KYODO — More than 30% of unmarried people aged between 18 and 34 in Japan do not wish to have children, the highest percentage since comparable data became available in 2002, a government survey showed Friday.

Police presented the former abbot of Wat Phutthaisawan in Ayutthaya and a woman accused of acting his accomplice to their first remand hearing after investigators alleged that more than 100 million baht in temple donations had been misappropriated.

PATHUM THANI - An armed robber who made off with 1.5 million baht after robbing a bank in Khlong Luang district on Thursday afternoon later set fire to the car he used in the heist in an apparent attempt to destroy evidence.

Malaysians married to Thai nationals could be the group affected by the 30-day visa-free programme which will take effect next week.

MANDALAY — Myanmar's second-busiest airport was closed for two days on Friday, security sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP), a day after the military-backed government accused pro-democracy rebels of attacking it with drones.