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Here Are the Foreign Dignitaries Coming From 32 Nations
BANGKOK — Dozens of foreign dignitaries, royals and heads of state are due to attend King Rama IX’s cremation next week. Traveling from 32 countries, they are slated to attend the Oct. 26 cremation,...
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Jim Thompson Disappearance: Case Solved?
BANGKOK — A new documentary is set to stir fresh debate over one of Asia’s most enduring mysteries: What happened to Jim Thompson, Thailand’s legendary silk king. The former American intelligence...
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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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Flowers For Dad: Bangkok’s Biggest Flower Market Honors King (Photos)
BANGKOK — Thousands of people have poured in to see elaborate floral displays running now through Friday at the city’s biggest fresh flower market.
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Burnt Sandalwood Offerings Scattered in River, Sea (Photos)
BANGKOK — Within hours after King Bhumibol was cremated, the ashes of offerings made nationwide were scattered Friday morning in canal, river and sea.
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Have a Low-Key Loy Krathong Friday or Face Arrest
BANGKOK — Festivities for Friday’s Loy Krathong will be low-key with the usual fireworks, sparklers and sky lanterns prohibited.
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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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People Left Behind in Bangkok’s Flourishing Neighborhoods
BANGKOK — Tuk-tuk driver Kamruay Dandongmuang used to rent a room in Bangkok’s Bang Rak district but had to move out when the cost of living became too high. After the city swept out many of the...
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Undergrounding of Ratchada’s Hanging Cables Eyed by 2021
BANGKOK — Tangled masses of power cables above one of Bangkok’s major thoroughfares will be moved underground over the next several years, the state electricity authority announced Monday.
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Firefighters on Front Line of City’s Snake Scourge
BANGKOK — When the latest distress call came into Phinyo Pukphinyo's fire station in Bangkok, it was not about a burning home or office building. Instead, the caller needed urgent help with a far more...
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Downtown Roads Closed For Tonight’s Tourism Parade
BANGKOK — Check the traffic before leaving work today.
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German Court: Kuwait Airways Can Refuse Israeli Passengers
BERLIN — A German court ruled Thursday that Kuwait's national airline didn't have to transport an Israeli citizen because the carrier would face legal repercussions at home if it did.
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Former Malaysian PM: Current Government ‘Must Go’
BANGKOK — The man who led Malaysia through the final two decades of the 20th century and has waded back into its politics in recent months said Thursday the country's current government is deeply...
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Siam Square Animal Cafe ‘Kitties and Bears’ Shut Down
BANGKOK — A controversial animal cafe has been ordered shut by the authorities.
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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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UN: Closing Energy Gap Would Help Poorest Countries Develop
BANGKOK — The world's least developed countries need access to electricity if they are to break out of poverty, according to a U.N. report that urges wealthy nations to do more to honor their aid...
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Commuters Trapped in BTS Rush Hour Breakdown
BANGKOK — A system failure left hundreds of skytrain passengers stranded on platforms and carriages for an hour.
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New Tourism Aims to Revive Bangkok’s Dying Communities
BANGKOK — It was as though six old neighborhoods around Bangkok were teleported to a hotel garden on a recent afternoon. At one corner, a man was hawking sets of glimmering bowls made from copper and...
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DTAC Asked to Explain Why it Thinks Customers Are Trillionaires
BANGKOK — One of the three largest telecoms was called upon by regulators Friday to explain what appeared to be some errors on some of its customers’ phone bills. An unknown number of DTAC customers...
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Foreign Woman Wows BKK With Unauthorized Stunt (Video)
BANGKOK — A foreign woman showed off her gymnastic skills in an unauthorized stunt at Suvarnabhumi International Airport late Wednesday afternoon.
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