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News Articles: Thailand

Various species of sharks, some of which are endangered, while others are listed as vulnerable, hauled on shore at dawn by commercial fishermen at the Tanjung Luar port on Monday, June 9, 2025, in East Lombok, Indonesia. Tanjung Luar is one of the largest shark markets in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, from where shark fins are exported to other Asian markets, primarily Hong Kong and China, was bones are used in cosmetic products also sold to China. Shark meat and skins are consumed locally as an important …

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Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis

A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.

April 18, 2026
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  • Nicole Tung
Voters look at candidates listed on a display board before entering a voting station for the general election in Bangkok, on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026.

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Thailand counts votes in early election with 3 main parties vying for power

Vote counting was underway in Thailand's early general election on Sunday, seen as a three-way race among competing visions of progressive, populist and old-fashioned patronage politics.

February 08, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
A Thai police officer splashes water to control fire Thursday at a house in Surin Province, which Thai local security forces say was damaged by a Cambodian artillery strike.

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  • Asia

Thai and Cambodian leaders renew a ceasefire after deadly clashes, Trump says

Trump announced the agreement to restart the ceasefire in a social media posting on Friday following calls with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.

December 12, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Miss Mexico Fátima Bosch celebrates winning the 2025 Miss Universe pageant, hosted in Thailand, on Friday.

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A new Miss Universe is crowned, weeks after she left a pageant event in protest

This year's Miss Universe competition, held in Bangkok, was marred by a series of dramatic incidents, from a contestant's livestreamed walkout to a now former judge's allegations of rigging.

November 21, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, right, watch as Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, second left, and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet hold up a document after the ceremonial signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025.

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  • Asia

Trump attends ceasefire ceremony with Thailand and Cambodia during Malaysia visit

Thailand and Cambodia have signed an expanded ceasefire agreement during a ceremony attended by President Donald Trump.

October 26, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at Criminal Court for a verdict for allegedly defaming the monarchy in Bangkok on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025.

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  • Asia

Thai court acquits ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of royal defamation charge

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was acquitted of a royal defamation charge by a court on Friday, in a case that could have sent him to prison for up to 15 years.

August 22, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo released by The Government Spokesman Office, Thailand's acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, front, departs from Military Airport in Bangkok, to Malaysia, to attend a meeting to discuss regional peace at the Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia, with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on July 28, 2025.

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Cambodian and Thai leaders hold ceasefire talks in Malaysia

Ceasefire talks have started between Thai and Cambodian leaders in Malaysia in an urgent effort to resolve deadly border clashes that entered a fifth day despite mounting international calls for peace.

July 28, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Thai residents who fled homes following clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers rest at an evacuation center in Surin province, Thailand, Sunday, July 27, 2025.

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Thai and Cambodian leaders to meet in Malaysia for talks to end deadly border dispute

Thai and Cambodian leaders will meet in Malaysia for talks to end hostilities, a spokesperson for the Thai prime minister's office said on Sunday.

July 27, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at Government House for a cabinet meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday.

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  • Asia

Court suspends Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Paetongtarn has faced growing dissatisfaction over her handling of the latest border dispute with Cambodia, involving an armed confrontation on May 28 in which one Cambodian soldier was killed.

July 01, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Co arrives on a wheelchair at Bang Sue Police Station in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday to surrender to police on criminal negligence charges for the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise during a March 28 earthquake.

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  • Asia

Construction magnate surrenders to police over Bangkok tower collapse in earthquake

Ninety-two people were confirmed dead in the rubble of the building. The building was the only one in Thailand to collapse in the earthquake that was centered in neighboring Myanmar.

May 16, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A damaged pagoda is seen in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake in Amarapura township, Mandalay, Myanmar on Wednesday.

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Myanmar's military declares a ceasefire as earthquake deaths pass 3,000

The surprise announcement by the unelected government said the halt in fighting would run until April 22 to show compassion for people affected by last week's quake.

April 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A rescue worker descends  at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on March 30, 2025, two days after an earthquake struck central Myanmar and Thailand.

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Photos: See the aftermath of the earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand

The first shipments of international aid arrived at the airport in the former capital, Yangon. They came from neighboring China and from India and included search and rescue and medical teams, as well as blankets, and other provisions.

March 30, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
Rescuers work at the site of a high-rise building under construction that collapsed after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday.

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Earthquake rocks Thailand and Myanmar, triggering the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was a shallow 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), with an epicenter in Myanmar, according to preliminary reports.

March 28, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Police enter an immigration detention centre in Bangkok on Jan. 22.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Thailand's deportation of Uyghurs to China has echoes of 10 years ago

Thailand's recent deportations of Uyghurs to China have eerie parallels with a large deportation in 2015, in which the country bowed to Beijing, writes historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom.

March 08, 2025
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  • Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) travels to Thailand in Season 3 of <em>The White Lotus.</em><br>

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  • Television

Natasha Rothwell on checking into 'The White Lotus' Thailand: 'It felt like home'

In the new season of The White Lotus, Rothwell reprises her role of spa manager Belinda, a woman "on the precipice of change" as she straddles the line between guest and staffer.

February 27, 2025
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