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Former Thai executives return to politics, reaffirm loyalty to ruling party Thailand's ruling party yesterday re-embraced its banned political big guns, gladly receiving them to its fold and welcomed their encouraging show of unwavering loyalty, which is a boost to its … Former Thai executives return to politics, reaffirm loyalty to ruling party
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Roadside bomb injures 17 in southern Thailand BANGKOK (AFP) – Seventeen people including 10 women paramilitary troops and a civilian were injured in a roadside bombing in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, local police said on Monday. Related Stories Michelle Yeoh says not interested in joining Malaysian politics Climbers try to reach jet's black box in Indonesia [...]
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Mandarin teaching campaign kicks off in Thailand (THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK)- Thailand on Friday inaugurated a scheme to boost the teaching of Mandarin to Thai students, under which 1,200 volunteers from China will soon begin providing free or low-cost tutorials, initially at the primary and secondary-school levels. Related Stories Michelle Yeoh says not interested in [...]
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Thailand warned to adapt to 'post-Ayutthaya' Myanmar Thailand needs to wake up if it does not want to be left behind as Myanmar opens up to reform and broadens its engagement with the international community, a Chulalongkorn University seminar was told yesterday. Thailand warned to adapt to 'post-Ayutthaya' Myanmar
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Thailand: striking, transgender and running for office A business-savvy "kathoey" enters politics Patrick Winn You wouldn't know it from this photo, but Yonlada "Nok" Suanyot was born male. And if Nok wins a coming election in a sleepy, largely conservative Thai province, she could become the highest-ranking transgender politician in the country's history. Nok, according [...]
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