Makeup Store Apologizes for Sale Fiasco
BANGKOK — A downtown makeup store apologized Sunday after it came under fire for false advertising and poor service from some of the hundreds of people who queued for hours over the weekend.
View Article4 Tourists, 1 Guide Die in Ayutthaya Van Crash
AYUTTHAYA — Four foreign tourists and their Thai guide died Wednesday in a collision in Ayutthaya’s Bang Pa-in district.
View ArticleOfficials Say Flood Recovery Underway as South Inundated Anew
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — Massive flooding which has ravaged dozens of provinces in recent weeks and killed at least 20 people is still affecting Isaan, while the south is drying out Thursday from a fresh...
View Article‘Mall Cop’ Student Seriously Injured in Collision
PATHUM THANI — A university student who gained fame for taking a summer job as a mall guard was in serious condition and breathing through a respirator Friday following a road accident in northern...
View ArticleThanet Chimtoum, ‘90s Boyband Idol, 44
BANGKOK — A member of a ‘90s boy band died early Saturday morning onstage after suffering a heart attack during a concert.
View Article‘Octopus’ Ride Accident Injures 15 at Temple Fair
SAMUT PRAKAN — The owner of a temple fair carnival ride faces a charge of reckless endangerment after his spinning ride malfunctioned, injuring more than a dozen people.
View ArticleForeigners Among 14 Killed in Sing Buri Van Crash: Police
SING BURI — A van which police said was carrying foreign workers crashed into a truck early Friday morning in Sing Buri, killing all 14 aboard.
View ArticleCadet Wrote to Fellow Recruit Who Quit Due to Physical Demands
BANGKOK — A leaked letter from a military cadet who died a questionable death indicates that the physical demand at the school made at least another student quit.
View ArticleBlood Clots Found in Dead Cadet’s Organs, Family Demands Explanation
BANGKOK — The family of a dead military cadet held a press conference Sunday, demanding an explanation as to why forensic reports from Phramongkutklao Hospital indicated that organs returned by the...
View ArticleZoo Sorry For ‘Unpreventable’ Death of Mahout by ‘Ong Bak’ Elephant
CHIANG MAI — Chiang Mai Zoo officials apologized to the family of an experienced mahout trampled/gored to death by an elephant that appeared in a martial arts blockbuster film, describing the incident...
View ArticleDead Cadet’s Autopsy Results Due Tomorrow
BANGKOK — Thursday will mark the deadline set by the Central Institute of Forensic Science to complete its autopsy of a cadet whose death at a military academy has become a national controversy and...
View ArticleSouthern Flooding Claims First Victim (Video)
TRANG — A nurse driving to work early Friday morning died when a storm surge swept her car off a bridge and into a canal where she drowned.
View ArticleEpilepsy Blamed for Crash That Kills 2, Injures 15
PATTAYA — Two people were killed and 15 injured Monday morning after a black truck plowed through nearly a dozen motorbikes on Pattaya Tai Road.
View ArticleProvincial Airport Closed as Southern Flood Toll Rises
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — A southern provincial airport remained closed a second day Thursday as two more bodies were recovered from deadly floodwaters, bringing the death toll from the regional flooding...
View ArticleFalling Crane Severs Worker’s Leg (Video)
BANGKOK — Another day, another crane falls in Bangkok.
View ArticleCentury-Old Shophouses Destroyed in Bangkok Old Town
BANGKOK — Residents in the old quarter of Bangkok had to flee their homes early Monday morning after a fire broke out and destroyed over a dozen historic shophouses.
View ArticleBoth Parents Charged Over Line Group Toddler Rape
PHITSANULOK — Police said Monday said they now have in custody a mother and stepfather accused of sexually assaulting their toddler and selling the footage to a Line group they’ve traced to Bangkok.
View ArticleThais Working in Korea Are Dying in Droves
SEOUL — Dozens of Thai nationals have frozen to death in Korea in this year, pointing to a worrying trend, the Thai Embassy in Seoul disclosed Tuesday night.
View Article80-Meter Bridge Collapses After Barge Strike (Video)
NAKHON PATHOM — A barge pilot was hit with a minor fine Thursday morning after his vessel smashed into a bridge and made it collapse.
View ArticleFire Burns Through Chiang Mai Temple Hours After New Year
CHIANG MAI — A fire broke out early Monday morning at a temple in Chiang Mai’s Chai Prakan district only an hour after the cross-year prayer. No injuries were reported.
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