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Thailand battles a dog-napping crime wave
Over the last five months, the Thai border police have made a series of spectacular animal seizures in the north east. Tens of thousands of dogs have been discovered, stuffed into ‘pig cages’, with ten or sometimes even fifteen animals packed into each one. Channel 4 News’ Asia correspondent John Sparks reports.
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The hidden dangers of Thailand's roads
John Sparks meets the mothers who lost their sons on Thailand’s roads – and who are campaigning to stop it happening again.
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The undocumented dangers of Thailand’s roads
It is a top tourist destination – but what the guidebooks don’t tell you is that Thailand’s roads are lethal. Now a group of mothers whose sons died in a bus crash are campaigning to change that.
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Thailand braces itself for disease threat
Thai officials say central Bangkok has escaped the worst of Thailand’s most severe floods in half a century, but aid groups are now warning of the threat of water-borne diseases.
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Thailand’s floods threaten Bangkok
As authorities in Bangkok attempt to defend Thailand’s capital from severe flooding, Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks reports from north of the city where swathes of land are inundated.
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Thailand's deadly monsoon season
With over 200 already dead, Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks sees for himself the devastation caused by the worst monsoon season Thailand has ever recorded.
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200 dead in Thailand floods
At least 224 people are killed in flooding in Thailand caused by a tropical storm and monsoon rain.
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What happened to Thailand's 'Godfather of sex'?
Mr Chuvit was widely known as the “Godfather of the Thai sex industry”. He owned six “massage parlours” off a tatty stretch of motorway in northern Bangkok. But something changed, as John Sparks blogs.
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Thailand's future is a family affair
John Sparks blogs from Bangkok on a remarkable comeback for the Shinawatras – the Thai family who are turning into a political dynasty.
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Brits among mystery tourist deaths in Thailand
An elderly British couple are among eight tourists to have died from a mystery illness while staying in Chiang Mai, a northern province of Thailand.
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Thailand: 21 die as floods cause chaos and strand tourists
The Thai navy steps in to mount a rescue as days of heavy rain bring floods and mudslides, forcing airports to close and the cancellation of trains.
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Thailand: what sea change is the military waiting for?
There is a growing confusion amongst many observers as to what else the Thai military are waiting for. These low numbers may not last if protestors again see the army’s threat yesterday to perhaps act was again not realised, writes Nick Paton Walsh.
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Thailand protests: reaching an endgame
Asia correspondent Nick PAton Walsh writes that the Thai protests have been “the most sporadic, volatile and unpredictable of protests, but it appears to be coming to an endgame”.
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Myanmar’s regime retreats as Gen Z rebels advance
Myanmar’s military has long dominated the country’s political life, but now faces its most sustained threat ever.
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FactCheck: why are countries suspending the AstraZeneca vaccine?
AstraZeneca said the numbers of people reporting serious blood clotting disorders after receiving its Covid vaccine were “much lower than would be expected to occur naturally in a general population of this size”.
