Thai authorities have seized more than $500,000 worth of rhino horn from passenger’s luggage at a Bangkok airport.
The Thai man who shot a British tourist at a New Year beach party has apologised for killing him.
Ekkapan Kaewkla told a court he was aiming at rival gangsters when Stephen Ashton, 22, was hit.
Human Rights Watch has urged Thailand not to deport 73 Rohingya Muslims back to Burma, where they have been the target of recent sectarian violence, and to reveal where the migrants were taken after being intercepted by Thai authorities earlier this week.
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THE Capital’s Thai and Buddhist communities are in shock today following a horrific car smash on Christmas Eve which claimed the lives of three monks.
The Buddhist monks, who were originally from Thailand, died when the car they were travelling in was involved in a head-on crash on the A68, around a mile and a half south of Pathhead, at around 7.30am.
A COUPLE have flown halfway around the world to spend their first Christmas with their son in 18 years after he was freed following a nightmare legal battle
Lee Chestnutt, 41, has today described the moment a Thai court threw out an appeal against him for allegedly stealing property from a landlord in Bangkok.
THE monks of this northern Thai village no longer perform one of the defining rituals of Buddhism: the early-morning walk through the community to collect food. Instead, the temple’s abbot dials a restaurant and has a takeaway delivered.
Welcome back to my online diary documenting my very amateur experience training in Muay Thai. If you missed the previous entries on Bloody Elbow, read them.
It’s been just about two years since I started this training. Over the course of those years, I have seen points where things accelerate, points where things stay the same. This week proved to be an interesting acceleration point in my journey.
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The 16 semi-finalists for the title of Miss Universe 2012 will be revealed Thursday morning when the annual pageant is broadcast from the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada at 10am Thailand time.