Thailand

Thailand’s sugar output to drop at least 17%, deepening global supply crunch

Thailand's sugar production is set to fall at least 17% in the upcoming season, the latest blow to a global market already reeling from drought, shrinking plantings, and policy shifts across major producing regions. The decline adds to what analysts…

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USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand after record 250 days at sea

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrived at Thailand's Laem Chabang port on Wednesday, ending an unprecedented 250 days at sea without a port stop and giving its nearly 5,000 crew members their first shore leave in over eight…

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Teen kills 7 in shooting at school near Bangkok

A 14-year-old student killed at least seven people — including his two grandparents and five school staff members — in a shooting rampage Friday morning at a high school on the outskirts of Bangkok before taking his own life, in…

Fire at Bangkok pub kills at least 27 people

A massive fire engulfed a popular pub in Bangkok's Chatuchak district in the early hours of Monday morning, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens more in one of Thailand's deadliest nightlife disasters in years.

Thailand to select first citizen astronaut via reality TV

Banijay Asia has unveiled a space tourism reality show format that will send Thailand's first citizen astronaut into orbit aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft. The production company announced "Race to Space Thailand" on September 15, marking a new chapter…