reuters Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday he has asked for HM The King's permission to lift martial law which has been in place nationwide since before a May coup.

bangkokpost.com Hotels in the Pattaya area will offer discounts of up to 50 percent on rooms from April to October in the hope of drawing tourists to the beach town and replacing the falling numbers from Russia and Europe.

.independent.co.uk A Turkish Airlines flight bound for Brazil was forced to make an emergency landing today, after a note including the word ''bomb'' was found in the toilet.


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bangkokpost.com The ''dominoes'' that Transport Minister Prajin Juntong worried would begin falling over a global safety warning about Thailand's aviation industry have indeed begun to tumble, with China and South Korea now banning new Thai-registered flights and Singapore imposing strict inspections.

nationmultimedia.com Thailand's human rights status could be downgraded in October should the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) get merged with the Office of the Ombudsman as per the new constitution, a recent meeting in Geneva concluded.

ecr.co.zaThe families of the three missing sailors whose yacht went missing on a voyage to Phuket earlier this year have new-found hope with the sighting of an object resembling their vessel.
http://www.ecr.co.za/post/new-hope-missing-yachtmen/



nationmultimedia.com The suppression of human trafficking will be made a national priority on Friday to avoid the risk of Thailand being downgraded under an international protocol against trafficking, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said.

reuters Thai authorities said they had found a group of 76 migrants from neighboring Myanmar, including six suspected Rohingya, in a sign that one of Asia's busiest smuggling routes is still thriving despite Bangkok's vow to stamp out trafficking.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/30/us-thailand-migrants-idUSKBN0MQ0YV20150330

bangkokpost.com Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon scoffed at claims by Yingluck Shinawatra that her government made significant headway in tackling human trafficking. [Ed: Major human traffickers and their allies still miraculously escape arrest and punishment.]



king5.com A dog that had just arrived in Seattle from Thailand was spooked by traffic last week and is now lost in the city. Reese had lived at the Soi Dog Foundation shelter in Phuket, Thailand for three years before Karen Grasso adopted her to be a companion for another dog she had adopted while traveling in Thailand.
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/pets-and-animals/2015/03/30/rescue-dog-from-thailand-lost-in-seattle/70645612/

telegraph.co.uk Thailand's aviation industry has been placed under ''special measures'' after issues were flagged up by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) earlier this month. The two countries forced airlines including budget carriers Thai AirAsia X, NokScoot and Asia Atlantic Airline, to cancel extra flights that they had been planning.

dailymail.co.uk US police opened fire and one suspect died after two men dressed in women's clothing tried to ram their car onto the grounds of the National Security Agency outside Washington.

scotsman.com A British former Olympic diver and his wife have been found shot dead on a sofa at their villa in a ''sleepy'' Spanish village. Peter and Jean Tarsey, who were both 77, were discovered at their home in Xalo, near Benidorm in eastern Spain, on Sunday afternoon.

bworldonline.com Throughout US global wars against communism, drugs and terrorism, Thailand has been an indispensable strategic partner. But the recent sharp deterioration in ties was evident in January when Thailand's Foreign Ministry summoned the top US diplomat in Bangkok to register displeasure over the State Department's critical comments about the country's military rule



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