Soaring fuel prices are driving up costs for Thais traveling home for the Songkran holidays, but the chance to spend the Buddhist new year with loved ones is a price worth paying, they say.
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Students at a school in Bangkok take part in a Thai military conscription lottery, with those drawing a red ballot facing mandatory enlistment. Drawing a black ballot grants exemption from military service
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AFP REPORTAGE: Many Thai fishermen are stuck at dock because of surging prices of diesel they need to fuel their boats, as the Mideast war disrupts global supply. Tax-exempt diesel used to cost 20 baht a litre. It now cost 35 baht and is hard to find. u.afp.com/SLXT
I am a Japanese artist. I do not want war.
I oppose the invasion of Iran by the United States and Israel, which I believe violates international law.
I also oppose sending the Japan Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of Hormuz.
Japan has a pacifist constitution. Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan states that the Japanese people forever renounce war and the use of force as a means of settling international disputes.
Because of this principle, many people in Japan are deeply concerned about any military involvement overseas.
I hope for peace, and I do not want my country to take part in war.
20 Thai crew members of a cargo ship that was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz arrive in Thailand, with three of their colleagues still stranded on the vessel in the Gulf
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