Thailand’s poorest hail US$14 billion cash handout scheme - ‘we can breathe’
Sopak next paid down debts and helped neighbours in her close-knit community in Isaan region who did not qualify for the cash handout this time around.
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Operator of a Thai bus that caught fire and killed 23 is charged, as investigators suspect gas leak
BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand on Friday said they have filed criminal charges against a bus operator in connection with a bus fire that killed 23 young students and teachers on a school trip earlier this week, as investigations suggested a gas leak may have caused the blaze.
Two killed as slow-moving Typhoon Krathon lumbers into southern Taiwan
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A small town in central Thailand is mourning the 23 who died in a school bus fire
LAN SAK, Thailand (AP) — A small town in central Thailand prepared for a somber mass funeral Thursday for the 23 children and teachers who died in a horrific bus fire while on a school trip.
In South Korea, deepfake porn wrecks women’s lives and deepens gender conflict
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Three years after the 30-year-old South Korean woman received a barrage of online fake images that depicted her nude, she is still being treated for trauma. She struggles to talk with men. Using a mobile phone brings back the nightmare.
2 Killed as Typhoon Krathon Drenches Taiwan Before Landfall
Two people have been killed and over 120 have been injured as Typhoon Krathon inches toward Taiwan’s populous southwestern coast, bringing torrential rain and heavy winds that have caused landslides and floods, the authorities said on Thursday.
Yale's Stephen Roach: Markets are in danger of being 'whipsawed' by Middle East conflict, U.S. unemployment
Markets are in danger of being "whipsawed" by the combination of regional conflict in the Middle East and rising unemployment in the United States, says Stephen Roach, senior fellow at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center.