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Pichayapa 'Namsai' Natha of Thai pop group BNK48 tearfully apologizes for wearing swastika T-shirt, January 26, 2019 (Screen grab via Instagram)
January 27, 2019, 10:24 am
Thai pop idol tearfully apologizes for Nazi swastika T-shirt
Namsai of BNK48 vows not to repeat the mistake after drawing outrage for wearing shirt in televised performance; star to meet with Israel’s ambassador on Holocaust Remembrance Day
By AFP
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun walks in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Alqunun, the 18-year old Saudi woman who fled her family to seek asylum, remains in Thailand under the care of the UN refugee agency as she awaits a decision by a third country to accept her as a refugee. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
January 11, 2019, 8:05 pm
Saudi teen fleeing from family granted asylum in Canada
Facing deportation from Thailand, Rahaf al-Qunun used Twitter to draw attention to her plight, alleging abuse by her family in the conservative kingdom
By AFP
In this Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, photo, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun sits barricaded in a hotel room at an international airport in Bangkok, Thailand (Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun/Human Rights Watch via AP)
January 7, 2019, 6:43 pm
Thailand says it won’t deport Saudi asylum-seeking woman held at airport
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun blockaded herself in a room, begged for help on social media, saying she was fleeing her family; Bangkok announces she won’t be sent back against her will
By GRANT PECK and Aya Batrawy
Sarah Rose Summers of the United States competes in the swimsuit competition during the 2018 Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok on December 13, 2018. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA/AFP)
December 15, 2018, 9:13 pm
Miss USA sorry for mocking Miss Universe contenders’ English
After firestorm on social media, Sarah Rose Summers says she never intended to insult Miss Cambodia or Miss Vietnam
By TOI staff
A photo of the 'Communist' room at the Villa Love Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. (Twitter via JTA)
October 5, 2018, 9:56 pm
Jewish group livid over Nazi-themed room at Thailand sex hotel
Head of Simon Wiesenthal Center says it’s ‘absolutely disgusting’ establishment would adorn room with swastikas, portraits of Nazi leader
By JTA
A Yemeni airport security official walks on the tarmac next to a plane from the Iranian private airline Mahan Air at the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, March 1, 2015 (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
September 14, 2018, 7:24 pm
US sanctions Thai company, saying it helped blacklisted Iran airline
Treasury Department blocks assets of My Aviation in America over its work with Mahan Air, which has ‘flown fighters and material to Syria to prop up the Assad regime’
By AP and TOI staff
Yedidya Kellerman, 25, and his wife Kesem (Facebook)
August 30, 2018, 10:56 am
Israeli man, 25, killed on honeymoon in Thailand car crash
Yedidya Kellerman named as victim; wife lightly injured after couple hit by passing vehicle in northern city of Pai
By TOI staff
Eyal Bokal (L) and Dolev Zuarez sit while in Thai police custody on January 22, 2018. (Screen capture/Hadashot news)
August 20, 2018, 5:52 pm
Israelis sentenced to 25 years in Thai prison for killing underworld rival
Pair avoid death sentence after confessing to murder of Netanya crime boss Maor Malul on resort island of Koh Samui
By TOI staff
Members of the rescued soccer team and their coach sit during a press conference discussing their ordeal in the cave in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand, July 18, 2018 (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
July 18, 2018, 4:56 pm
Thai cave boys speak of ‘miracle’ rescue after hospital discharge
Soccer players are all in good physical condition, despite surviving for days on water that dripped down the side of the cave
By Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI and Jonathan KLEIN
The rescued Chilean miners during a visit to Israel in 2011. (Kobi Gideon / FLASH90)
July 13, 2018, 6:40 am
Duped Chilean miners warn Thai boys to beware fraudsters
Group says they never got a dime for their story of 69 days underground, which made millions at the box office, and worry the recently rescued soccer team may suffer the same fate
By Ana Fernandez
Thai students smile as they hold pictures of 12 boys and a football coach in front of the hospital where the group, who were rescued after being trapped in a nearby cave for 18 harrowing days, were brought for observation in the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai on July 11, 2018. (AFP Photo/Tang Chhin Sothy)
July 12, 2018, 1:55 pm
Thai cave rescue site to become a museum
Workers pack up pumps, heavy-grade machinery and construction equipment at the mouth of the Tham Luang cave as 12 boys and their coach continue recovery in hospital
By Richard SARGENT
In this image made from video, released by the Thailand Government Spokesman Bureau, three of the 12 boys are seen recovering in their hospital beds after being rescued along with their coach from a flooded cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, July 11, 2018. (Thailand Government Spokesman Bureau via AP)
July 11, 2018, 5:01 pm
Thai Navy SEALs footage shows trapped boys carried from cave during rescue
Youth soccer team members were apparently sedated and strapped into stretchers as rescuers brought them through perilous, submerged route to safety
By AFP
People celebrate after divers evacuated some of the 12 boys and their coach who were trapped at Tham Luang cave in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, July 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
July 11, 2018, 11:15 am
Thais rejoice at success of dramatic cave rescue
Health officials say the boys, ages 11-16, are in good physical and mental health
By Richard SARGENT and Vijitra Duangdee
Motorists pass a billboard with a photograph showing members of the Thai children's football team "Wild Boar" and their coach with a message "welcome home brothers" displayed in Chiang Rai as the boys and their coach were all rescued in the Tham Luang cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district on July 10, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN Sothy)
July 11, 2018, 10:09 am
Kids lost weight but ‘took care of themselves’ in Thai cave
Soccer team drank dripping water during 18-day ordeal; medics fear boys could contract infection or suffer mental health problems
By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA
Motorists pass a billboard with a photograph showing members of the Thai children's football team "Wild Boar" and their coach with a message "welcome home brothers" displayed in Chiang Rai as the boys and their coach were all rescued in the Tham Luang cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district on July 10, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN Sothy)
July 10, 2018, 2:58 pm
All 12 boys plus soccer coach rescued from Thai cave
Divers complete operation to extract group trapped 18 days ago
By AFP
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