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How did so many Thai farmers end up held hostage by Hamas?

Jan. 30, 2025 06:59 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — Five Thai nationals held hostage by Hamas since its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel were released on Thursday. They were among 31 Thais taken by the militant group, of whom 23 have already been released. Another two have been confirmed dead, and the status of one...

US aid freeze leads to suspension of health care to Myanmar refugees in Thailand

Jan. 29, 2025 11:51 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — A 90-day freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump has led to cuts in services to refugees from war-torn Myanmar, including the shutdown of hospital care in camps in Thailand where more than 100,000 are living, activists and Thai officials said...

South Korean plane crash report says bird remains were found in engines, but no cause yet revealed

Jan. 27, 2025 04:20 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane's engines, though officials haven’t determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board. The preliminary...

Thai authorities seek to ease air pollution in capital by offering free public transport

Jan. 25, 2025 05:21 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities have made travel by public transport in Bangkok free for a week starting Saturday, the latest tactic to try to tackle soaring levels of air pollution that have already seen hundreds of schools closed and employees working from home. The travel...

Thais send smuggled tortoises home to Tanzania as evidence against suspected wildlife traffickers

Jan. 24, 2025 05:56 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — More than a hundred baby tortoises, most of them dead, have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a case against a wildlife smuggling network, the international police organization Interpol said Friday. The 116 tortoises were discovered hidden in the...

Thai LGBTQ+ couples register marriages as law gives them equal status

Jan. 23, 2025 11:47 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand made Thursday a life-changing occasion, registering their marriages legally on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples. The enactment of the Marriage Equality Act makes Thailand the...

Boxer who was Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist is jailed for sexual assault of a minor

Jan. 23, 2025 09:36 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — The boxer who became Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist was convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced on Thursday to just over three years in prison. Somluck Kamsing, 52, was sentenced by the provincial court in Khon Kaen, his home...

AP PHOTOS: Same-sex couples in Thailand share their joy over new marriage equality law

Jan. 23, 2025 00:28 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — It's a big day for LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand. On Thursday, they gained the legal right to register their marriages, making it the first country in Southeast Asia and the third place in Asia to recognize same-sex unions, after Taiwan and Nepal. In central Bangkok, a...

LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand register their marriages on the first day of law giving them equal status

Jan. 22, 2025 20:04 PM EST
BANGKOK (AP) — LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand register their marriages on the first day of law giving them equal status.

Justin Thomas is asking fellow PGA Tour players to give more access to broadcast partners

Jan. 21, 2025 15:26 PM EST

The PGA Tour starts its network television schedule this week with CBS at Torrey Pines for the first of its 19 tournaments. And it already has received a boost from Justin Thomas. Just over a year ago, Thomas was hesitant to get involved with tour policy, preferring others to carry...