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Death toll rises to 29 in southern Thailand floods
BANGKOK — More than 30,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to severe flooding in southern Thailand,…
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Pictured: Drunken tourists put in cart and wheeled back to their hostel by Thai policeman
Tourists who passed out from binge drinking have been piled into wheelbarrows by police and taken back to their hostel…
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Thailand, the ‘Detroit of Southeast Asia’, is at the forefront of China’s battle for the global auto market
Narong Yuenyonghattaporn, a retired civil servant in Bangkok, bought an electric car made by GAC Aion earlier this year. He’s…
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‘Easy, convenient, cheap’: how single-use plastic rules the world
Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few…
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Australian tourists hospitalized after apparent severe alcohol poisoning in Laos party town
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol poisoning after consuming tainted…
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A Singaporean AI startup is trying to disrupt the 100-year-old market research industry
Artificial intelligence is aiming to disrupt a 100-year-old industry. Finding ways to attract consumers to buy packaged goods stretches back…
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Southeast Asia bears brunt of US trade curbs on Uyghur forced labor
BANGKOK — Southeast Asia is bearing the mounting brunt of U.S. trade curbs aimed at stemming the forced labor of…
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Blinken builds ties with Thailand, Malaysia after turbulence
VIENTIANE, LAOS — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced hope Thursday for cooperation with Thailand and Malaysia after recent…
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Thai headline inflation quickens in September, still below central bank target
People on the Mahanakorn skywalk overlooking Bangkok, shot on March 17, 2023. Lillian Suwanrumpha | Afp | Getty Images Thailand’s…
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From guns to politics: See which factors are deterring travelers from visiting the U.S.
More than 90% of travelers from Southeast Asia say that gun prevalence in the United States influences whether they will…
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