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  • Princess Bajrakitiyabha greets royalist supporters outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok on November 1, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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    Thai princess dies at 47 following years-long coma, Royal Palace says
  • A prison vehicle carrying Yusufu Mieraili and Bilal Mohammed, also known as Adem Karadag, who were charged over the deadly 2015 Bangkok arrive at the South Bangkok Criminal Court on June 11, 2026.
    Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters
    Thai court sentences two Uyghur men to death for 2015 Bangkok bombing
  • Members of a rescue team work to save seven people trapped in a cave, at a location given as Xaisomboun Province, Laos, in this handout image released May 25, 2026.
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    Metta Tham Kalasin Rescue/Handout/Reuters
    Live Updates Four more villagers freed from flooded cave in Laos
  • Kengkard Bongawong, Head of the Metta Tham Kalasin Rescue, reacts as he comes out from the cave after finding out five people were alive, as the rescue team works to save trapped people in a cave, in Xaisomboun Province, Laos, May 27, 2026, in this screengrab taken from a handout video.
    Metta Tham Kalasin Rescue/Handout via Reuters
    They were trapped looking for gold in a flooded cave. How were they found and will they be rescued?
  • Members of a rescue team work to save seven people trapped in a cave, at a location given as Xaisomboun Province, Laos, in this handout image released May 25, 2026. Metta Tham Kalasin Rescue/Handout via REUTERS  THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT.  VERIFICATION Location and date not verified  According to the rescue team, the coordinate of the cave is at the coordinates of 19.069727, 102.969711 Trees, the shed, machines and staff members matched with corroborating social media videos The state-run Lao Phattana News confirmed the engagement of Thai rescue team in the cave No earlier version of the visuals was posted online before May 25 and May 26
    Metta Tham Rescue Kalasin/AP
    Cave divers race to free 7 trapped underground in Laos as conditions worsen. What to know
  • Locals and tourists raise their water guns as they celebrate the Songkran holiday which marks the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand.
    Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters
    Fed up with bad behavior, Thailand reduces visa-free length for over 90 countries, including the US
  • Emergency services work at a site where a train collided with a bus, several cars and motorcycles in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday.
    Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
    At least eight dead, 25 injured in train collision that sparked bus fire in Thailand
  • Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks at the Splash Soft Power Forum in Bangkok, Thailand on July 9, 2025.
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    The house always wins: How the establishment finally came out on top in Thailand
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  • There were a whopping 30.3 million international trips to Bangkok in 2025, Euromonitor International estimates.
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    Bangkok is the world’s most visited city. But badly behaved tourists are creating problems in Asia
    Dec 6, 2025
  • A customer browses wine at a supermarket in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 9, 2020.
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    Thailand lifts ban on afternoon alcohol sales in time for year-end holiday festivities
    Dec 4, 2025
  • A drone view shows traffic blocked by vehicles parked on a road to escape floodwaters in Hat Yai district, Songkhla province, Thailand on November 30, 2025.
    Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
    ‘Like a tsunami’: Asia reels from deadly cyclones and monsoon rains
    Dec 3, 2025
  • Vientiane's Patuxai monument is arguably the city's most famous landmark.
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    Visiting Vientiane, the world’s youngest Communist capital
    Dec 2, 2025
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  • <p>A national emergency has been declared in the Philippines as the war in the Middle East causes fuel prices to surge. South Korea has been grappling with energy restraints, implementing a nationwide energy saving campaign while Thailand has also asked employees to ditch suits in offices and lower air conditioning. CNN's Kristi Lu Stout reports on the Asian countries feeling the impact of a war thousands of miles away. </p>
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    Video Philippines becomes first country to declare national emergency over Middle East war 2:37
    Mar 25, 2026
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    Video Dozens of tigers die from virus outbreak in Thailand 0:46
    Feb 26, 2026
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    Video More than a dozen killed by falling crane 0:32
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