ADDS THE UPDATE TO THE SECOND SENTENCE - In this Friday, March 3, 2017 photo, the female green green turtle nicknamed "Bank" swims in a pool at Sea Turtle Conservation Center n Chonburi Province, ...

BANGKOK — (AP) Tourists in eastern Thailand used to toss coins at a green sea turtle that lived in a pond in eastern Thailand, wishing for luck and longevity. But swallowing the shiny tidbits turned ...

Reporting from BANGKOK — Tourists in eastern Thailand used to toss coins at a green sea turtle that lived in a pond in eastern Thailand, wishing for luck and longevity. But swallowing the shiny ...

Thai surgeons on Monday performed an emergency operation to avoid breaking the "Bank" -- the nickname of a sea turtle who had ingested 915 coins that were cracking its shell. Veterinarians in Bangkok ...

Weeks after the euro became official, the European Union is complaining that Thai 10-baht coins -- worth a mere 26 euro cents -- have been showing up in vending machines all over Europe. The coin is ...

Tossing a coin into a pool is believed to be good luck. But it proved to be terrible luck for a green sea turtle who consumed nearly 1,000 coins thrown into her pool. The female green sea turtle is ...

The startup has been exchanging baht and bitcoin in Thailand since its soft launch in June, when it received its e-commerce registration from the Huay Khwang District Office. , the Bank of Thailand's ...