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Assam: Special Thai delegation visits Sri Sri Jagannath temple in Dibrugarh
The Sentinel - Assam News
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A CORRESPONDENT DIBRUGARH: In a significant moment of cultural diplomacy and spiritual exchange, a 15-member delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand, visited the Sri Sri Jagannath temple in Dibrugarh on Thursday. The high-profile...
30 Arrested In Oman For Prostitution, Including 21 Expat Women
Gulf Insider
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July 20, 2025
Thirty individuals, including 21 expatriate women of various nationalities, have been arrested in Oman for engaging in prostitution, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) announced on Sunday. The arrests were made at a hotel in the Wilayat of Muttrah in...
Strategic investors key to Việt Nam’s international financial centre ambitions: Insiders
Vietstock
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July 18, 2025
Strategic investors key to Việt Nam’s international financial centre ambitions: Insiders Việt Nam’s roadmap to establishing international financial centres (IFCs) hinges not only on planning, infrastructure and human capital, but above all, on...
Thailand: Shinawatra in Court Over Defamation Charges
News Central TV
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July 16, 2025
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra appeared in court on Wednesday to defend himself against charges of royal defamation, a critical case for his politically struggling family. If convicted in the closed-door Bangkok trial, Shinawatra...
World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: July 18, 2025
Bernama
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July 18, 2025
INDONESIA 1. FOREIGN WORKER PERMIT SCANDAL: INDONESIA’S ANTI-GRAFT BODY DETAINS FOUR SENIOR OFFICIALS -- JAKARTA GLOBE The Corruption Eradication Commission on Thursday announced the detention of four suspects in an alleged bribery and extortion...
Thai woman arrested for allegedly seducing and blackmailing Buddhist monks
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 16, 2025
Police in Thailand have arrested a woman who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and then pressured them into making large payments to cover up their intimacy. The possible violation of the celibacy rule for...
International Healthcare Week unfolds in Kuala Lumpur
The Manila Times
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July 16, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR — The International Healthcare Week (IHW) 2025 opened Wednesday at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Center. Described as the region’s most comprehensive health care gathering, the event runs until July 18 and brings...
Thai woman extorts over Rs 100 crore by seducing, blackmailing Buddhist monks
The Indian Express
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July 16, 2025
A scandal of sex, money, and betrayal is shaking Thailand’s Buddhist establishment to its core. At the centre of the controversy is a 30-year-old woman named Wilawan Emsawat from Nonthaburi province, who police say seduced senior monks engaging...
Thai woman arrested in sex scandal that saw nine Buddhist monks expelled
Euronews
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Published on 16/07/2025 - 18:15 GMT+2 Police in Thailand have arrested a woman who allegedly enticed several Buddhist monks into sexual relationships, and then blackmailed them with videos and photos of the acts. Wilawan Emsawat, in her mid-30s,...
Thailand’s Industrial Confidence Dips for 4th Straight Month
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN) Thailand’s industrial confidence declined for the fourth consecutive month in June, pressured by escalating border disputes with Cambodia, intensified U.S. trade tariffs, and ongoing geopolitical unrest, new data revealed on Wednesday....
Three Thai soldiers injured in border patrol landmine blast, one loses leg
Pattaya Mail
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July 17, 2025
A border patrol in Ubon Ratchathani turned tragic as a landmine explosion injured three Thai soldiers, one requiring leg amputation. Authorities are investigating whether the device was newly planted or a remnant from past conflicts. UBON...
How a Thai woman boasted about being showered in luxury gifts just hours before being arrested 'for filming herself having sex with monks to blackmail them out of MILLIONS'
Daily Mail
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July 17, 2025
A Thai woman arrested for allegedly recording herself having sex with Buddhist monks and then extorting them has revealed astonishing details of how they showered her with luxury cars and millions of pounds to fund a lavish lifestyle because they...
City leaders press need for more housing in meeting with new Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation president
Albert Lea Tribune - Minnesota
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July 17, 2025
Published 9:00 am Thursday, July 17, 2025 1 of 3 Albert Lea Mayor Rich Murray and City Manager Ian Rigg listen as Benya Kraus, new president and CEO of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation shares about her background during a meeting with...
Landmine clearing starts near Cambodian border
Bangkok Post
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July 20, 2025
PUBLISHED : 20 Jul 2025 at 16:11 Combat engineers started mine-clearing operations in the Chong Bok area near the Thai-Cambodian border in Thailand's Ubon Ratchathani province on Sunday after a landmine explosion injured three Thai soldiers there...
Former Thai PM Thaksin Gives Testimony in Lese-majeste Case
The Diplomat
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July 17, 2025
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday took the stand in a Bangkok court to defend himself against royal defamation charges that threaten to curtail his influence in Thai politics. The former leader has been charged with...
Senator Tarar, Thai ambassador explore cooperation in key sectors
The Nation
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July 17, 2025
Federal Minister for Law and Justice Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar met with Thai Ambassador Rongvudhi Virabutr on Thursday and discussed women’s empowerment, tourism, human rights, and cooperation in the legal sector. The Federal Minister acknowledged...
Thailand to Make Fresh Proposals to US in Bid to Avert Tariff
Financial Post
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July 16, 2025
The Southeast Asian nation, which has previously reduced tariffs on imports of longan and tilapia from other countries, could drop the levy on those goods to zero for the US, the finance minister said earlier this week. He also said that while he...
Thai ex-PM Thaksin could face 15 years in prison in royal defamation case
Al Jazeera
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July 16, 2025
Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra has testified in court, seeking to defend himself against royal defamation charges that could land him 15 years in prison, just weeks after his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended as prime minister....
Thai industrial sentiment hits 9-month low on tariff woes
Bangkok Post
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July 16, 2025
PUBLISHED : 16 Jul 2025 at 12:00 Thailand's industrial sentiment index fell for a fourth straight month in June, hitting its lowest level in nine months due to worries over the impact of US tariffs, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said on...
Pilots of doomed South Korean plane ‘switched off wrong engine’ after flying into birds before crashing and killing 179
The U.S. Sun
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July 20, 2025
THE pilots of the doomed South Korean plane appeared to switch off the wrong engine after flying into birds before crashing. The crash at Muan International Airport on December 29 killed 179 people after the plane did an emergency landing, hit a...