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Pattaya sex tourism documentary “damages Thai reputation” - Dec 5

Thailand news - Plenty of follow up as police and Thai officials scramble to try and put out the Pattaya PR fire from the allegations presented in the Deutsche Welle documentary about Pattaya's sex tourism and underage prostitution.

A volcano has erupted in Indonesia killing 11 with many more missing at this time. HM The King's son revisits Thailand for Fathers Day, the first subsidy for sugarcane farmers is announced as the Thai government tackles the PM 2.5 problems in the north.

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