Tag: Buddhist leaders
Buddhist leaders gather to celebrate Vesak day and Buddha Jayanti
BANGKOK, 1 June 2012 - Over 5,000 Buddhist leaders from 85 countries are gathering to chant the holy Buddhist stanzas and meditate in...
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USS Abraham Lincoln returns to Laem Chabang for third Thailand visit
PATTAYA, Thailand – The USS Abraham Lincoln is set to return to Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi from Sept. 2–6, marking the aircraft carrier’s...
Pattaya Beach phone recording ends in alleged ambush, man left injured
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 26-year-old Myanmar man suffered a head injury after a group of three to four transgender women allegedly returned to confront...
Flash flood hits Saraburi’s Cha-om after heavy rain, tourists rescued
SARABURI, Thailand – Heavy rain in the mountainous upstream areas of Cha-om subdistrict, Kaeng Khoi district, triggered a rapid surge of runoff on Aug....
FBI-wanted American man arrested at Phuket hotel on eight warrants
PHUKET, Thailand – Thai authorities, working with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have arrested a 48-year-old American man wanted in the United...
Pattaya’s prostitution sweeps raise questions over what the city really wants to hide
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya’s latest operation against suspected prostitution in public areas has once again put an uncomfortable question in the spotlight: is the...