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Bangkok hit by flash floods

Areas of Thailand's capital, Bangkok have been severely disrupted after being hit by flash floods. The floods triggered by an overnight downpour were the heaviest Bangkok had seen in 25 years and overwhelmed the city's drainage system.

15/10/2017

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Elephants help mark year since Thai kings' death

Elephants help mark year since Thai kings' death

13/10/2017

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Thailand pays hommage to late King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Thailand on Friday held a nationwide Buddhist alms giving ceremony to mark the passage of a year since the death of its revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej,

13/10/2017

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Meet the stray dogs using technology to keep the streets safe

Stray dogs in Thailand are using technology to keep the streets safe

04/09/2017

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Phuket crocodile caught

The croc had been cruising the sea for two days.

01/09/2017

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Officials seize over 100 pangolins in Thailand

Thai officials seize over 100 pangolins and 450kg of scales from the endangered animal.

31/08/2017

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Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra flees rather than face court

Her lawyer says she was absent because of an ear problem, but sources close to Yingluck Sinawatra say that she has already fled the country.

25/08/2017

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A night behind bars

17/08/2017

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Buffalos plough through eastern Thailand in annual race

Buffalo race ploughs through Thailand's Chonburi Province.

16/07/2017

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25 wounded in Bangkok military hospital bomb blast

Police in Thailand say a bomb blast at a Bangkok army hospital on Monday has wounded 25 people.

22/05/2017

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Car bomb explodes outside Thai supermarket

Muslim militants fighting for a separate state in the south of the predominantly Buddhist country are suspected of carrying out the attack in the city of Pattani.

09/05/2017

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Violent crime videos pile pressure on Facebook

Never before has it been so easy to put pictures and video on the internet.

27/04/2017

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Thai man kills baby on Facebook Live before taking his own life

Wuttisan Wongtalay filmed himself killing his 11-month-old daughter in Phuket

25/04/2017

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Elephants make a splash ahead of Thai New Year

Elephants in Thailand’s ancient capital of Ayutthaya sprayed water from their trunks at people on Tuesday (April 11), ahead of the start of Thailand’s traditional New…

12/04/2017

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Rare breeding tigers caught on camera in Thailand

These images of rarely seen Indochinese tigers in eastern Thailand have excited conservationists.

29/03/2017

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Couples in Thailand run for big money wedding prizes

The Running of the Brides in Thailand saw 250 couples complete a four kilometre (2.

26/03/2017

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Tragic end for 'Piggy Bank' turtle in Thailand

The 25-year-old turtle died from blood poisoning related to surgery to remove coins from her stomach.

21/03/2017

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Thailand: March 13 – Elephant Day!

Around 60 elephants at Ayutthaya in Thailand enjoy a fruit buffet to mark Elephant Day, which raises awareness to end their exploitation.

13/03/2017

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Thai turtle swallows hundreds of coins

A 25-year-old sea turtle has undergone surgery in Thailand after swallowing 915 metal coins.

07/03/2017

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Thai turtle swallows over 900 "goodluck coins"

A 25.

06/03/2017

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Watch: Thai vets remove nearly 1,000 coins from turtle

Vets say she ate the coins after they were thrown into her pool for good luck.

06/03/2017

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Cobra Gold: a taste of the jungle

About 100 US Marines joined a “jungle survival” class on Friday (February 17) as part of a 10-day joint military exercise in Thailand designed to teach them the essence of how to survive in the tropic

18/02/2017

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Taming cobras and drinking their blood, marines learn to survive in the jungle

While the rest of world was celebrating Valentine’s Day on February 14, military personnel from the US and 29 other countries were in Thailand attending the 36th jungle survival exercise ‘Cobra…

17/02/2017

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Watch: Thai baby elephant gets water-based treatment for injured foot

A baby elephant took a tentative dip in a swimming pool in Thailand on Thursday as part of a lengthy rehabilitation process to heal her injured foot.

05/01/2017

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Thailand: memorial events held for victims of 2004 Asian tsunami

Memorial events were held on 26 December in several parts of Thailand, including in Phuket, Phang-nga and Krabi, for the victims of the 2004 tsunami.

26/12/2016

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Over a dozen dead in southern Thailand as floods threaten tourist season

Severe flooding across a large part of southern Thailand has killed more than a dozen people after several days of heavy rain.

06/12/2016