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Suspected shooter's modified gun designed to fire blanks - police
Reuters, Published on 04/10/2023
» A teenager suspected of killing two foreign nationals and wounding five others in a Thai shopping mall shooting had modified a handgun that was designed to fire only blanks, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
Temples underwater as floods hit Ayutthaya
Reuters, Published on 06/10/2021
» AYUTTHAYA: Several temples in the historic city of Ayutthaya were underwater on Wednesday, as heavy monsoon rains flooded provinces across the country.
Lawmakers debate long-awaited legislation on torture, abductions
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2021
» Parliament on Wednesday started debating draft legislation outlawing torture and enforced disappearance, following years of delay and civil society outrage over alleged abuses and impunity among law enforcement personnel.
Weeks after Korat massacre, Amnesty report describes conscript abuses
Reuters, Published on 23/03/2020
» Thai military conscripts face widespread violence and sexual assaults, Amnesty International said in a report on Monday, calling the abuse institutionalised and systematically hushed up by the hierarchy.
Mass shooting puts army officers' side deals under scrutiny
Reuters, Published on 12/02/2020
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A soldier's killing of 29 people in a rage over a housing deal involving his superior officer has brought attention to the business dealings of army personnel.
Miracle survivor on mission to buoy up tsunami warning system
Reuters, Published on 22/12/2019
» BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Arif Munandar had been pronounced dead before he woke up in a body bag four days after a monstrous wave swept his village in Indonesia's northern Aceh province 15 years ago.
'Khon' rises from near extinction in Cambodia
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2019
» PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK: Cambodia's centuries-old tradition of masked dance was nearly wiped out by the Khmer Rouge's "Killing Fields" regime, but a handful of artists managed to keep it alive and are now working to pass it along to a new generation.
Thais urged to drop charges over rape complaint posts
Reuters, Published on 07/09/2018
» Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Thai authorities to drop legal cases against 12 people arrested over Facebook posts they shared about a British tourist's complaint that she had been raped on a holiday island.
Facebook losing the war on Myanmar hate speech
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2018
» YANGON: In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told US senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted in Myanmar. The situation was dire.
How two young reporters shook Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 09/08/2018
» YANGON: Late in the afternoon of Dec 12 last year, Wa Lone's cell phone rang. It was a man named Naing Lin, a lance corporal in Myanmar's 8th Security Police Battalion.