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Mothers of Koh Tao convicts beg for clemency
AFP, Published on 24/10/2019
» The mothers of two Myanmar men sentenced to death for the murder of a pair of British backpackers on Koh Tao submitted a plea for clemency from His Majesty the King on Thursday, in a case tainted by claims of irregularities.
Seven suspects arrested for Yala attacks
AFP, Published on 09/11/2019
» Seven suspected rebels have been arrested in the South, authorities said Saturday, as a manhunt sweeps through remote villages for gunmen who killed 15 in an ambush considered the deadliest attack in the yearslong insurgency.
Four-metre king cobra wrestled from sewer in Krabi
AFP, Published on 15/10/2019
» A feisty four-metre king cobra was pulled from a sewer in the southern province of Krabi in an hour-long operation, a rescue foundation said Tuesday, describing the reptile as one of the largest they had ever captured.
Protectionism slammed as Asean leaders rally to trade pact
AFP, Published on 23/06/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made an impassioned plea against protectionism on Sunday at a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders where the fallout from the US-China tariff war has dominated talks.
Burn or spurn? What to do with Western waste
AFP, Published on 05/06/2019
» PARIS: Western countries must increasingly deal with hard to dispose of plastics because China and many southeastern Asian countries no longer want them.
Drones, boats and megabaht: Laos route spews meth into Thailand
AFP, Published on 11/06/2019
» NAKHON PHANOM: As dusk falls along the Mekong River, a nightly dance begins between Thai border security and Laos drug gangs now using drones, scouts and a pool of poor fishermen to shift record amounts of meth into Thailand.
Asean leaders get behind stalled China-led trade pact
AFP, Published on 22/06/2019
» BANGKOK: Asean leaders meeting this weekend in Bangkok are determined to drive forward the world's largest trade pact, more than three years behind schedule, with the trade war between the US and China clouding the outlook for their export-led economies.
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.
Southeast Asian kids targeted by online paedophiles
AFP, Published on 17/05/2019
» Southeast Asia is in the grip of a fresh surge of paedophile activity with predators orchestrating and watching abuse on live-streaming sites and via webcams, and paying for it with near-untraceable cryptocurrency, victims and children's charities warn.
Indigenous Australians take govt to UN over climate change
AFP, Published on 13/05/2019
» SYDNEY: Indigenous residents of low-lying islands off northern Australia will submit a landmark complaint with the United Nations on Monday accusing the government of violating their human rights by failing to tackle climate change.