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AN AMERICAN ACCUSED OF RUNNING A PASSPORT FORGERY RING IN BANGKOK CONFESSED TO DISMEMBERING -- BUT NOT MURDERING -- A MAN FOUND IN HIS FREEZER, T

It is also not uncommon for suspects to later retract confessions made in Thai police custody, where many have alleged being beaten by officers...

BORN IN BRAZIL, HE'S BEEN A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT SINCE 1985, AND HAS LIVED IN LONDON, PARIS, MILAN, LOS ANGELES, WASHINGTON, BANGKOK AND HONG KONG.

A mighty hedge fund approaches a US corporation and or large company with an offer you can't refuse Delocalize to China...

THIS INCIDENT IS ANOTHER STRIKING ILLUSTRATION OF A NEW PATTERN OF HARASSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS DOCUMENTING TORTURE IN THAILAND, HE SAID.

Amnesty calls off launch of Thai torture report after police warning...

CHINA ACCUSED OF DEFYING ITS OWN BAN ON BREEDING TIGERS TO PROFIT FROM BODY PARTS

Revealed how senior Laos officials cut deals with animal traffickers...

NOW IT FINDS ITSELF CONFRONTING THESE CRIMINAL NETWORKS, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS NO DETECTIVES, NO POLICE POWERS AND NO FIREARMS. IN SHORT, CITES IS NOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

A senior law enforcement figure in southern Africa who specialised in wildlife crime told the Guardian that the crime groups enjoyed far better international links than he does...

WHILE LOSONSKY HAULED PASSENGERS BETWEEN MANILA, HONG KONG, BANGKOK AND BURMA, THE FLYING TIGERS' STORIED REPUTATION CONTINUED TO GROW.

The last Flying Tigers of World War II...

FOREIGN PASSPORT FORGERS CHARGED WITH HIDING BODY IN BANGKOK POLICE

Thailand has long served as a base for foreign criminals and fugitives lured by its porous borders, lax visa requirements and notoriously bribable police force...

TRAVEL BANGKOK EDGES OUT LONDON AS WORLD'S TOP TRAVEL DESTINATION

Travel Bangkok edges out London as world's top travel destination - Asia Times...

BORN IN BRAZIL, HE'S BEEN A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT SINCE 1985, AND HAS LIVED IN LONDON, PARIS, MILAN, LOS ANGELES, WASHINGTON, BANGKOK AND HONG KONG.

Lavrov is too much of a stellar diplomat to leak it - but after Deir Ezzor, Moscow has definitive proof any possible ceasefire bargained with Washington will be smashed...

A MARINE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SAID BODIES WERE STILL BEING RETRIEVED MONDAY AFTERNOON, WITH 18 RECOVERED SO FAR.

Death toll rises to 18 in Thai boat sinking, 12 missing...

TWO-FLOOR VESSEL SANK AFTER HITTING A BRIDGE NEAR AYUTTHAYA OUTSIDE BANGKOK ON CHAO PHRAYA RIVER.

At least 13 people have died in a boat accident on Thailand's Chao Phraya river after it slammed into a bridge and sank...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS GUY IS TALKING ABOUT, HE SAID, REFERRING TO MR MOTABATO.

Rodrigo Duterte accused of ordering hits on opponents while mayor of Davao...

MR HUN SEN RESPONDED BY WARNING THAT THE PARTY WAS THREATENING THE COUNTRY'S STABILITY.

Cambodia's Defence Ministry declared in a statement that it would "strongly and effectively" carry out Mr Hun Sen's orders and that the military would "sacrifice everything" to protect the nation...

MR DUTERTE HAS ESTIMATED THAT 3.7 MILLION OF 101 MILLION FILIPINOS HAVE BEEN USING ILLEGAL DRUGS, ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF DRUG USE IN ASIA.

Police chief Ronald Dela Rosa has declared his aim to see the drugs trade wiped out within six months...

MR FEENEY SAID MASTROIANNI WAS LOOKING AT A PRISONER TRANSFER SCHEME THAT COULD SEE HIM SERVE SOME OF HIS SENTENCE IN AN AUSTRALIAN JAIL.

Australian DJ Jake Mastroianni a victim of legal bungle in Thailand, says lawyer...

JAKE MASTROIANNI, 26, WILL BE KEPT IN BANGKOK'S NOTORIOUS KLONG PREM JAIL IN BANGKOK WHERE UP TO 30 PRISONERS SHARE CELLS IN CONDITIONS DESCRIBED AS HARSH.

Pattaya, a city three hours drive from Bangkok, has dozens of late night clubs and is known as Thailand's sin city ...

RODRIGO DUTERTE'S WAR ON DRUGS CLAIMS SECOND CHILD'S LIFE, BARACK OBAMA CANCELS MEETING

Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs claims second child's life, Obama scraps meeting...

WHAT HAS JUST TAKEN PLACE IN HANGZHOU, CHINA, IS OF IMMENSE GEOECONOMIC IMPORTANCE.

Born in Brazil, he's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, and has lived in London, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, Washington, Bangkok and Hong Kong...

SHUI MENG NG SAYS SHE HOPES LAOTIAN LEADERS WILL NOT BRUSH OFF CONCERNS ABOUT HER HUSBAND OF MORE THAN 30 YEARS WITH THE RESPONSE THAT POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.

"Australia is an important bilateral donor to Laos and it should use that leverage to press for real improvements in human rights there."...

DAVAO BOMBING PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE DECLARES 'STATE OF LAWLESSNESS'

Soon after becoming president Mr Duterte launched peace talks with communists, who last week agreed to an indefinite ceasefire...

GIRL, 5, LATEST VICTIM IN PHILIPPINES 'WAR ON DRUGS'

Danica was hit and later died in hospital...

MANY TEMPLES THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN PREVIOUS EARTHQUAKES HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REBUILT, INCLUDING BUPAYA, A ROUND GOLD-GILDED PAGODA THAT TUMBLED INTO THE AYEYARWADDY RIVER DURING A 1975 EARTHQUAKE.

Earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar, a meeting point for the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates, although the country has not experienced a major quake since 2012...

EARTHQUAKE IN MYANMAR KILLS THREE, DESTROYS DOZENS OF ANCIENT TEMPLES IN BAGAN

Earthquake in Myanmar kills three, destroys ancient temples...

POWERFUL QUAKE HITS MYANMAR, DAMAGING FAMED BAGAN TEMPLES

A powerful magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck central Myanmar on Wednesday, killing at least one person and damaging pagodas in the ancient city of Bagan, off...

SINCE 2004, MORE THAN 6,200 HAVE BEEN KILLED AND 11,000 INJURED AS ARMED GROUPS FIGHT FOR THE CREATION OF AN INDEPENDENT STATE COMBINING THAILAND'S THREE SOUTHERN MUSLIM-MAJORITY PROVINCES: PATTANI, YALA AND NARATHIWAT.

In remarks after the blasts in Pattani, Prawit Wongsuwan,Thailand's deputy military leader, dismissed any link between the August 11-12 bombings and the unrest in the south...

THE QUAKE SHOOK BUILDINGS IN BUILDINGS IN MYANMAR'S BIGGEST CITY OF YANGON AND IN OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES, WITNESSES SAID.

Office buildings in the Thai capital of Bangkok, to the east of Myanmar, shook for a few seconds, residents there said...

TWO MEMBERS OF CHINA'S UIGHUR MINORITY APPEAR IN MILITARY COURT OVER LAST YEAR'S BLAST THAT KILLED 20 PEOPLE IN BANGKOK.

Bangkok blast trial begins with many suspects at large...

MR DUTERTE, THE TOUGH-TALKING FORMER MAYOR OF DAVAO, WAS SWEPT INTO OFFICE AT ELECTIONS IN MAY PROMISING TO ELIMINATE ILLEGAL DRUGS IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN MONTHS.

Mr Duterte has refused to allow United Nations investigators to probe the extrajudicial killings...

THAI POLICE NAME SUSPECT IN DEADLY BLASTS, WORKING WITH MALAYSIA

Deputy national police spokesman Kissana Phatanacharoen identified the suspect as Ahama Lengha from Narathiwat province near Thailand's border with Malaysia...

AN UNDATED IMAGE OF HAMBALI, SUSPECTED OF BEING THE MASTERMIND OF THE 2002 BALI BOMBINGS, WAS OBTAINED BY THAI POLICE IN BANGKOK ON AUG. 7, 2003.

The officer said Hambali was a key link between Jemaah Islamiah and al-Qaeda...

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HIS DEBT PAID, MR. LONG, RAIL-THIN, STEPPED ONTO SOM NANG'S BOAT AND BEGAN HIS JOURNEY BACK TO SOLID GROUND AND A HOPE FOR HOME.

After offloading fish for about 10 minutes, Som Nang said he asked the captain why Mr. Long was chained...

JUSTO TOLD REWCASTLE BROWN THAT HE WANTED $2M IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PETROSAUDI-1MDB DOCUMENTS.

As the crisis deepened, Rewcastle Brown continued her quest for a person willing to pay Justo for the PetroSaudi-1MDB documents...