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No freedom on the horizon for Bangkok ‘mall gorilla’

No freedom on the horizon for Bangkok 'mall gorilla'

Seven storeys above a shopfloor hawking cheap perfume and nylon underwear, Thailand’s “shopping mall gorilla” sits alone in a cage — her home for 30 years despite a re-ignited row over her captivity. Activists around the world have long campaigned for the primate to be moved from Pata Zoo, located …

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Cunning Vietnamese parents cajole children into marriage

Cunning Vietnamese parents cajole children into marriage

Nguyen Thi Hoa from northern Ninh Binh Province became impatient when her 33-year-old son and 28-year-old daughter still had yet to marry. They were single, and there wasn’t even the hope of a spouse on the horizon. So tiger mom Hoa took matters into her own hands and began trying …

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Bombs with detonators intact found in central Vietnam

A family in central Nghe An Province found three unexploded bombs 20 meters apart while they were digging the ground to build their home. Military engineers from the Nghe An Military Headquarters on Monday said local military and militia forces had dug out the three bombs in Tan Ky District, …

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