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Hundreds turn up in Bangkok park after paying up to £45 for ‘fake’ mini-marathon

On the day of the scheduled run, athletes say they found almost no event infrastructure in the park except a single banner displaying the wrong date

The Independent UK

Covid-19 cases top 53,500 a week, Bangkok most infected

There were 53,563 Covid-19 cases reported in Thailand last week, with five deaths, and Bangkok had the most infections.

Bangkok Post

Thailand plans ambitious F1 race bid for the streets of Bangkok

The proposal suggests a street circuit within the city

The Independent UK

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Huge spike in Brits trying to smuggle cannabis out of Thailand

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Postcard from Cannes #6: Thai ghost whisperer film wins Critics' Week prize

Thanks to its lively and quirky social commentary, A Useful Ghost by Thai director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke won the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival this week. It was the first time in ten years that Thailand has been represented at the event.

Radio France Internationale

Thailand readies homecoming for stolen ancient statues located in US museum

San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum is set to return four bronze statues from Thailand’s looted Prakhon Chai hoard.

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Sugar Prices Retreat as USDA Projects Record Global Sugar Production

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25 ) today is down -0.09 (-0.52%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) is down -3.50 (-0.72%). Sugar prices today extended this week's sell-off, with NY sugar posting a 2-week low and London sugar posting a 4-month low. Over the past week,...

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The huge increase in Brits caught smuggling cannabis out of Thailand

The UK said there was a dramatic increase in the amount of cannabis sent to the UK from Thailand by post

The Independent UK

Thailand may soon require doctor’s note for buying cannabis to curb recreational use

Health minister vows to improve regulations on marijuana use

The Independent UK

Thai Athlete, 105, Unrivalled But Not Lonely At World Masters Games

Sawang Janpram is in a league of his own at the World Masters Games in Taiwan -- at 105 he is the oldest competitor and the only person in his age group.

International Business Times

Thailand's ex-Prime Minister Yingluck ordered to pay for losses from a rice subsidy program

A Thai court has ordered exiled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to pay more than $304 million to compensate for losses incurred by a money-losing rice farming subsidy program that her government had implemented more than a decade ago

The Independent UK

Ex-Arsenal Player Pleads Guilty to Drug Smuggling Plot

Former Arsenal player Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has pleaded guilty to involvement in an attempt to smuggle cannabis into the UK from Thailand.

Sports Illustrated

Cannabis users in Thailand ‘will need medical certificates’

Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin says cannabis users in Thailand will be required to have medical certificates to make sure that the plant is used for medical purposes only.

Bangkok Post

Thailand vows tighter controls of cannabis as smuggling cases among tourists soar

Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalise cannabis in 2022, which has boosted the country's tourism industry and spawned thousands of shops.

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LGBTQ Thai Ghost Story Turns Political In Cannes

Film director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke felt Thailand's popular gay cinema needed to branch out and do more politics, so he enlisted one of the country's top influencers to help.

The Independent UK

Thailand to crack down on cannabis after tourists allegedly caught smuggling drugs

Tourism in Thailand boomed after it became the first Asian country to decriminalise cannabis

The Independent UK

Thailand vows to tighten control on cannabis after smuggling cases involving tourists soar

Thai officials on Wednesday vowed to tighten regulations on sales of cannabis after cases of tourists attempting to smuggle the drug out of the country soared in recent months

The Guardian - UK

Young British woman held on drug charges in Sri Lanka could be linked to Culley case

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, flew from the same Bangkok airport as Bella May Culley, who was arrested a day earlier

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Thailand and Indonesia announce strategic partnership, vow to boost economic and defense ties

Indonesia and Thailand agreed Monday to elevate their relationship to a strategic partnership, during the first state visit by an Indonesian president in 20 years, and agreed to push for greater trade and investment

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American basketball player could face firing squad in Indonesia after allegedly trying to smuggle cannabis candy

Police raided the former college basketball star’s apartment after package from Thailand addressed to him was flagged at airport

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Thai police rescue 2 baby orangutans and arrest a trafficking suspect

Police in Thailand’s capital Bangkok have rescued two baby orangutans and arrested an alleged trafficker

The Independent UK

Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur to resume direct train service by end of 2025

The revived service will enable travellers to move between the two countries without multiple transfers

Euronews

Thai construction tycoon and engineers charged over deadly Bangkok high-rise collapse

The building, meant to house Thailand’s State Audit Office, was the only structure in the Southeast Asian country to collapse in the quake in neighbouring Myanmar, killing 92 people.

The Independent UK

Vietnam and Thailand upgrade relations to strategic partnership

Vietnam and Thailand have upgraded their ties to strategic partnership

The Independent UK

Everything we know about the British teen who went missing in Thailand before being arrested in Georgia

It is understood Bella could be sent to Georgia’s only female prison, the controversial Prison No. 5

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