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ASEAN not sending monitors to Myanmar polls

Southeast Asia’s ASEAN bloc will not send observers to Myanmar’s elections in December, diplomatic sources said Monday — a setback to the junta’s push for international legitimacy...

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Trump starts key Asian tour with deals ahead of China meet

US president Donald Trump started his Asia tour in Malaysia Sunday by rewarding Cambodia and Thailand with trade deals after co-signing their ceasefire pact, and saying he was confident of a ‘great’ trade deal at upcoming talks with China’s Xi Jinping...

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Black-clad Thai mourners weep for ex-Queen Sirikit

Around a dozen Thai mourners dressed in black sat outside a Bangkok hospital where the former Queen Sirikit, whose death was announced early on Saturday, had been receiving treatment...

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Thailand’s former queen Sirikit dies at 93

Thailand’s former Queen Sirikit, the mother of the current King Vajiralongkorn and wife of the nation’s longest-reigning monarch, died late Friday at the age of 93, the palace said...

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Ex-Thai PM Paetongtarn quits as party leader

Thailand’s recently removed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resigned Wednesday as leader of the party founded by her father, ex-premier Thaksin, signalling the potential end of the family’s decades-long political dynasty...