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Foreign arrivals to Thailand up 21% so far

Foreign tourist arrivals to Thailand have risen 21% since the start of the year.

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B5m gold robbery in Pathum Thani mall

Police are hunting a robber who stole jewellery worth about 5 million baht from a shopping mall gold shop in Pathum Thani province on Monday.

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Thai women rescued from human-egg farm in Georgia

Three Thai women have been rescued after being lured into a human-egg harvesting scheme operated by Chinese gangsters in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

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Hazardous air pollution in 57 of 77 Thai provinces

Fifty-seven out of 77 provinces in Thailand were blanketed with unsafe levels of ultrafine dust pollution on Monday morning, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda).

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Nine injured in Phuket bus plunge

Nine people, including seven foreigners, were injured when a tour bus plunged 20 metres down a hill from a road heading to Phuket

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Bangkok ranked 2nd best city

Bangkok has been ranked second after the South African city of Cape Town in Time Out magazine

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24-hour booze ban for local elections

A 24-hour ban on all alcoholic beverages will be enforced from 6pm on Friday in 76 provinces, including popular tourist destinations like Phuket and Chiang Mai, as Thailand prepares for local elections nationwide.

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Businessman arrested for assault on Bangkok delivery rider

A well-known property businessman has been arrested and charged after he allegedly dragged a delivery rider into his house at gunpoint and repeatedly assaulted him. The rider was later rescued.

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Immigration raids net 17 foreigners on tourist islands

Seventeen foreign nationals and a Thai have been arrested for working illegally and other immigration offences during raids this week on three popular tourist islands in Surat Thani province.

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Bangkok to step up haze fight

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will ask the government to declare Bangkok as an air pollution control area as PM2.5 levels are expected to surge again over the next seven days.

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Scam centre kidnap fears keep Chinese tourists on edge

Chinese tourists visiting Thailand for Lunar New Year are worried about being kidnapped by gangsters to work in scam centres, despite efforts to reassure them.

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Illegal language school raided on Koh Phangan

Police have arrested four Myanmar people for illegally running a Burmese-language school for 190 Myanmar children in a church on Koh Phangan.

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Foreigners arrested at illegal day care centre on Koh Phangan

Police arrested five Russians, two Ukrainians and a Myanmar national for illegally operating a day care centre to take care of foreign children on Koh Phangan.

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Air Busan jet catches fire in Korea

An Air Busan plane caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan in South Korea on Tuesday and all 169 passengers and seven crew evacuated without casualties, the Yonhap news agency reported.

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Young soft-tennis player killed in car crash

A young soft tennis player was killed when a car ran into the back of the pickup truck she was travelling in on Sunday night in Sukhothai, leaving her family and the sport

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New banknotes hard to find ahead of Chinese New Year

Demand for newly printed banknotes has surged ahead of the Chinese New Year festival, resulting in a shortage of fresh notes.

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Police raids target Chinese criminal ownership of tourist villas

Police have raided several businesses in Chon Buri province, including poolside villas, as they expand their investigation into illicit Chinese businesses providing accommodation for Chinese visitors.

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Police to question motorcyclist who hit Korean on crossing

The motorcyclist who hit a Korean tourist using a pedestrian crossing on Phaya Thai Road last week has been summonsed for police questioning on Tuesday.

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'Waste of money': Bangkok free public transport plan under fire

Critics have slammed the government

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Bangkok Port a possible casino site

The Transport Ministry has given the green light for Bangkok Port to have an entertainment complex.

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Brit suspected of killing Thai wife in UK arrested

A British man, 62, was arrested in Kanchanaburi province as he was suspected of killing his Thai wife in his homeland over two decades ago.

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PM orders week of free public transport to combat PM2.5

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered free public transport in Bangkok for one week, starting today, in response to worsening air pollution as dust levels have surged across all districts of the capital.

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Russian charged with murder for throwing son from speedboat

A Russian man has been arrested and charged after throwing his 13-year-old son into the sea off Phangnga, resulting in the boy

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Bangkok ranked 4th among most polluted cities worldwide

Bangkok on Friday was ranked as the fourth worst city in the world for air quality, according to the latest data from Swiss-based IQAir, as toxic haze continues to affect the capital and other provinces in the country.

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Students burned by teacher's science experiment

Four boys in Phetchabun were injured by sparks while they were watching a teacher’s science experiment using engine oil that had accidentally been mixed with gasoline.

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