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| UpdatedThe Buddhist temple where 40 frozen tiger cubs were found in a freezer last year is given a licence by the Thai Government to open a new facility, despite ongoing police investigations, a wildlife protection group says.
Topics: animal-welfare, thailand
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A firebrand monk who helped stoke sectarian conflict in Myanmar throws his support behind the controversial Dhammakaya sect in Thailand, which is currently at odds with law enforcement over money laundering allegations.
Topics: buddhism, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, thailand, burma, asia
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Thai police searching a sprawling temple complex for the fugitive founder of a controversial Buddhist sect find his hospital bed filled with pillows, arranged to resemble a person sleeping under a blanket.
Topics: buddhism, religion-and-beliefs, police, law-crime-and-justice, thailand
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Thousands of police have surrounded a controversial Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok, with orders to raid the complex, February 16, 2017.
Topics: police, corruption, law-crime-and-justice, religion-and-beliefs, thailand
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| UpdatedHundreds of police are searching a giant Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok in the hunt for a former abbot facing charges of conspiracy to launder money.
Topics: police, corruption, law-crime-and-justice, religion-and-beliefs, buddhism, thailand
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An Australian man who pleaded guilty to carelessly driving his rented jet ski into his girlfriend in Phuket releases an emotional letter explaining his decision and his "unbearable sorrow".
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, community-and-society, thailand, australia
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Thailand's national Children's Day has come to represent a celebration of the country's military, but not everyone is on board.
Topics: children, defence-forces, thailand
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| UpdatedAustralian kickboxer Antonio Bagnato will lodge an appeal after being sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of a former Hell's Angels bikie and suspected drug trafficker in Thailand.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, death, thailand, australia
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| UpdatedAn Australian man whose girlfriend was killed when their jet skis collided in Thailand pleads guilty to a charge of recklessly causing death.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, thailand, australia
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Thai police charge an Australian man over a jet ski collision in Phuket that killed his 20-year-old girlfriend.
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Antonio Bagnato, the kickboxer convicted of murdering a suspected drug kingpin in Pattaya, is the first Australian on death row in Thailand in 30 years but experts say he is unlikely to actually face lethal injection.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, international-law, thailand, australia
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| UpdatedA Thai court sentences Antonio Bagnato to death for the kidnapping and murder of former Hells Angels member Wayne Schneider, who was alleged to have been a major drug trafficker.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, thailand
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| UpdatedA 20-year-old Victorian student who died in Thailand after her jet ski collided with one being ridden by her boyfriend is remembered for her "amazing laugh and bubbly personality".
Topics: accidents, thailand, vic, kyabram-3620
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Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, thailand
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A Thai court extends the pre-trial detention of a law student who shared a BBC profile of King Vajiralongkorn, despite an outcry from academics.
Topics: social-media, laws, law-crime-and-justice, thailand
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| UpdatedAn Australian woman has been treated for multiple severe injuries after she got into a motorcycle accident while holidaying in Thailand, but her family says the hospital will not let her leave until the mounting medical bill is paid.
Topics: travel-health-and-safety, travel-and-tourism, accidents, thailand, valla-beach-2448, nsw
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| UpdatedAsia forced to deal with a growing mountain of discarded smartphones and other electronics, amid environmental fears.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, consumer-electronics, recycling-and-waste-management, china, asia, indonesia, cambodia, thailand
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| UpdatedThe death toll from floods in southern Thailand rises to 36 with at least one major hospital, an airport and several highways still closed.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, floods, community-and-society, suicide, mental-health, thailand, pacific, asia
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| UpdatedThailand's PM says the new King is requesting changes to the draft constitution to ensure his royal powers but they have "nothing to do with the rights and freedoms of the people".
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, thailand, asia
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An Australian musician came to the rescue when a Thai guitarist hit hard times and lost her prized instruments.
Topics: human-interest, thailand
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An Australian musician came to the rescue when a Thai guitarist hit hard times and lost her prized instruments.
Topics: human-interest, thailand
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| UpdatedWhen Australian retiree Ray Ingram heard the sad story of a Thai classical guitarist forced to sell her prized instruments to pay for her dying mother's medical treatment, he decided to donate his vintage guitar.
Topics: human-interest, arts-and-entertainment, music, lifestyle-and-leisure, guitar, health, cancer, thailand, australia, asia
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| UpdatedThe Thai Government says it will prosecute nearly 60,000 drink-drivers caught during the New Year period, which claimed 426 lives.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, traffic-offences, police, thailand
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A car accident involving two vehicles in Thailand has left more than 20 people dead.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, road, thailand
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| UpdatedTwenty-five people die when a van and a ute collided and caught fire on a highway in eastern Thailand.
Topics: accidents---other, road, thailand