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Inmates set fire to their sleeping quarters Friday evening, following another fire a day earlier, with 31 people subsequently arrested. Photo: AFP
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Thai prison set on fire during riot over coronavirus cluster

The prison has a population of more than 2100 and roughly 300 have tested positive

The well decorated interior of Bosphorus was inspired from Turkish restaurants.
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Find Japanese Mochi Ice Cream at Bosphorus

Health care workers move a dead body to a container after a hospital morgue overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths begun to store bodies in refrigerated containers, as the country struggles to deal with its biggest outbreak to date, in Pathum Thani, Thailand July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
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As cases surge, Thai hospital uses containers to store bodies

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Google takes down maps targeting hundreds of Thais accused of opposing king

Arrested anti-government protest leader Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak shows a three-finger salute as he arrives at the criminal court to face lese majeste charges in Bangkok, Thailand March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
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Jailed Thai protest leader hospitalised after 46-day hunger strike

People wearing face masks shop for street food in Chinatown amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
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Thai households struggle with record debt, Covid-19 increases burden

Rescue workers are seen at Phra Sai Ngam cave during an operation to save a Thai monk trapped after the entrance was flooded at the weekend, according to local media, in Noen Maprang, Thailand April 6, 2021, in this still image taken from video obtained from social media. Video taken April 6, 2021. Mandatory credit THAILAND RESCUE DIVER/via REUTERS
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Thai rescue unit frees Buddhist monk trapped in flooded cave

FILE PHOTO: Protesters run during a crackdown of an anti-coup protests at Hlaing Township in Yangon, Myanmar March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
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Thai army denies supplying rice to Myanmar forces

Anti-government protesters wearing march in a protest demanding the release of arrested leaders charged with lese majeste law in Bangkok, Thailand March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
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Thai police warn protesters risk arrest ahead of planned demonstrations