{
  "id": 5074962,
  "title": "Hello, sailor: Thailand’s Pattaya rolls out welcome mat for USS Abraham Lincoln crew",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/hello-sailor-thailands-pattaya-rolls-out-welcome-mat-for-uss-abraham",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T11:20:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3366128/hello-sailor-thailands-pattaya-rolls-out-welcome-mat-uss-abraham-lincoln-crew"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "At Risa’s Massage, Fai cancelled her holiday to be at work this week; suitmaker Tito has laid on a made-in-24-hours special for US Navy visitors and hawker Pui is aiming to sell 15 watches in the five days the USS Abraham Lincoln will be in Pattaya. On Wednesday, the Thai resort city began to welcome over 5,000 sailors and Marines, finally on shore leave after being at sea for a record 286 days.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}