Thailand

Grieving Thailand to begin king’s official mourning

by Anusak KONGLANG / Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Massive crowds of black-clad Thais lined Bangkok's streets Friday hoping…

Thailand’s mega-rich monarchy

by Sally Mairs BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Late Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej has left behind one of the world's richest…

Tributes for Thai king as concern swirls over nation’s future

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- World leaders paid tribute to Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej as a champion of his people during…

Obama pays tribute to late Thai king as ‘close friend’ of US

PITTSBURGH, United States (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama extended condolences Thursday to Thailand for the death of King Bhumibol…

Thailand’s beloved king, unifying figure, dies at 88

by Apilaporn VECHAKIJ Sally Mairs BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- King Bhumibol Adulyadej, long a unifying figure in politically fractious Thailand,…

Thai junta chief to meet prince as king health fears grow

  by Jerome TAYLOR / Marion THIBAUT BANGKOK, Thailand | AFP | -- Thailand's junta chief said Wednesday he planned…

Thai police sting nets alleged Golden Triangle drug kingpin

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) - A controversial and colourful former guerilla fighter long accused of playing a key role in the…

Ailing Thai king’s health ‘not stable’: palace

  BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Doctors treating Thailand's hospital-bound King Bhumibol Adulyadej placed the ailing monarch on a ventilator this week,…

Thailand considers Zika tests for all pregnant women

  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is considering testing all pregnant women for Zika,…

First Thai babies diagnosed with Zika-linked microcephaly

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Thai health authorities on Friday said microcephaly in two babies was caused by the Zika virus,…

Thai authorities bar Amnesty International talk on torture

BANGKOK, Thailand  (AFP) -- Thai authorities blocked an Amnesty International news conference on torture in the kingdom Wednesday, the watchdog said,…

Thailand rules out Zika link in two microcephaly cases; investigating two

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand ruled out on Wednesday Zika as the cause of two cases of microcephaly but is investigating…

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