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Bangkok air pollution forces closure of schools

Nearly 200 Bangkok schools close over air pollution

BANGKOK: Air pollution forced nearly 200 schools in Bangkok to close on Thursday (Jan 23), local authorities said, as officials urged people to work from home and restricted heavy vehicles in the city.

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Air pollution in Thailand’s Bangkok forces more than 350 schools to close

More than 350 schools in Bangkok have been forced to close due to air pollution, authorities in Thailand’s capital have said. The Thai capital has been struggling with hazardous air quality since midweek,

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Bangkok air pollution forces closure of schools amid health crisis

Soaring air pollution and a worsening public health crisis today forced the closure of hundreds of schools in Thailand. Footage shows the deserted classrooms at a state-run facility in the Lat Phrao area of the capital Bangkok,

Celebration and a mass wedding in Thailand

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Celebration and a mass wedding in Thailand as same-sex marriage law takes effect

The Southeast Asian nation is the third jurisdiction in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage after Taiwan and Nepal.

The New York Times · 12h

Thailand Celebrates New Same-Sex Marriage Law With Mass Wedding

Hundreds of people began registering their marriages at a mall in Bangkok, as Thailand became one of the few places in Asia to legalize same-sex unions.

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Hundreds wed as Thai same-sex marriage law comes into force

Scores of same-sex and transgender couples married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom's equal marriage law went into effect, with two high-profile gay actors among the first to do so.In matching beige suits,

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Bangkok Air Pollution Forces 352 Schools to Close

Asharq Al Awsat Air pollution in the Thai capital forced the closure of more than 350 schools on Friday, city authorities said, the highest number in five years. Bangkok officials announced free ...

Bangkok to Get Free Public Transport for a Week as Smog Worsens

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra ordered public transport in Bangkok to be free for a week from Saturday, as authorities try to reduce traffic and ease the smog that has choked the city for ...

Bangkok gets free public transport for a week in smog crisis

BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra ordered public transport in Bangkok to be free for a week from Saturday ...

UN experts urge Thailand not to deport dozens of Uyghurs to China where they face ‘real risk of torture’

International pressure is mounting on Thailand – including from the new US administration – over the fate of dozens of Uyghur ...

Thai prime minister says she was nearly tricked by scam caller posing as another world leader

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said she realized it was a scam when the other person tried to pressure her into ...

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GOT7 release new album, 82Major visit Bangkok

GOT7 has returned with a new album after three years and rookie group, 82Major, is gearing up to meet Thai fans in Bangkok.GOT7 to Return with Seven MembersIt's been almost three years since K-pop ...

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples rush to make their wedded status legal in Bangkok

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand began making their wedded status legal Thursday, the first day a law took effect ...

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