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Two Bangkok monks charged with abusing novices
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Two Bangkok monks charged with abusing novices

Two monks have been arrested at a well-known temple in the Charoen Krung area of Bangkok on charges of sexual abusing novice monks, with seven victims identified and over 100 explicit video clips…

Anutin returns to power with broad backing
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Anutin returns to power with broad backing

Weeks before ​the Feb 8 general election, Anutin Charnvirakul stood at a rally in Bangkok ‌and declared that his Bhumjaithai Party should be the automatic choice for any patriotic Thai.

Morocco’s U19 Boxing Team Wins Four Bronze Medals at World Boxing Championships
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Morocco’s U19 Boxing Team Wins Four Bronze Medals at World Boxing Championships

Morocco’s U19 national boxing team secured four bronze medals at the World Boxing U19 Championships (also known as the World Boxing Futures Cup) held from March 8 to 15 at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok, Thailand. The competition is an international amateur boxing tournament for athletes under the age of 19 organized by World […] The post Morocco’s U19 Boxing Team Wins Four Bronze Medals at World Boxing Championships appeared first on Morocco World News.

Inside the coconut cartel: how Chinese money squeezes Thai farmers
BusinessSCMP5d ago

Inside the coconut cartel: how Chinese money squeezes Thai farmers

Hands knotted by a lifetime of hard work, Supon Haochareon says Thai farmers in his position do not get to retire. Instead, the 81-year-old and his wife Lamduan, 74, must tend more than 300 trees in Samut Sakhon, an hour west of Bangkok, agonising each year as prices slump and their coconuts grow smaller in the withering heat. This month brought the lowest prices on record: two baht (six US cents) per coconut – less than a stick of chewing gum – virtually wiping out all profit from their...

Your horoscope for Mar 13-19
CultureBangkok Post7d ago

Your horoscope for Mar 13-19

Your spot-on horoscope for work, money and relationship from Guru by the Bangkok Post's famously accurate fortune teller. Let's see how you will fare this week and beyond.

Mistaken for drunks, left to die: Thailand’s police have a deadly blind spot
WorldSCMP10d ago

Mistaken for drunks, left to die: Thailand’s police have a deadly blind spot

Warissara* survived the crash. It was the next four hours that killed her. The 21-year-old had been riding home from her restaurant job on the night of February 20 last year, caught in heavy rain on a slick Bangkok road, when she came off her motorbike. Emergency responders who arrived at the scene found only a few visible scratches – and detected the smell of alcohol. She had no identification on her. The call was made: send her to the police station, not the hospital. She arrived at...

‘You can’t hide from the invisible’: why Bangkok police make arrests in disguise
WorldThe Guardian20d ago

‘You can’t hide from the invisible’: why Bangkok police make arrests in disguise

Critics claim the operations are geared at social media, but police say they have enabled real arrests Police officers from Bangkok’s metropolitan bureau had less than 24 hours to prepare for their latest undercover operation. They would be starring as performers of a lion dance at a temple fair held for the lunar new year. Their mission: track down and arrest a suspected thief who had a history of evading officers. “The dance was spontaneous. We just did what we did,” said the police captain...

Red Velvet’s Irene to release 1st solo LP: report
CultureKorea Herald21d ago

Red Velvet’s Irene to release 1st solo LP: report

Irene of Red Velvet will make a comeback as a solo singer in late March, according to a local media report Friday. She is preparing to roll out her first solo full-length album, more than a year after her first solo endeavor, “Like A Flower.” The eight-track album sold over 250,000 copies on the day of release and topped the iTunes Top Albums Chart in 21 regions. As a member of Red Velvet, she participated in label SM Entertainment’s all-star show, SM Town Live 2025-26, in Bangkok earlier this m

SHINee’s Minho drops single in Japan
CultureKorea Herald24d ago

SHINee’s Minho drops single in Japan

Minho of SHINee is publishing two solo singles in Japanese on Wednesday, SM Entertainment said Tuesday. He is set to drop “Flawless” and “Sunkissed” as digital singles, both conveying warmth to listeners. Minho gave fans at two meetups in Japan last month an early chance to listen to the songs. The two fan meetings held in Yokohama were his first such event in three years. Earlier this month, he participated in the label’s SM Town Live group concerts in Fukuoka, Japan and Bangkok. His latest sol

Thai police go undercover as lion dancers to catch thief
PoliticsThe Guardian29d ago

Thai police go undercover as lion dancers to catch thief

Officers devise unusual plan to arrest man suspected of stealing about $64,000 worth of Buddhist artefacts Thai police donned a lion dance costume during this week’s lunar new year festivities to arrest a man accused of stealing about $64,000 worth of Buddhist artefacts. Dressed as a red-and-yellow lion, officers made the arrest on Wednesday evening after responding to a report this month of a home burglary in the suburbs of Bangkok. Continue reading...

Gold shop safety measures expanded
BusinessBangkok Post1d ago

Gold shop safety measures expanded

As gold prices reach record highs due to the war in the Middle East, police are stepping up efforts to prevent robberies targeting gold shops in Bangkok and other major cities.

CultureBangkok Post13d ago

Cash-in-the-trash chaos at entrance exam

A controversy has erupted over the strict rules set for those taking the exam for admission to Matthayom Suksa 4 (Grade 10) at a prestigious Bangkok school after some students had to discard cash in…

KHNP and EGAT Expand SMR Cooperation in Southeast Asia
TechnologyKorea Herald14d ago

KHNP and EGAT Expand SMR Cooperation in Southeast Asia

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) jointly hosted a small modular reactor (SMR) technology seminar in Bangkok to expand bilateral cooperation in next-generation nuclear technology.

PoliticsBangkok Post14d ago

Election Commission answers police ballot probe queries

The Election Commission (EC) has submitted written responses to 30 police questions as part of an investigation into allegations that several individuals photographed ballot papers and attempted to decode ballot barcodes during a recent re-poll in Bangkok.

&Team to launch Asia tour
CultureKorea Herald24d ago

&Team to launch Asia tour

Boy group &Team is set to embark on a tour of 11 cities across Asia, according to agency YX Label Tuesday. The nine-member act will begin the tour in Kanagawa, Japan on May 13, and hop around more cities in the country. It will perform in Incheon on July 4 and 5, about a year after its last concert in Seoul, before flying to Bangkok and Singapore for shows in July and August, respectively. The group's first tour in Asia attracted more than 160,000 fans last year and its debut album in Korea roll

EC files complaint over obstruction of re-count
PoliticsBangkok Post22d ago

EC files complaint over obstruction of re-count

The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday filed a police complaint against members of the public who observed a vote re-count at a polling unit in Bangkok's Kannayao district, alleging their actions compromised the secrecy of the ballot.

G-Dragon’s media show drew 250,000 fans worldwide
CultureKorea Herald24d ago

G-Dragon’s media show drew 250,000 fans worldwide

G-Dragon’s yearlong “Ubermensch” media exhibition wrapped up in Bangkok, logging over 250,000 visitors, Galaxy Corp. said Tuesday. Incorporating state-of-the-art technology into the message from the artist’s third solo studio album of the same title, the interactive show blurred the line between exhibition and performance, inviting viewers to participate. The exhibition was unveiled in Seoul in March last year and traveled to 10 cities across Asia, including Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangk