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Tigers May Be Gone, But Many Creatures Dwell at Temples
BANGKOK — The scandal surrounding the Tiger Temple, where wildlife officers seized over one hundred big cats this past week, has cast religious sanctuaries for animals in a bad light.
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Engineers Cast Doubt on Police ‘Light Bulb’ Explanation For Deadly School Fire
CHIANG RAI — Sixteen days after 17 schoolgirls died in a fire in their dormitory, which lacked smoke detectors or fire alarms, engineers and at least one parent expressed doubt today about the police...
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Three Weeks On, Patience Thin For Parents of Dead Schoolgirls
CHIANG RAI — More than three weeks have passed since a fire killed 17 girls at a boarding school for impoverished hilltribe children, and police have yet to file a charge against anyone over the...
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Case Closed With No Charges Over Fire That Killed 17 Children
CHIANG RAI — Police said today no one will face criminal charges for the blaze that killed 17 schoolgirls at a charity-run boarding school in northern Thailand last month.
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Chiang Rai Rangers Searching for Missing Asian Tourist
CHIANG RAI — Park rangers in Chiang Rai province launched a search Thursday for a foreign tourist who went into the forest to meditate a week ago and then vanished.
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Search for Missing ‘Asian Tourist’ in Chiang Rai Yields No Clues
CHIANG RAI — A search for a man who reportedly went missing 10 days ago during a forest meditation trip in Chiang Rai has had no success so far, police said.
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Out of Options, School Fire Families Pursue Lawsuits on Their Own
CHIANG RAI — Having exhausted all other legal channels, parents who lost their young daughters when their school dorm burned down last year in Chiang Rai will seek justice on their own.
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Blackout Plunges the North Into an Hour of Chaos
CHIANG RAI — Just when the northern region was enduring a wave of summer heat, a massive electrical failure occurred Tuesday morning, affecting four provinces including Thailand’s second largest city.
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Gruesome Murder Suspects Arrested in Myanmar, Extradited
CHIANG RAI — Three fugitive murder suspects, one of which stands accused of sawing her victim’s body in half, were arrested for overstaying their border passes Saturday night in Myanmar and turned...
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Designers Take OTOP Products From Nope to Dope
OTOP. The word conjures countless tourist-trap shops and fairs selling authentic yet forgettable knick knacks. Stuff that’s only interesting to first-time visitors or those who must have everything silk.
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Injured ‘Toon’ Turns Down Army Airlift
CHIANG RAI — A rockstar who just completed a nationwide run to raise money for charity on Wednesday morning refused an army offer to fly him back to Bangkok aboard a military aircraft.
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Methamphetamine Seizures Lead Surge in Drug Busts
BANGKOK — Police announced Tuesday that they confiscated an estimated USD$54 million worth of methamphetamine in one of their biggest-ever drug seizures and arrested 11 people in recent days as...
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North Koreans Intercepted at Chiang Rai Border
CHIANG RAI — Eight suspected North Korean defectors were intercepted at the Chiang Rai border and taken into custody Friday. The post North Koreans Intercepted at Chiang Rai Border appeared first on...
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Power Line Put in Chiang Rai Cave to Help Find Missing Boys
Electricians are extending a power line into a flooded cave in northern Thailand to help the search and rescue efforts for 12 boys and their soccer coach stranded three nights in the sprawling caverns...
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Mom Prays Outside Cave for Son and Friends
CHIANG RAI — Drones and a troop of navy divers were sent back into a flooding cave Tuesday morning to search for missing football team youths. The post Mom Prays Outside Cave for Son and Friends...
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Flooding Complicates Cave Search for Missing Soccer Team
MAE SAI — Efforts to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand for three days hinge on pumping out water so that navy divers have headroom...
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Missing Football Team Known For Adventures Together
The members of the Wild Boars are a team on and off the football field, traveling to competitions, cycling mountain roads and swimming in waterfalls together. The post Missing Football Team Known For...
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Spirit of Mythical Princess Looms Over Thai Cave Crisis
CHIANG RAI — Along a muddy mountain path not far from the entrance to a flooded cave where 12 young members of a Thai soccer team have been missing for four days is a shrine to a mythical princess...
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US, UK Teams Join Search for 13 Missing in Cave
CHIANG RAI — A U.S. military team and British cave experts have joined the rescue effort in northern Thailand for 12 boys and their soccer coach stranded for a fifth day inside a cave being flooded by...
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Fever of Hoaxes, Superstitions Deluge Cave Rescue Frenzy
BANGKOK — The authorities on Thursday said they have not yet found the dozen young footballers and their coach who went missing inside a cave nearly a week ago, contrary to rumors on social media. The...
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