Ethnic Groups in Thailand

7 Oct 2012

Ravaged by the 2004 tsunami and overwhelmed by the challenges of the modern world, the way of life practised by the Moken 'sea gypsies' for centuries appears doomed, writes Kate Hodal. Pictures by...

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Officials in Thailand's Yala province killed in car bomb attack

6 Apr 2013

A bomb blast in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south killed two top provincial officials yesterday, authorities said, blaming rebels seeking to derail peace talks. Issara Thongthawat, deputy...

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Fire at Thai refugee camp on Myanmar border leaves 30 dead

23 Mar 2013

Thirty people were killed and about 200 injured yesterday when a fire broke out in a camp in northern Thailand housing refugees from neighbouring Myanmar, Thai officials said. Many of the victims...

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Villagers decry 'slaughter' of Rohingya as Thai PM vows inquiry

14 Mar 2013

More damning evidence has emerged of what villagers describe as the "slaughter" of Rohingya refugees by members of the Thai military near the holiday island of Phuket, with Prime Minister Yingluck...

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UN plea to Thailand over reports that 15 Rohingya migrants were shot dead

8 Mar 2013

United Nations officials have demanded urgent explanations from Thailand over reports that its security forces shot dead up to 15 unarmed Rohingya migrants trying to flee neighbouring Myanmar.

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Flags burnt in co-ordinated attacks across restive Thai south

31 Aug 2012

Suspected insurgents burned Thai flags and raised Malaysian flags in their place in a co-ordinated operation on Friday across Thailand’s Muslim-dominated south that also saw the militants plant...

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Opinion

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Myanmese refugees flood across border

Beijing has landed in a delicate diplomatic dilemma after tens of thousands of Myanmese refugees flocked across the Chinese border to seek shelter from escalating clashes between Myanmar's...

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Penelope Worsley

OVERCOMING LOSS My son, Richard, loved people as I do. He left Uppingham School [in central England] determined to go and live with people who have nothing - he knew he came from a privileged...

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Nine Thai soldiers to face military court over killing of Chinese sailors

Nine Thai soldiers have turned themselves in and will face a military court over the killing of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River near the kingdom's northern border earlier this month,...

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Splash of cultures

Walk through Jinghong, the capital of Xishuangbanna prefecture, in the middle of April and you're likely to get wet - very wet.

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Miao curator faces dilemma in preserving traditional culture

Ouyang Hongyu faces a dilemma. As curator of the Culture Museum in Taijiang, Guizhou , he is trying to preserve the ancient culture of the Miao, one of the largest ethnic groups in the province...

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Uphill battle in an unforgiving land

Guizhou remains stuck at the lowest rung of national economy

There is an old story they tell about this rugged, remote province, studded with mountains.

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