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In this Nov. 26, 2014, image from video, slaves from Myanmar lean over the deck of their fishing trawler at the port in Benjina, Indonesia. "I want to go home. We all do," one man called out in Burmese, a cry repeated by others. "Our parents haven't heard from us for a long time. I'm sure they think we are dead." (Associated Press/APTN)

Slavery taints global supply of seafood: AP investigation

By Robin McDowell, Margie Mason and Martha Mendoza - Associated Press

It is not known exactly where bamboo tattoos originated – possibly Cambodia, but it is believed to have begun in the Buddhist temples in Thailand where religious texts would be tattooed onto monks for protection of the scripts. (Photo courtesy/Lea Hutchins)

LEA HUTCHINS: Bamboo tattoo: Southeast Asia’s ancient art

By Lea Hutchins

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Polygamous gay marriage ceremony held in Thailand: ‘We all had a lot of feelings for each other’

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

LEA HUTCHINS: Travel: Thailand’s great elephant debate

By Lea Hutchins

Newly-elected Cardinal ?Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij, of Thailand, center, meets with faithful at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. Pope Francis welcomed 20 new cardinals Saturday into the elite club of churchmen who will elect his successor and immediately delivered a tough-love message to them, telling them to put aside their pride, jealousy and self-interests and instead exercise perfect charity. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

For Thailand’s new cardinal, secularism is the face of the devil

By Andrea Gagliarducci - Catholic News Agency

U.S. Marines and South Korean soldiers take part in the annual Cobra Gold military exercises on Hat Yao beach in Chonburi province, Thailand, on Feb. 14, 2014. (Associated Press)

Obama protests Thailand coup, scales down annual Cobra Gold military exercises

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

In this undated image made from a video produced by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, a fictional British tourist talks to a policeman after losing his bag on a beach in Thailand. A video called &quot;I Hate Thailand,&quot; which drew more than 1 million views within days of being posted, turned out to be produced by Thailand's tourism authority, using a strategy of reverse psychology to attract tourists after the country's image was battered by a military coup in May and the brutal murders of two British tourists on an idyllic beach in September. (AP Photo/Tourism Authority of Thailand)

New Thai tourism strategy: ‘I Hate Thailand’

By Jocelyn Gecker - Associated Press

In this Nov. 19, 2014 photo, a Thai man walks near a billboard of a tour in Japan, outside Japan National Tourism Organization office in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's embassy in Japan has some tips for Thai visitors: Don't put your chopsticks in the serving bowl. And if driving, stop for pedestrians at cross walks. The advice is part of a new online manners guide the embassy has posted on its Facebook page in response to criticism on social media about &quot;inappropriate&quot; behavior of Thai tourists in Japan. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Do’s and don’ts for Thai tourists in Japan

By Jocelyn Gecker - Associated Press

Thai rescue workers move a injured tourist on stretcher to hospital after a fishing boat crashed with a speed boat, carrying tourists from Koh Phi Phi island to a pier in Phuket. Thailand Sunday Oct. 19, 2014. 27 tourists injured and two are missing.(AP Photo) THAILAND OUT

2 South Koreans missing in Thai boat collision

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Family members of Hannah Witheridge, one of two slain British tourists, cry at the Royal Thai Police Headquarters before meeting with Thai police in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Police in Thailand said Wednesday that DNA samples from the bodies of two British tourists found bludgeoned on a resort island did not match any collected from 12 people who were among those in the area.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai military ruler apologizes for bikini comment

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In this photo released by Thai Spokesman Office, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks after he accepted a written royal command issued by King Bhumibol Adulyadej certifying his appointment as the country's 29th premier in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Thailand's junta leader, who seized power in a military coup three months ago, officially assumed his new post as prime minister on Monday following the endorsement from the country's monarch. (AP Photo/Thai Spokesman Office)

Thai junta leader assumes prime minister post

By THANYARAT DOKSONE - Associated Press

In this photo taken May 17, 2014, Weluree Ditsayabut poses after she was crowned Miss Universe Thailand at the competition in Bangkok, Thailand. Weluree has resigned less than a month into her reign after being harshly criticized on social media over her political comments and looks. (AP Photo)

Thai beauty queen resigns under social media fire

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A protester, center, wears a mask while protesting during an anti-coup demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, June 1, 2014. An anti-coup activist in Thailand called Friday for a weekend rally to defy the military government's ban on demonstrations, urging those opposed to the takeover to wear masks and be ready for cat-and-mouse chases with soldiers in the capital. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thai protesters come out again despite junta’s ban

By THANYARAT DOKSONE - Associated Press

A man, center, is detained by plainclothes police officers after holding an anti-coup sign outside a McDonald's restaurant in downtown Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, May 31, 2014. In his first address to the public since taking control of Thailand in a bloodless coup, army commander Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, the head of the military junta, said it could take more than a year for new elections to be held because peace and reforms must be achieved first. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thailand’s coup: Key questions answered

By The Associated Press - Associated Press