Showing 1-10 of 20 results
-
Myanmar coup-fuelled poverty pushes thousands to Thailand
AFP, Published on 06/01/2022
» Trekking through dense jungle and mountainous terrain at night to avoid arrest, one couple from Myanmar endured a gruelling journey to Thailand -- grasping for an economic lifeline as jobs dry up in their coup-hit home.
-
Yellow ducks became protest symbol by accident
AFP, Published on 04/12/2020
» When police mounted a crackdown on a November rally, deploying tear gas and water cannon outside parliament in Bangkok, footage of demonstrators hiding behind giant inflatable ducks went viral.
-
MPs to vote on reforms, day after six protesters shot
AFP, Published on 18/11/2020
» Democracy protesters were set to return to the streets of Bangkok on Wednesday, a day after six of them were shot with live rounds, as lawmakers prepared to vote on possible constitutional reforms.
-
'CIA'-like street-food vendors first on rally scene
AFP, Published on 23/10/2020
» With an intelligence network so good they have been compared to the CIA, street vendors are often first on the scene at "guerilla" democracy protests in Bangkok, where they hawk sour pork and fishballs to a democracy-hungry crowd.
-
Nepal refutes Indian Army's yeti claim
AFP, Published on 03/05/2019
» KATHMANDU: Nepal's army on Friday refuted the Indian military's hairy claim that its soldiers had discovered yeti footprints in the Himalayas, saying it was more likely just a bear.
-
Only known albino orangutan released back into the wild
AFP, Published on 21/12/2018
» JAKARTA: The world’s only known albino orangutan has been released back into the jungle more than a year after she was found emaciated and bloody in a remote corner of Borneo, an Indonesian NGO said Friday.
-
Thai 'Indiana Jones' divers scour Bangkok's murky river for treasure
AFP, Published on 31/07/2018
» BANGKOK: Kneeling before his homemade metal scuba helmet, Bhoomin Samang prays for good fortune before he dives into the day's work -- scouring the bed of Bangkok's Chao Phraya river for sunken treasure.
-
Five wild elephants trample man to death
AFP, Published on 29/06/2018
» A Thai man was trampled to death by five wild elephants near a rubber plantation Friday, police said, the latest deadly encounter in a country where pachyderms are both venerated and feared.
-
Trash-filled turtle highlights ocean crisis
AFP, Published on 11/06/2018
» Startling images of plastic shreds, rubber bands and other debris found jammed in the stomach of a green turtle in Chanthaburi have highlighted the crisis of waste-strewn seas following the widely publicised death of a whale this month.
-
God and good luck guide train travellers in far South
AFP, Published on 27/12/2016
» SUNGAI KOLOK, Narathiwat - For passengers on the 12:33 train from Songkhla's Hat Yai to Sungai Kolok, god and good luck are touchstones for survival.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links