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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2016
Bangkok edges out London as world's top travel destination
Bangkok has beaten London to be crowned the world's most popular travel destination this year, according to an annual ranking by global payments and technology company Mastercard released on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2016
At least 12 dead, dozens missing in Thailand as tourist boat capsizes
At least 12 people have died and dozens are missing in Thailand after a boat carrying 150 Thai Muslims capsized in the ancient tourist city of Ayutthaya, officials said Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 12, 2016
Rehab trumped by crackdowns as war on drugs seen failing in Asia
The Philippines has launched a bloody "war on drugs" that has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighboring Indonesia has declared a "narcotics emergency" and resumed executing drug convicts after a long hiatus.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2016
U.S. should take in Pakistani Christians
Christians who fled persecution in Pakistan now find themselves trapped in Thailand.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 1, 2016
Thai government to resume peace talks with Muslim insurgents
Thailand's military government said on Thursday peace talks with Muslim separatists operating in the far south of the country would resume in Malaysia, but no agreement would be signed unless the insurgents observed a cease-fire.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2016
Thai military junta playing a dangerous blame game
The junta's effort to blame recent terrorist attacks on its political opponents leaves the country more vulnerable to terrorism.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2016
Thailand frees prominent activist after eight years behind bars over royal insult
Thailand has freed a political activist after eight years in jail for insulting the country's widely revered monarchy under its draconian royal defamation laws.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 15, 2016
Thailand detains several people for questioning over deadly blasts
Thailand's army said on Monday it had detained several people for questioning over a wave of deadly bombings in some of the country's best known-beach resorts that killed four people and wounded dozens, including tourists.

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