Leicester City Confirms Chopper Crash Killed Vichai
LEICESTER, England — The Thai billionaire owner of English Premier League team Leicester City was among five people who died after his helicopter crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off...
View ArticleLion Air Jet Crashes Into Sea After Jakarta Takeoff, 188 on Board
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s disaster agency says a Lion Air passenger jet crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta and was carrying 188 passengers and crew. Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo...
View ArticleData Recorder Recovered From Vichai’s Helicopter
LEICESTER, England — The flight data recorder from the helicopter that crashed with the Leicester football team’s owner on board is being examined by investigators, authorities said, as his family and...
View ArticleLeicester to Return to Action Saturday After Death of Owner
Leicester’s grieving players will take to the field for the first time since the death of the club’s owner in a helicopter crash when they visit Cardiff for a Premier League game on Saturday. The two...
View ArticleSon of Late Leicester Owner Vows to Carry on Father’s Legacy
LEICESTER, England — The son of the Leicester owner killed in a helicopter crash promised Wednesday to honor his father by continuing his “big vision and dreams” at the Premier League club. “From him,...
View ArticleBlaze Reduces 5-Star Samui Villa to Ashes (Video)
KOH SAMUI — A foreigner suffered minor burns Thursday night when a five-star beachfront villa on Koh Samui was destroyed in a blaze. The post Blaze Reduces 5-Star Samui Villa to Ashes (Video) appeared...
View ArticleWoman Dies After Hospital Refuses to Treat Acid Attack by Husband
BANGKOK — A justice advocacy group on Sunday morning placed the lifeless body of a woman in front of the hospital that refused her treatment after her husband assaulted her with acid. Saturday at...
View ArticleMassive Weekend Flooding Kills Toddler, Woman in Prachuap
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — Streets turned into fast-moving rivers as flash floods triggered by the heaviest rainfall in decades struck the southern coastal province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, killing two and...
View ArticleRules Eyed After Child Dies Boxing
BANGKOK — The tourism and sports minister said Tuesday that the ministry would consider proposing stronger restrictions on minor boxing after a 13-year-old boy died following a knock-out during a...
View ArticleOfficials Recover Capsized Phuket Ship that Killed 47 Chinese
PHUKET — Officials on Saturday recovered a boat that sank in rough weather off the southern resort island of Phuket in July, killing 47 Chinese tourists. The post Officials Recover Capsized Phuket...
View ArticleSmiling Buffalo Seized by Police, Impounded as Evidence
CHAI NAT – An impoverished farmer in the central province of Chai Nat was in tears Tuesday morning when police arrived to confiscate the beloved buffalo he’d just purchased with the help of online...
View ArticleElephant Fatally Stomps Driver After Car Strikes Its Legs
NAKHON NAYOK — A man was killed by a wild elephant after his speeding car hit the animal near a national park in northeastern Thailand, police said Thursday. Police Lt. Col. Kemchat Paedkaew said the...
View ArticleDeliverymen Fall to Death After Speeding Benz Plows Into Truck
NONTHABURI — Two furniture deliverymen fell to their deaths Tuesday morning after an elderly motorist crashed his Mercedes-Benz into their stalled vehicle on an elevated highway in northern metro...
View ArticleChange of Plans Led Thai Man to Strasbourg and Into Gunman’s Sights
CHACHOENGSAO — Wracked with grief at the news of their son’s death in France in a suspected terror attack, a sobbing Sukree Seubsaman and Yok-rhang Seubsaman declined to talk to reporters Wednesday....
View ArticleCroc Thrown in Lockup After Crashing Krabi Pub Party (Video)
KRABI — After a raucous evening at a pub, an unlikely bar-goer spent the night at the police station before someone showed up to claim him. But it wasn’t the usual Krabi troublemaker – it was a...
View ArticleLow Standards on Boat That Sank, Killing 47 Chinese Tourists
Police say their investigations have found that a boat that sank in July in rough weather off the southern island of ... The post Low Standards on Boat That Sank, Killing 47 Chinese Tourists appeared...
View ArticleNearly Dozen Charoen Krung Homes Ravaged by Fire
BANGKOK — About 10 residences in the city’s old quarter were destroyed in an early morning fire Wednesday. The post Nearly Dozen Charoen Krung Homes Ravaged by Fire appeared first on Khaosod English.
View ArticleAbusive ‘Buddhist Camp’ One of Top 10 Worst SOTUS Incidents of 2018
BANGKOK — From spleens being burst as a result of beatings and screaming university chants while rolling in mud, to an abusive religious camp where students were forced to stand reciting pledges until...
View ArticleBangkok Bus Runs Over, Kills Passenger
BANGKOK — Police on Tuesday were looking for the driver of a bus that ran over and killed an elderly female passenger last night in the capital. The victim, who was struck by a No. 44 bus at about...
View ArticleThai Tsunami Warning System Works Despite Damage: Minister
BANGKOK — Thailand’s tsunami warning system is operational despite one of the two detection buoy lines on the Andaman sea having been recently damaged by a trawler, Interior Minister Gen. Anupong...
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