KANCHANABURI, Thailand (AP) – Researchers in Thailand have already moved through the countryside to catch flags in their caves in an attempt to track down the costly origin of the coronavirus. Early research has already pointed to bats as the source of the virus that has affected more than 20.5 …
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King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn has called for “order and peace” in the country, but remained silent about the recent protests of anti-government students who have opposed reforms of the powerful monarchy because he swore in a new cabinet of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. The ceremony on Wednesday marked the …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – A combination of coronavirus border closure and an unusual pressure campaign by a South Korean government willing to deal with North Korea could destroy networks that defectors have long used to start a new life, say activist groups. FILE PHOTO: Former North Korean defectors who were soldiers …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday he was worried about a growing student protest movement after another group of students gave an unusual frank 10-point call for monarchy reform. Pro-democracy protesters salute with three fingers as they attend a rally to ask the government to …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Over two days of video calls earlier this month, about a dozen students from the Kasetsart and the Mahanakorn universities in Thailand debated breaking a taboo that could land them in jail: openly challenging the powerful monarchy of the country, according to two people at the talks. …
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