Thai authorities raid illegal bitcoin mine after power outages
Thai authorities raided an illegal bitcoin mine west of Bangkok after residents complained of frequent blackouts in the area for more than a month, local authorities said Sunday.
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Why Thailand’s Thanathorn isn’t headed to the streets
BANGKOK – Two weeks after Thailand’s Constitutional Court dissolved the election-winning Move Forward Party for campaigning for royal reform, and Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit insists everything is going to plan for his popular progressive movement.
Mudslide in Thailand's Phuket kills 13, officials say
BANGKOK - Thirteen people including a Russian couple died in a mudslide on the Thai resort island of Phuket, the authorities said on Aug 25, after calling off a search for missing persons.
Will Thailand’s new PM seek Chinese funding for land bridge? Definitely, maybe
The speculation came as the country’s youngest prime minister – who turned 38 on Wednesday – mentioned the “deep and friendly relationship” between the two countries at her first press conference on August 18, a gesture seen as presaging more cooperation.
Myanmar's Yoma expands noodle shops to Thailand in restaurant push
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's Yoma Group is bringing a local chain of noodle shops to Thailand this year, growing the conglomerate's restaurant business even amid political turmoil in its home market.
UN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar’s Rohingya civilians trapped by fighting
BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N.’s human rights chief joined a chorus of concern Friday for members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority after many were reported killed in recent fighting between the military government and the Arakan Army, an armed ethnic rebel group.
Two freelance journalists reportedly killed with guerrillas in army raid on home in southern Myanmar
BANGKOK (AP) — Two freelance journalists in the strife-torn nation of Myanmar were killed, one allegedly after being captured, when security forces raided the home of one of them in the southern state of Mon, colleagues and media reports said Friday.
Thai plane crash: All feared dead, including 5 Chinese tourists
BANGKOK — Thai rescuers used hoes on Friday (Aug 23) to search muddy, forested terrain for debris and the remains of nine people aboard a charter flight that crashed the day before, authorities said, with all the travellers presumed dead.