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As governments in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar move to mitigate the spread of the virus, they are also enacting measures that stifle journalists and dissent.
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Tourists are being banned outright after many countries on the continent reported a sharp increase in the number of cases this past week.
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More than 52 others were wounded in the attack, which was livestreamed on the suspect's social media. Police say he has been shot dead inside the mall where he carried out the shooting.
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The region is predominately Muslim, and Thailand is a Buddhist-majority country. More than 7,000 people have been killed Southern Thailand since a separatist rebellion started in 2004.
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A member of the Royal Household Bureau and five members of King Maha Vajiralongkorn's personal bodyguard were fired for "disloyalty" to the crown, just days after the royal consort was banished.
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The Pheu Thai party — which was ousted in 2014, shortly before a military coup — wants to form a coalition government. But so does the ruling junta's party.
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Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who ousted an elected government in 2014, is seeking to remain in power. But many analysts say the military has sought to silence opposition voices.
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Fine particulate matter floating through the murky haze that hangs over the city has reached harmful levels, leading the government to shutter more than 400 public schools.
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Vern Unsworth, who helped rescue 12 boys from a cave in northern Thailand, called Musk's minisub a "PR stunt." The billionaire fired back, calling the diver a "pedo guy," short for pedophile.
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Rescue divers took the last four boys from the cave on Tuesday, along with their soccer coach, as rescuers raced against the possibility of rain and flooding.