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This screengrab from Thai TV Pool video taken on 4 May, 2019 shows Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn attending the royal purification ceremony during his coronation in Bangkok. Picture: AFP.

Thai government

Thailand holds ornate coronation ceremonies for king

By AFP

The king was joined by new Queen Suthida after a surprise announcement three days before the coronation that the thrice-divorced monarch had married for a...

  • Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun. Picture: @rahaf84427714/Twitter

    Thai court rejects bid to block deportation of Saudi woman

    Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun told AFP she ran away from her family while travelling in Kuwait because they subjected her to physical and psychological abuse.

    1267 days ago
  • A miraculous rescue: All 12 boys and their coach have been rescued from a flooded Thai cave. Picture: CNN screengrab

    'Stateless' Thai cave boys and coach granted citizenship

    Their 25-year-old coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, also gained citizenship.

    1419 days ago
  • A miraculous rescue: All 12 boys and their coach have been rescued from a flooded Thai cave. Picture: CNN screengrab

    Thailand's cave boys wake up at home for first time in weeks

    The 12 boys, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach were discharged from a hospital in the northern province of Chiang Rai on Wednesday and later made their first public appearance.

    1439 days ago
  • This handout video grab taken from footage released by The Royal Thai Navy late 2 July 2018, shows missing children inside the Tham Luang cave of Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province. Picture: AFP.

    Found alive on 10th day, Thai boys' cave ordeal not over

    Divers struggled through narrow passages and murky waters to discover the boys late on Monday night on an elevated rock about 4 kilometers from the mouth of the cave.

    1455 days ago
  • File: Activist Somyot Prueksakasemsuk reacts as he arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok on 23 January 2013. Picture: AFP.

    Thailand frees former magazine editor jailed for royal insult

    Somyot Prueksakasemsuk who was the editor of a political magazine 'Voice of Taksin' had been jailed in 2013 for 10 years under Thailand’s lese-majeste law, but the Supreme Court reduced his sentence in 2017.

    1519 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    Thailand arrests 10 Russians who ran sex training course in Pattaya

    The group will be charged with working in Thailand without permission but not for conducting the course, police said.

    1581 days ago
  • FILE: Partygoers on Haad Rin beach the morning after a Full Moon Party on the southern island of Ko Phangan, Thailand. Picture: AFP

    Thailand bans smoking, littering at popular tourist beaches

    A law that came into force on Thursday is aimed at tackling this problem, said Bannaruk Sermthong, a director at the Office of Marine and Coastal Resources Management.

    1607 days ago
  • Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn (C) takes part in a funeral procession where the relics and ashes of his father the late Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej will be transferred to the Grand Palace from the Royal Crematorium in Bangkok on October 27, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Late Thai king's remains returned to palace after night of tears

    His son, new King Maha Vajiralongkorn, presided over the burning of his father’s remains in a golden crematorium at a late-night ceremony in the Thai capital on Thursday.

    1704 days ago
  • Mourners dressed in black walk through the grounds of the Grand Palace on their way to the throne hall to pay respects to the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in Bangkok on 29 October, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Thailand rehearses lavish $90m funeral for late king

    The procession rehearsal, which was expected to take up to five hours, passed crowds of black-clad mourners in Bangkok’s historic quarter.

    1710 days ago
  • FILE. Thailand invited countries to an agreement to have foreign incarcerated citizens repatriated. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    SA prisoners in Thailand want to be repatriated

    Thailand invited countries to enter into an agreement to have foreign incarcerated citizens repatriated.

    2518 days ago
  • FILE:Thai soldiers stand guard after army chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha met with anti-government and pro-government leaders at the Army Club in Bangkok on 22 May 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Thai army likens its intervention to Myanmar's

    The country's military justified its intervention by the need to restore stability after months of unrest.

    2915 days ago
  • FILE: A Thai general election is unlikely to go ahead in July after renewed unrest. Picture: AFP.

    Unrest means Thai July election unlikely

    The acting prime minister was forced by protesters to flee a meeting with electoral officers

    2965 days ago
  • Thai anti-government protesters march in the streets during a rally in Bangkok on 23 January, 2014. Defiant Thai opposition protesters vowed to ignore a state of emergency that came into force across the tense capital on 22 January, refusing to abandon their fight to bring down the government. Picture: AFP.

    Interim Thai PM hopeful of election re-run

    Boonsongphaisan told media the government would meet the commission to decide the best date.

    2968 days ago
  • Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in Bangkok on 10 December, 2013. Picture: AFP.

    Embattled Thai PM pleads for justice

    Yingluck Shinawatra faces two legal cases that could see her removed from office in coming weeks.

    3002 days ago
  • Officials say a thorough check will be conducted to confirm if the woman is a South African citizen. Picture: Stock.XCHNG.

    SA official to visit drug mule in Bangkok

    Officials say a check will be conducted to confirm if the woman is a SA citizen.

    3003 days ago
  • FILE:Police said about 100 protesters had been arrested in an early morning operation. Picture: AFP.

    Three killed in Bangkok clashes

    Thai police confirmed 100 protesters were arrested in an early morning operation.

    3051 days ago
  • Sunday’s poll has been challenged by the main opposition Democrat Party, which boycotted voting. Picture: AFP.

    Thai officials to fix disrupted election

    Sunday’s poll has been challenged by the main opposition Democrat Party, which boycotted voting.

    3063 days ago
  • The government decided on Tuesday to press ahead with the February elections amid protests. Picture: Twitter.

    10,000 police to secure Thai voting

    The government decided on Tuesday to press ahead with the February elections amid protests.

    3071 days ago
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