Bomb-like devices found in Thai resort areasーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
at least 10 suspicious devices that look like bombs have been found in thailand’s southern provinces including the popular tourist destinations of puket and gerby officials are investigating whether regional separatist insurgents were behind the plot the devices have been found since wednesday at a number of locations including phuket’s famous patang beach and a parking lot of an airport police say an initial inspection of the objects suggests they were designed to produce noise but pose no threat to life or property bomb squads have disarmed the devices police say they have detained five men who they believe are related to the case a probe is underway into any possible links they may have with insurgent groups thailand’s muslim majority southernmost areas have been grappling with unrest with sporadic attacks by militants fighting for greater autonomy but incidents at popular tourist hotspots have been rare five months have passed since thailand became the first country in southeast asia to legalize same-sex unions government data shows such couples have made up more than 11% of all marriages registered nationwide as of may the law recognizing same-sex unions came into effect in january thailand’s interior ministry says more than 17,000 same-sex couples have tied the knot that’s nearly 12% of the more than 140,000 couples who registered their marriage during the period the new law guarantees lgbtq couples the same rights enjoyed by heterosexual unions including tax benefits inheritance and adoption while rights activists hail the change they say more is needed for gender equality this includes a law to allow ties to identify as they choose regardless of sex assigned at birth people in myanmar are still facing major challenges three months after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the central region of the country a un official is urging the international community to continue to provide support to help survivors rebuild their lives the myanmar hutah says the disaster claimed more than 3,700 lives and injured over 5,000 nhk spoke to tito mitra who heads the un development program in myanmar he described the current situation of the quake hit areas including zagin region near the epicenter and the country’s second largest city of mandandalay there’s 200,000 people still um who are being displaced uh because of the uh earthquake uh and uh at least 50,000 of them are living in uh temporary uh sites while a lot of international organizations um have provided tents uh it hasn’t covered everyone while rebuilding lives is one of the biggest challenges mitra is worried that the international community’s interest in myanmar is waning i referred to it as not a forgotten crisis because your viewers are well aware of it the your politicians are well aware of it but i would call it a neglected crisis that that unfortunately the attention is not staying there are many areas still affected by piles of rubble from collapsed homes and buildings mitra said that at least 1.5 million tons of the debris needs to be removed and that wraps up our bulletin i’m tran tira kalan in bangkok
June 27 NEWSROOM TOKYO Bangkok Live Lineup:
00:00 Bomb-like devices found in Thai resort areas
01:03 11.8% of Thailand’s marriages are same-sex
02:06 UN: Myanmar quake crisis neglected
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