Featured events on Feb 27, 2015 included Private 1st Class Buakaw and the air force chief in different missions.
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Muay Thai star Sombat ''Buakaw'' Banchamek (left) has been promoted from private to private 1st class at the Thanarat Infantry Camp in Pranburi district, Prachuap Khiri Khan. — Chaiwat Saadyaem
Air Chief Marshal Treetos Sonchaeng, the air force chief, (left) looks at reporters as he co-pilots a Gripen fighter jet from the Royal Thai Air Force headquarters in Bangkok to the 7th Wing in Surat Thani. — Krit Promsaka Na Sakolnakorn
Acting rector of King Mongkut's Institute of Technologk Ladkrabang Monai Krairiksh (left) exchanges an agreement to settle the embezzlement scandal with Siam Commerical Bank executive chairman Vichit Suraphongchai while Kamjorn Taliyakawee, secretary-general of the Office of Higher Education Commission, looks on. — Apichit Jinakul
A yellow Ferrari is one of 232 cars auctioned by the Customs Department. The agency hoped to bag at least 300 million baht from the event. — Somchai Poomlard
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency personnel talk to each other during an handover ceremony in Port Klang. The Malaysian government received the first of two Bay Class vessels from the Australian government for coastline patrols to curb
human trafficking along the Malacca Straits. — EPA
Local residents look out at the prison island of Nusa Kambangan, where upcoming executions of two convicted Australian drug traffickers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan are expected to take place, in Cilacap, Central Java. — Reuters
Chinese soldiers from the People's Liberation Army brave themselves in the snow during a cold endurance training in Heihe in Heilongjiang province on Feb 26, 2015. The purpose of the training is to improve the soldier's ability of completing task under extreme weather condition. — AP
An ivory folding fan is on display in a crafts shop in Hangzhou, China's Zhejiang province. Beijing has imposed a one-year ban on imports of ivory carvings, but questions remained on its effect on rising Chinese demand, which critics say could push wild African elephants to extinction within a generation. — AFP
Anti-Japan protesters shout slogans in Seoul. The protesters were marking South Korea's upcoming Independence
Declaration Day which falls on March 1, when in 1919 a civilian uprising was started against the country's occupation by Japan. — AFP
A long-exposure image of runners competing in the Tel Aviv Marathon in Israel. According to the organisers more than 30,000 runners competed in the city marathon, racing various distances. — EPA
A woman watches a light show projected onto the Questacon building during the preview of the Enlighten Canberra festival in Canberra on Feb 26, 2015. Enlighten Canberra will run through March 7. — EPA
Members of a bomb-disposal unit check a vehicle near the US consulate in Istanbul. The consulate had taken precautionary measures following a security alert. — Reuters