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UK sells Bangkok embassy for £420m, biggest property sale in history

TheForeignOfficehassolditsBritishembassyinBangkokfor£420m,thebiggestpropertysaleinitshistory.Moneyraisedwillbeusedtorenovateotherembassiesaroundtheworld.British

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Sink city: Thai cops in lather over 'soapy massage' brothel water theft

ThaipolicearecheckingdozensofBangkokmega-brothelstoseeiftheyareillegallysiphoningoffgroundwaterfor"soapymassages"offeredtoclientsthatmaybecontributingtothegradu

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Thailand arrests woman wanted over deadly 2015 bombing at shrine

BANGKOK(Reuters)-PoliceinThailandonWednesdayarrestedawomanwantedinconnectionwitha2015bombinginBangkokthatkilled20people,14ofthemforeigntourists.Theblastatacentr

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Heaviest rainfall in 25 years leaves Bangkok in flood

ByAPDwriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,Oct.14(APD)--MostareasofBangkokhavebeenfloodedonSaturdayafterhoursofthundershowershitthecityatFridaynight.Fridaynightsawarainfallof

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Bangkok under threat of snakes in rainy season

ByAPDWriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,Sept.21(APD)--Thailand'sDepartmentofNationalParkssaidtheyhavereceivedabout300snakeseverymonththathavebeencaughtinpeople’shomesinand

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Bangkok's abandoned 'ghost' towers still stand 20 years after crash

Uponitscompletionin2016,the314-meterMahaNakhonwasnamedThailand'stallestbuilding.OfferingluxuryshoppingandsomeofthemostexpensivepropertiesinBangkok,theglitzyskys

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Yingluck attends hearing on criminal charges in Bangkok

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R) receives flowers from a supporter before attending a hearing on criminal charges stemming from her government's rice pledging scheme at the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions in Bangkok, Thailand, July 7, 2017.

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Small explosive device wounds one in Thai capital: police

AsmallexplosioninThailand'scapital,Bangkok,woundedonepersononFriday,policesaid,addingthatthedevicewasa"pingpong"bombhiddeninaplasticbag.Theblastcameadayafteraut

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Bangkok Chinese culture week: art, live shows and education

A week of activities designed to promote Chinese culture is under way in Bangkok, Thailand.The campaign, jointly launched by China’s Ministry of Culture, China Cultural Center of Bangkok, China-Foreign Cultural Exchange Center and Guangdong Provincial Art Industry Association, kicked off at the China Cultural Center in the Thai capital on Saturday.

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Bangkok Chinese culture week: art, live shows and education

AweekofactivitiesdesignedtopromoteChinesecultureisunderwayinBangkok,Thailand.Thecampaign,jointlylaunchedbyChina’sMinistryofCulture,ChinaCulturalCenterofBangkok,

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China's Huawei launches Openlab Bangkok to support start-ups

Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Thursday launched its OpenLab Bangkok to provide one-stop Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure support to start-ups and enterprises as well as to facilitate Thailand's digital transformation drive.

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Thailand’s Bangkok governor apologizes for poor flood management

ByAPDwriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,May26(APD)--BangkokgovernorAswinKwanmuangapologizedtothepublicafterthetorrentialraininrecentdaysleftBangkokflooded,localmediaFriday

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Bangkok crowns most visited Asia-Pacific destination in 2017

BANGKOK, May 3 (APD) -- Bangkok remains the top destination in terms of visitor numbers out of 171 destinations in the Asia-Pacific region, the latest figures from the influential Mastercard Asia-Pacific Destinations Index 2017 showed.

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Bangkok beats London as world’s top travel destination: survey

The Thai capital of Bangkok has beaten London to be crowned the world’s most popular travel destination this year, according to an annual ranking by global payments and technology company Mastercard released on Thursday.

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Bangkok bak kwa has high levels of preservatives: Thai consumer agency

Bak kwa sold in Bangkok shops have been found to have excessive levels of preservatives, a report said.

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Erawan shrine bombers first targeted Bangkok pier packed with Chinese tourists

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.

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Asia shivers: All bundled up, from Bangkok to Hanoi

Tourists and residents in Bangkok bundled up as the temperature in the Thai capital dipped to 17.5 deg C yesterday, with many regions in Asia shivering in unusual cold weather.