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This photo released by the Arakan Army, shows members of the Arakan Army posing for a photograph in front of the captured district police office in Ann township, Rakhine state, Myanmar, Nov. 29, 2024. (The Arakan Army via AP)

An ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to have captured a major regional army headquarters

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Sawang Rojana Thammasathan Sattahip Rescue shows a knife handle found at the crime scene where a Thai-Australian boy was stabbed to death in Sattahip, Chonburi province, Thailand, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (Sawang Rojana Thammasathan Sattahip Rescue via AP)

14-year-old stabs a Thai-Australian schoolmate to death in a fight, Thai police say

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From left: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, U.S. President Donald Trump, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pose for a family photo during the ASEAN-US 40th Anniversary commemorative Summit in Manila, Philippines on Monday, November 13, 2017. (Manan Vatsyayana/Pool photo via AP) **FILE**

Some in Southeast Asia see a definite upside to Trump’s return to power

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Elephant Nature Park shows three of the roughly 100 elephants who are stuck in rising flood waters at the park in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (Darrick Thompson/Elephant Nature Park Via AP)

Floods overflow Thailand’s northern tourist city of Chiang Mai

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Rescuers gather at the site of a bus that caught fire, carrying young students with their teachers, in suburban Bangkok, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai police seek negligence charges for a school bus fire that killed 23

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

An ambulance carrying a body leaves from the hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai police seek negligence charges for a school bus fire that killed 23

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, left, and his daughter and newly elected Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrive before the royal endorsement ceremony appointing Paetongtarn as Thailand's new prime minister at Pheu Thai party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit).

Awkward father-daughter dance leaves Thailand with unclear road ahead

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho, father of Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, talks to reporters arrives at Koh Samui provincial court in southern Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. A court in Thailand is expected to sentence the son of the actor accused of killing and dismembering a Colombian surgeon on a popular tourist island.(AP Photo/Thanapat Cherajin)

A Spanish YouTube chef gets life in prison for murder in Thailand

By Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot and Grant Peck - Associated Press

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin talks to reporters during a press conference at Government house in Bangkok, Thailand after a court removed Srettha from office over an ethical violation Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Court orders Thai prime minister to step down over divisive appointment

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Protesters hold placards in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the High Court in London, Monday, May 20, 2024. Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga over the publication of a trove of classified documents. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stops in Bangkok on his way to a U.S. court and later freedom

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

A worker from Thailand harvests avocados in a farm field of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) **FILE**

Despite trauma of Oct. 7, Thai workers again flock to Israel for work

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

A participant holds a rainbow flag at government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Thailand’s Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a marriage equality bill, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to enact such a law. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand’s Senate overwhelmingly approves a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriages

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Mother, Chamchuri, stand with newborn elephant twins female, left, and male, right, in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, Monday, June 10, 2024. Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby elephants, one male, the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a tragedy. (AP Photo/Nathathaida Adireksara)

Rare twin elephants in Thailand receive monks’ blessings a week after their tumultuous birth

By Napat Kongsawad - Associated Press

Ambulances wait to carry passengers from a London-Singapore flight that encountered severe turbulence, in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The plane apparently plummeted for a number of minutes before it was diverted to Bangkok, where emergency crews rushed to help injured passengers amid stormy weather, Singapore Airlines said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

British man dies and several passengers are injured when turbulence hits a Singapore Airlines flight

By Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul - Associated Press

Potential candidates to become members of Thailand's next Senate arrive at the Phaya Thai district office in Bangkok on Monday, May 20, 2024. Thailand on Monday officially kicked off the task of selecting a new set of Senators, a process that has become part of the ongoing war between progressive forces hoping for democratic political reforms and conservatives seeking to keep the status quo.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Candidates begin registering in complicated process to select Thailand’s new Senate

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press