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Cambodia bans fruit imports and soap operas from Thailand as border dispute sours
The border dispute has led to a surge in nationalist sentiment and tit-for-tat actions by both governments Cam…
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A Useful Ghost: Recognised in Cannes, Thai director hopes film stirs political debate at home
The film, about a women who dies and whose spirit returns by possessing a vacuum cleaner, explores power and p…
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In Thailand, where mysticism thrives, AI fortune telling finds fertile ground
A growing number of young Thais are turning to AI tools such as ChatGPT for answers about their futureWhen Wha…
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Xi Jinping seeks to strengthen economic ties during tour of south-east Asia
President’s first stop is Vietnam as China urges US to end trade war and return to ‘right path of mutual respe…
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Aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake – a visual guide
The 7.7 magnitude quake on Friday wrought destruction across central areas of the country, including the capit…
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Myanmar earthquake: woman trapped for days pulled alive from the rubble
Brief moment of relief as rescue workers carry a woman from the rubble of a hotel in Mandalay after a five-hou…
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‘I must have hope’: the families waiting for news of loved ones after Bangkok tower collapse
Rescue workers in Thai capital are frantically searching for 78 missing amid rubble as their loved ones watch …
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Scramble to free survivors as death toll passes 1,600 after Myanmar earthquake
Woman pulled to safety after 30 hours trapped in building a rare glimmer of hope in midst of devastation• ‘No …
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Myanmar junta’s promise of elections denounced as ‘sham’ by experts
There are fears military will deploy further violence in run-up to any poll, which is unlikely to be viewed as…
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Demining to democracy: how Trump’s foreign aid freeze will affect south-east Asia
US funding provides humanitarian assistance to a region vulnerable to natural disasters and support for pro-de…
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‘I am so proud’: Joy as Thailand’s same-sex couples can marry at last
Marriage equality laws come into force, with hundreds of couples tying the knot in special wedding eventsMore …
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Mother of Thai man held in Gaza pleads for his release
Wiwwaeo Sriaoun, whose son Watchara is one of six Thais held by Hamas, says ceasefire deal has given her more …
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Thai prime minister declares £324m in assets including 217 designer handbags
Paetongtarn Shinawatra made required wealth declaration to national anti-corruption commissionThailand’s prime…
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Critic wrongly jailed by former president of Philippines hopes to return to politics
Leila de Lima enraged Rodrigo Duterte when she began investigating killings carried out during his ‘war on dru…
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Filipino death row prisoner to return home after 15 years in Indonesian jail
Mary Jane Veloso was sentenced to death after she was found guilty of drug trafficking in 2010A Filipino migra…