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How to Ease Thailand 4.0’s Traffic Torment
Just last month 19-year-old singer Suthida “Image” Chanachaisuwan took to the internet with a series of now deleted tweets expressing her displeasure with the public transportation network in Bangkok...
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Thai Prof Quits UN; LGBTs Concerned
BANGKOK — Members of Thailand’s LGBT community said Thursday the resignation of Vitit Muntarbhorn, the United Nation’s first watchdog on gender, could slow gains being made globally.
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Gov’t Proposes 6 Months Paid Maternity Leave, Debate Ensues
BANGKOK — Paid maternity leave of 180 days could be passed early next year if it wins approval from several ministerial departments including public health and labor welfare.
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Curtains Close on Filmax, Hollywood Reporter Thailand
BANGKOK — Two film magazines have announced their most recent issues were their last.
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Update: Oct. 5 is Last Day to Pay Homage to King Bhumibol
BANGKOK — Sept. 30 is the last day to pay respect to His Majesty late King Bhumibol as the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha will close one month for the royal funeral.
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Thai Flag’s Centennial Commemorated Nationwide (Photos)
BANGKOK — Officials nationwide assembled at 8am Thursday to sing the national anthem as they marked the Thai flag’s 100th anniversary.
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Chula Grace: 1st Trans Man to Walk in Male Grad Gown
BANGKOK — The nation’s oldest university, founded a century ago this year, celebrated another first today when a transgender man walked at graduation to receive his degree.
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Fit & Fierce: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Helps Women Grapple With Defense
Having been sexually harassed in the past, learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, or BJJ, at 34 has empowered me. BJJ, focuses on how to escape from an attacker in a dominant position on the ground, so I am...
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What’s Closed in Bangkok During the Royal Funeral (Updated)
BANGKOK — October is a sensitive time of mourning in Thailand and life will be affected during the royal funeral which runs through most of the month. A number of Bangkok venues, from supermarkets and...
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King Rama X Thanks Thais For Dedication to Late Father
BANGKOK — His Majesty the King issued a letter released to the public Wednesday morning thanking all those who helped make the year-long mourning period of King Bhumibol a success.
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430 Homes in North Bangkok Risk Flooding, Governor Says
BANGKOK — Sandbags were placed Thursday along the northern side of both banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, in an effort to prevent possible floods.
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Mourners Gather at Siriraj Hospital to Remember King Bhumibol
BANGKOK — A few thousand mourners gathered Friday at Siriraj Hospital, to mourn the first anniversary of the death of King Bhumibol.
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Bangkok Shopping Malls Commemorate Late King’s Death Anniversary
BANGKOK — To say that big shopping malls in Bangkok have managed to space to commemorate the first anniversary of the passing of the late King Rama IX alongside leisurely shopping activities is an...
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Heavy Rains Leave Bangkok Swimming in Floods
BANGKOK — A night of heavy thunderstorms left Bangkok knee-deep in gray floodwaters Saturday morning.
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Mourners Gather to Watch Cremation Procession Rehearsal (Photos)
BANGKOK — Dedicated mourners gathered Sunday morning at Sanam Luang to watch the rehearsal for King Rama IX’s cremation procession.
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Taiwanese Customers Shut Inside Siam Square Salon For Not Paying
BANGKOK — It took two diplomats, an online culture lesson and a stuffed animal to smooth a Pacific Rim feud that flared up between two Taiwanese women the Bangkok salon owner they refused to pay.
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52 Arrested in Bangkok Raid Targeting ‘Black People’
BANGKOK — Fifty-two people were arrested early Monday morning in Bangkok in a police raid targeting only black foreign nationals. A search in 10 areas such as Nana and the Khlong Toei district came as...
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Why Was Bangkok Not Warned of Flooding?
BANGKOK — The capital city woke Saturday morning to find itself flooded by what had been the heaviest rains in 30 years. How did no one know what was coming? Or did they? And with a forecast of more...
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Welfare Cardholders May Get 800 Baht For Staples
BANGKOK — Bangkok’s low-income residents received their version of junta welfare cards Tuesday just as the Finance Ministry said it might increase their shopping credit to 800 baht. Speaking Monday, a...
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Finished: Royal Crematorium 100% Complete (Photos)
BANGKOK — The final scaffolding has been removed, and these photos just came in of the completely finished funerary complex for the cremation of King Bhumibol one week from now in Bangkok's Sanam Luang.
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