotlight

by Richard S Ehrlich June 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Money lender counting Indian rupee currency notes. Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave/File photo

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Where does oil price-led disinflation matter most?

by Chris Scott June 22, 2017February 18, 2020

A man walks through a cloud of dust whipped up by wind at the construction site near newly erected office skyscrapers in Beijing. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter

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Asia firms’ confidence at 3-year high on brighter global outlook: poll

by Reuters June 21, 2017February 18, 2020

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