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Thai king to leave hospital after four years

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BANGKOK - Thailand's 85-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, is to leave the Bangkok hospital where he has been for almost four years to live at his palace by the sea, a government official said on Wednesday.

Thai oil spill having "extreme" impact on tourism - minister

BANGKOK - An oil spill that has blackened beaches at a Thai holiday island was having an extreme impact on tourism and could spread to the coast of the mainland and affect the fishing industry, officials and an environmental group said on Tuesday. | Video

World, Environment, Lifestyle 30 Jul 2013

Thai navy denies allegation of Rohingya Muslim smuggling

BANGKOK - Thailand's navy denied on Friday a Reuters report that its personnel were involved in a lucrative smuggling and trafficking network that exploits minority Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar.

World, Myanmar 19 Jul 2013

Thai navy denies allegation of Rohingya Muslim smuggling

BANGKOK - Thailand's navy denied on Friday a Reuters report that its personnel were involved in a lucrative smuggling and trafficking network that exploits minority Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution and dire living conditions in Myanmar.

World, Myanmar 19 Jul 2013

Special Report: Thai authorities implicated in Rohingya Muslim smuggling network

PADANG BESAR, Thailand - The beatings were accompanied by threats: If his family didn't produce the money, Myanmar refugee Abdul Sabur would be sold into slavery on a fishing boat, his captors shouted, lashing him with bamboo sticks.

Insight: Smuggling rice to Thailand - like coals to Newcastle

SA KAEO, Thailand/SINGAPORE - Hidden in 18-wheeler trucks, carts and pick-up vans, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rice are being smuggled from Cambodia and Myanmar into Thailand, although the country holds enough stocks to meet half the world's annual trade in the commodity.

Myanmar 14 Jul 2013
Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets journalists outside his home in Dubai, after Puea Thai Party's Yingluck Shinawatra announced her coalition in Bangkok July 4, 2011. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh

Thai election unlikely to end power battle

Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra has been dealt a favorable hand with the Puea Thai Party's landslide win, but analysts say the rivalry between him and conservatives is so deep that future confrontation seems inevitable.  Full Article