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Anwar vows transparent probe into death of 13-year-old Sabah student amid bullying claims
Read more: Anwar vows transparent probe into death of 13-year-old Sabah student amid bullying claimsThe mother of Zara Qairina Mahathir filed a new police report after recalling bruises on her daughter’s back while preparing her body for burial. She wants a post-mortem to determine if criminal elements were involved.
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Patriotic film Dead to Rights leads China’s box office as WWII remembrance campaign intensifies
Read more: Patriotic film Dead to Rights leads China’s box office as WWII remembrance campaign intensifiesSet during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, the wartime thriller’s release comes as China ramps up a nationwide drive to mark 80 years since the end of WWII, culminating in a military parade on Sep 3.
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Pheu Thai leader aims to double seat total in 2030
Read more: Pheu Thai leader aims to double seat total in 2030Pheu Thai Party leader Julapun Amornvivat has called on party MPs to remain united and set their sights on returning 150 members to the House in the next election, while dismissing speculation that members were jockeying for cabinet seats.
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The BTS ARMY is coming to a city near you, armed with B174bn in spending power
Read more: The BTS ARMY is coming to a city near you, armed with B174bn in spending powerSEOUL – For Maria Herrera, a utility employee from Vancouver, the trade-off to watch a performance by Kpop supergroup BTS on Saturday in Seoul was simple: Weeks of extra shifts at her job and roughly C$5,000 (118,500 baht) for a week in Seoul.
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Expressway shooter ‘tested positive for drugs’
Read more: Expressway shooter ‘tested positive for drugs’The murder suspect dubbed “Karn Vellfire” was drunk and high on drugs on the night he shot another driver to death in Bangkok before fleeing to Koh Chang, police said on Thursday.
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Bangkok expressway murder suspect arrested on Koh Chang
Read more: Bangkok expressway murder suspect arrested on Koh ChangThe man accused of shooting and killing a driver on a Bangkok expressway has been arrested on Koh Chang, where he had fled after the incident on Tuesday.
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Thai-Cambodian border talks open amid hopes for ceasefire
Read more: Thai-Cambodian border talks open amid hopes for ceasefireMilitary officers from Thailand and Cambodia began talks on Wednesday in Chanthaburi province, amid hopes that the defence ministers of the two countries would join them on Saturday to put the finishing touches on a ceasefire.
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Anwar vows transparent probe into death of 13-year-old Sabah student amid bullying claims
Read more: Anwar vows transparent probe into death of 13-year-old Sabah student amid bullying claimsThe mother of Zara Qairina Mahathir filed a new police report after recalling bruises on her daughter’s back while preparing her body for burial. She wants a post-mortem to determine if criminal elements were involved.
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Patriotic film Dead to Rights leads China’s box office as WWII remembrance campaign intensifies
Read more: Patriotic film Dead to Rights leads China’s box office as WWII remembrance campaign intensifiesSet during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, the wartime thriller’s release comes as China ramps up a nationwide drive to mark 80 years since the end of WWII, culminating in a military parade on Sep 3.
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Gunman murders motorist on Bangkok expressway
Read more: Gunman murders motorist on Bangkok expresswayA gunman in the passenger seat of a luxury van shot dead another motorist on a Bangkok expressway near Pracha Chuen toll plaza in Bang Sue district on Tuesday morning.
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Cambodian shelling continues ahead of bilateral truce talks
Read more: Cambodian shelling continues ahead of bilateral truce talksCambodia continued its attacks on Thai territory on Tuesday, even though both countries expect bilateral truce talks to begin on Wednesday.
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Thailand to study tax on online gold trading
Read more: Thailand to study tax on online gold tradingThailand’s finance ministry plans to study the possible imposition of a tax on online gold trading and will look at measures to limit gold trading volumes, permanent secretary Lavaron Sangsnit said on Tuesday.