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THAILAND

ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 15, 2016
Thai trafficking trial opens amid fears for witnesses
The trial of 92 suspected human traffickers, arrested after the discovery of shallow graves of migrants in Thai jungle, began in Bangkok on Tuesday and the attorney-general’s office said it would be over within a year amid fears about the safety of witnesses.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2016
U.S. must continue to promote democracy in Southeast Asia
Because of its focus on containing China, the U.S. appears reluctant about pressing the Thai military to step aside for the sake of democracy.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Mar 7, 2016
Manga and anime goods store opens in Bangkok
An estimated 400 customers lined up in Bangkok for the opening of the first Thai branch of Animate, a Japanese manga and animation goods store.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2016
Thai junta’s intimidation of academics reveals insecurity, rights group says
Thailand’s junta is intensifying intimidation of academics who criticize the generals’ efforts to stay in power, a Thai rights group said on Wednesday. The intimidation takes the form of officers who visit the academics at their homes.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 1, 2016
Cambodians admit to raping French tourists in Thailand
Five Cambodian fisherman have confessed to raping and assaulting French tourists on an isolated Thai beach, Cambodia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 28, 2016
Ousted Thai leader Thaksin’s influence shows signs of waning
Sitting in her busy Bangkok noodle shop, Bunruen Klinnak professes “love” for Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was toppled in a 2006 military coup and later fled abroad.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2016
Bangkok shrine bombers planned vast carnage, targeted China tourist pier first
The perpetrators of last year’s deadly explosion at a Bangkok shrine originally chose a pier packed with Chinese tourists as their primary target and had amassed enough chemicals to make 10 equally powerful bombs, the chief of Thailand’s police bomb squad told Reuters.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2016
How Asia lost an economic role model
If Thaksin Shinawatra can diagnose Thailand’s problems from exile, why can’t the military junta fix them?
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2016
U.S. restrictions on arms sales mean Thai military needs to shop elsewhere
Thailand is pursuing closer ties — and possible arms deals — with Russia, with relations between Thailand and its traditional partner, the United States, cooling in the wake of a May 2014 coup.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 11, 2016
Rapidly aging Thailand tells businesses to hire more elderly
Pornsak Bowornsrisuk pulls an umbrella towards him to shield his head of thick gray hair from the blazing sunshine at the Bangkok bus terminal he manages.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 9, 2016
U.S. tries to balance democracy, defense in Thai relations
One of Asia’s largest war games kicks off in Thailand on Tuesday with scaled back U.S. involvement, highlighting tensions between the longtime allies over Thailand’s lack of democracy at a time of growing Chinese influence in Southeast Asia.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2016
Thai military risks weakening the monarchy
The Thai military’s overuse of lese majeste law to prop up its own authority risks weakening the monarchy over the long term.
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Jan 17, 2016
Foreign tourism emerges as bright spot amid Japan’s dim economic prospects
With few positive signs of recovery for Japan’s slumping economy, foreign tourism remains a sole ray of hope, and tourism authorities, local governments, industry players as well as retailers are eagerly awaiting another possibly record-breaking surge in Chinese tourists during next month’s Chinese New...
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2016
Thai king leaves hospital, for outing since admission last year
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej left hospital on Monday to visit his Bangkok palace, his first such outing since he was admitted last year.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2016
Sharp drop in Rohingya migrants after Thai, Bangladesh crackdowns
The number of migrants leaving Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat in the past four months has plummeted because of Thai and Bangladeshi crackdowns on human smugglers, the United Nations and a rights activist said on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2015
Thai military expands its powers with ‘black site’ jail for national security suspects
When Bangkok lawyer Winyat Chatmontree was allowed to meet his client in detention at an army base in Bangkok, Pratin Chankate shuffled in blindfolded and shackled by military guards.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2015
Thailand in 2015: a year of spinning its wheels
Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha’s promises to launch a number of projects to put Thailand back on the track toward democracy have proven empty.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2015
Thai activists urge release of man, allegedly detained by force at hospital, over Facebook post
Thai activists on Monday demanded the release of a man arrested for sharing an infographic on Facebook detailing alleged graft in an army-built park, saying plainclothes security officers had taken him by force.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2015
Thailand’s generals shoot economy in the foot
Thailand’s military junta lacks the vision to fix an economy in disarray.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 2, 2015
Thailand has granted nationality to just 4% of stateless people over three years
Thailand, which has one of the world’s largest stateless populations, has granted nationality to just over 18,770 stateless people — 4.2 percent of the total — in the past three years, U.N. officials announced on Tuesday.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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