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Work-from-home order issued as Thai city tops world pollution table

Thai firefighters battle forest blaze

With 'Thirteen Lives,' Ron Howard revisits Thai cave rescue

Over 270 People Die in Traffic Accidents in Thailand During Festival Week - Reports

Over 270 people died in more than 1,900 traffic accidents in Thailand during the Songkran festival, Thai newspaper Bangkok Post reported on Monday, citing the country's ministry of interior

Myanmar's Suu Kyi in good health, lawyer says

Myanmar's Suu Kyi in good health, lawyer says

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears in good health despite two months of detention, her legal team said Wednesday as diplomatic pressure on the military junta ramped up

Myanmar's Suu Kyi in good health, lawyer says

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears in good health despite two months of detention, her legal team said Wednesday as diplomatic pressure on the military junta ramped up

US orders diplomats out of Myanmar as violence spirals

Thailand urges calm after four test positive for virus

All that Jazz: the ex-Buddhist monk meditating his way to golf's Masters

Thailand's Jazz Janewattananond has something special in his bag as he prepares for the US Masters -- the Buddhist meditation techniques learned as a monk that have helped him become the talk of Asian golf

Thai cave reopens for visitors after Wild Boars rescue

Thai junta chief demands action to cut smog

Thailand's junta chief gave the smog-hit northern city of Chiang Mai seven days to crack down on spiralling pollution Tuesday, which has seen the tourist hotspot choke on Asia's most toxic air this week

Thai cops kill smuggler in massive meth bust

Thai cops shot dead a smuggler and seized 15 million meth pills at a checkpoint in Thailand's portion of the "Golden Triangle", officials said Friday, the latest death in an intensifying drug crackdown.

Taiwanese meth cooks driving Mekong drug glut: Thai police

Thai cave to be turned into tourist attraction after soccer boys' miraculous rescue

The cave in northern Thailand where 12 young footballers and their coach had been trapped and miraculously rescued in July will be turned into a world-class tourist attraction, a government official has said

Thai boys rescued from cave appear healthy at press conference

Twelve Thai boys and their football coach who were dramatically rescued from a flooded cave appeared healthy when they appeared before the media for the first time on Wednesday.

Thai cave boys leave hospital ahead of press conference

Twelve boys and their football coach who survived a highly dangerous and dramatic rescue from a flooded Thai cave were discharged from hospital Wednesday ahead of a press conference where they will tell their incredible story for the first time

Thai cave boys discharged from hospital: AFP reporter

Twelve Thai boys and their football coach rescued from a flooded cave were discharged from hospital Wednesday, according to an AFP correspondent, ahead of a press conference where they will tell their story for the first time.

Thai cave boys to leave hospital, speak to media

Twelve boys and their football coach who survived a highly dangerous and dramatic rescue from a flooded cave in Thailand are preparing to leave hospital and speak to the media for the first time

Thai cave boys to leave hospital, speak to media

Twelve boys and their football coach rescued from a cave in Thailand will leave hospital Wednesday and speak to the media for the first time, a government spokesman said.

Brit diver tells of 'massive relief' at unprecedented Thai cave rescue

The British diver who found 12 Thai boys and their coach trapped alive in a flooded cave has described his "massive relief" as he counted them one by one, sparking a rescue bid unprecedented in its daring and complexity.

Pakistan commends successful evacuation of trapped Thai boys

Pakistan Thursday commended the days-long efforts of Thai government which led to the successful evacuation of 12 Thai children and their coach trapped inside the cave in Chiang Rai province.

Thailand cave rescue to be turned into Hollywood movie

The mission to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thai cave is to get the Hollywood treatment in a movie announced by faith-based production house Pure Flix.

Thai boys passed "sleeping" through cave in rescue

The 12 boys rescued from a Thai cave were passed "sleeping" on stretchers through the treacherous passageways, a former Thai Navy SEAL told AFP Wednesday, giving the first clear details of an astonishing rescue mission that has captivated the world.