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'Stressed' elephant kills Spanish tourist

A 22-year-old Spanish tourist died on Friday after being attacked by an elephant she was bathing in Thailand.

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Thai schools to choose student hairstyle rules

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Pattaya nightclub raided, 39 patrons busted for drug use

Police raided a nightclub on Pattaya

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Angry tourist fined B3,000

A Japanese tourist has been fined 3,000 baht for disobeying a police order after he was stopped from releasing a hot-air lantern because of a fire risk during the New Year Countdown in Chiang Mai.

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Two crashes in Surat Thani leave 12 dead

Twelve people were killed and 30 others injured in two road crashes within four kilometres of each other in Surat Thani on Wednesday night and Thursday.

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Holiday traffic accidents claim 215 lives in 5 days

New Year holiday traffic accidents claimed 215 lives and injured 1,354 people across Thailand in five days from Dec 27 to 31.

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Missing Korean found drowned off Koh Phangan

The body of a Korean man drowned when a long-tail ferry boat overturned on Sunday was found floating in the sea off Koh Phangan shortly before noon on Tuesday.

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Thailand’s cleanest and most polluted beaches named

The Pollution Control Department has named the cleanest beaches for swimming, and the most polluted, in Thailand.

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Another Jeju Air jet has landing-gear issue in South Korea

A Jeju Air passenger jet that departed Gimpo Airport in Seoul for Jeju on Monday experienced an unidentified landing-gear issue after takeoff and returned to Gimpo where it landed safely, Yonhap news reported, citing unnamed sources.

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Bangkok hotel fire victims identified

The three victims of the hotel fire near Khao San Road in Bangkok have been identified, including a Brazilian woman whose boyfriend proposed to her last week.

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3 die in hotel fire near Bangkok’s Khao San Road

Three people died and seven others were injured in a hotel fire near Khao San Road in Phra Nakhon District late Sunday night.

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Tests show high levels of pesticide in fruit

Most fruit samples randomly tested by the Thai Pesticide Alert Network (Thai-Pan) contained hazardous residues that exceeded the safety standard, particularly jujubes and oranges.

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2 Thais among 179 dead in plane crash in South Korea

Two Thai nationals were among the 175 passengers, as well as six crew members, on board the airliner that crashed on Sunday at South Korea

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20 foreigners arrested for prostitution in Pattaya

Twenty women from different countries were arrested in Pattaya on Friday for allegedly providing sex services.

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Airports ease booze rules

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Bangkok bans New Year fireworks in all but 14 spots

The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) has issued a ban on fireworks, floating lanterns and related items to celebrate the New Year countdown without permission.

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Thai influencer dies after alcohol drinking challenge

A young Thai social media influencer has died soon after being hired for 30,000 baht to drink a 350ml bottle of whisky.

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Attempt to smuggle gorilla to Thailand fails

Thai authorities on Wednesday raided a company in Nakhon Pathom that has been linked to an unsuccessful attempt to smuggle a gorilla into the country.

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New speed limits for Bangkok drivers

The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) has set a new maximum speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour for most roads in the city, exempting major thoroughfares, and 50kph near the Grand Palace, effective immediately.

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Hong Kong tourist fights Phuket taxi drivers

A Hong Kong man was taken to hospital to

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Drunk driver kills policeman, injures nine outside school

A drunk 75-year-old drove his car into a crowd in front of a Nakhon Ratchasima school, killing a policeman and injuring nine other people, late Monday afternoon.

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Eighteen traffic police officers suspended for taking bribes

Eighteen traffic police in Udon Thani have been suspended from duty pending an investigation over traffic ticket bribes.

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Birthday kids lose parents when customer shoots up restaurant

A boy celebrating his birthday and his young sister lost both their parents when a customer annoyed by a waiter fired several shots inside the busy restaurant, in Songkhla on Sunday night.

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Taxi driver flees petrol station, hits police vehicle

A taxi registered in Bangkok collided with a truck and a police vehicle as its driver fled a Chaiyaphum petrol station without paying for fuel.

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Biker given death sentence for Pattaya murder

A member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club has been sentenced to death and two others given life imprisonment for the murder of a German property broker whose dismembered body was found in a freezer in Pattaya last year.

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