Songkran Festival: Deaths and Disorder Rise
By Staff Correspondent BANGKOK/PATTAYA, Thailand — What should be a week of renewal, reverence and national celebration has, in its …
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Thailand Braces for Fuel Strain Before Songkran
BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand is confronting a difficult convergence of economic pressure and holiday-season urgency as a sudden rise in …
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South Korea: BTS Returns to the Global Stage
SEOUL, South Korea— BTS, the South Korean pop group whose hiatus reshaped the economics of K-pop, returned to the stage …
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Thailand Marks National Elephant Day
BANGKOK, Thailand — Across Thailand on Friday, ceremonies, educational programs and conservation campaigns mark National Elephant Day, a distinctive holiday …
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A New Year, and the Question of Our Common Future
As the year ends, we wish our readers peaceful holidays and a hopeful New Year. But the arrival of 2026 …
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