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Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has stepped back into the political spotlight as the ruling Pheu Thai Party and his daughter, suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, find themselves on increasingly shaky ground.

The National Institute of Development Administration found in a recent opinion survey that most respondents believe that some Buddhist monks have violated monastic rules and should be punished.

Thailand is now pursuing retaliatory measures against Cambodia after a probe showed the landmines responsible for Wednesday’s mine explosion in the Chok Bok border area in Ubon Ratchathani were newly planted, army commander Gen Pana Klaewplodthuk said on Saturday.

The National Institute of Development Administration found in its recent opinion survey that most respondents doubted some Buddhist monks and wanted bad monks to be punished.

HANOI – At least 27 people died after a tourist boat capsized in stormy weather in Halong Bay on Saturday, Vietnamese state media reported.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang launched construction of a mega-dam project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet on Saturday, with a total planned investment of 1.2 trillion yuan ($167 billion), according to the official Xinhua News Agency.