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Ruins of ancient city discovered in southern Thailand
One-thousand meters up a mountain in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, stone structures, relics and at least one phallus-shaped rock have been discovered. The discovery of the settlement potentially thousands of years old was announced online yesterday by historian Phum Jiradejwong. He said he and his team — dubbed “explorers of the City of Mountains” — ...
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Inside the Thai traditional medicine lab with high ambitions for weed (Video)
Weed is weed, right? Believers in the power of the herb who think there are no health risks associated with street marijuana would be wrong, according to those formulating...
A timeline of Thailand’s turbulent political history since 2001
Violent demonstrations, multiple coups and a cryptic election eve message from the king. Thailand’s unpredictable political history has few rivals. The country’s...
Blast From the Past: Two-century-old cannon dug up outside Bangkok’s Grand Palace
A centuries-old cannon believed to hail from the beginning of the current Rattanakosin dynasty, was discovered in the heart of Bangkok’s historic district over the weekend. A...
Thousands already camped out to get good spot to watch royal cremation (PHOTOS)
Hordes of people are already camped out in Old Town near Sanam Luang two full days before the royal cremation on Thursday. Friends and families have set up makeshift camps there...
Thailand 007: Remembering Roger Moore as James Bond in Thailand scenes (VIDEOS)
Roger Moore, the actor to portray “international man of mystery”James Bond in more films than any other actor, died Tuesday of cancer at age 89. The suave and well-loved star,...