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  5 killed in Bangkok building collapse

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 01:22am on April 04, 2021

  A Bangkok residence building collapsed on Saturday, killing at least four rescue workers and a resident, according to an emergency worker. The three-story house, located...

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  Thai coffin-maker kickflips his caskets into skateboards

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 11:46am on March 24, 2021

  From a final resting place for the dead to a gnarly way to land a trick, a Thai coffin-maker is affixing Buddhist emblems to the...

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  Thai demonstrators clash with police over demand for royal reforms

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 10:18pm on March 20, 2021

  Thai police used water cannon and rubber bullets outside Bangkok’s Grand Palace Saturday, after demonstrators broke through a barricade of shipping containers to demand reforms...

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  Hundreds protest royal defamation laws in Thailand

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 10:07pm on March 07, 2021

  Hundreds marched in Bangkok and lit ceremonial fires in front of a courthouse on Saturday to protest Thailand’s draconian royal defamation law and the jailing...

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  Protesters demand Thai PM’s resignation

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 10:51pm on February 28, 2021

  Police used water cannon and tear gas against pro-democracy protesters in Bangkok on Sunday, outside a military barracks containing the Thai prime minister’s residence. A...

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  Myanmar junta’s FM in talks with Thailand, Indonesia

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 11:56pm on February 24, 2021

  The Myanmar junta’s foreign minister visited Thailand on Wednesday as regional powers tried to broker an end to three weeks of deadly unrest triggered by...

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  Thai PM faces no-confidence debate inside, outside parliament

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 10:11pm on February 19, 2021

  Protesters outside Thailand’s parliament held their own version of a no-confidence debate against premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha Friday night, as inside, opposition MPs rained a torrent...

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  Thai PM faces no-confidence vote amid renewed protests

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 11:23pm on February 16, 2021

  Thai premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha faced a torrent of vitriol from opposition MPs Tuesday over his handling of a pandemic-bruised economy, amid a renewed push from...

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  Thai protesters return to streets calling for royal reforms

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 11:43pm on February 13, 2021

  Thai pro-democracy protesters scaled a massive Bangkok monument Saturday, draping it in a crimson cloth and calling for the kingdom to abolish its draconian royal...

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  Thai opposition figure vows to fight on despite royal defamation case

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 11:14pm on January 21, 2021

  A billionaire Thai opposition figure accused of defaming the country’s monarchy has vowed to keep campaigning for reform, despite facing what he dubbed a ‘politically...