Wave of Attacks Kills 3 as Cabinet Delegation Arrives in Deep South
PATTANI — A number of attacks were reportedly carried out in three southern provinces Wednesday night as members of the interim cabinet members arrived for peace talks.
View ArticleRegime’s Southern Overtures Met With 19 Attacks, 3 Deaths
PATTANI — Jittraporn Banjong was working in front of the checkout counter when two men with covered faces entered the 7-Eleven where she worked. They fired a gunshot and told everyone to get down...
View ArticleFire in Bangkok’s Bang Rak Injures 1 Woman
BANGKOK — A woman was being treated for burns after a fire broke out Friday afternoon near the Russian Embassy in Bangkok. Col. Nakorn Thongpanich of Bangrak police said the fire began at about 4pm,...
View ArticleEnraged Driver Punches, Forces Motorcyclist to Prostrate at Luxury Car
BANGKOK — Footage spread Sunday of a driver who was caught on video raging and subsequently punching a motorcyclist who lightly shoved his vehicle, after the man allegedly tried to escape, before...
View ArticleBrawl Breaks Out at Kasikornbank Branch Over Commemorative Bills
Chaos erupted Wednesday at a Kasikornbank branch when a woman cut in front of a group of younger people in a long queue to purchase new commemorative banknotes.
View ArticleDrunk Monk Disrobed For Public Tantrum
A monk was disrobed Monday after he got drunk on moonshine and yelled at a number of farangs waiting at a bus station.
View ArticleOvercrowded Loy Krathong Pier Sinks in Saraburi
SARABURI — A riverside pier north of Bangkok in Saraburi province sank Monday night under the weight of Loy Krathong festival-goers.
View ArticleChinese Tourist Dies After Going on Rampage
Police detained a number of people Wednesday for allegedly beating a belligerent and possibly disturbed Chinese man to death in the Huai Khwang district.
View ArticleThai Worker Reported Missing in Tokyo
BANGKOK — Friends and family of a missing Thai expat in Tokyo were pleading for information Thursday about his whereabouts, three days after he went missing.
View ArticleFire Breaks Out at Thong Lor Korean Restaurant
BANGKOK — A fire broke out late Friday afternoon at a Korean restaurant in Soi Thong Lor 2. No injuries were reported.
View Article‘We Have to Own Up to That’ Boy Wins Praise Online (Video)
SAMUT PRAKAN — A routine road accident provoked a discussion about driver responsibility Sunday night after dashcam footage of the accident went viral for a young passenger’s insistence his parents...
View ArticleHomeless Man Addresses Soldiers From Atop Chedi
An emotionally disturbed man scaled a chedi at a temple in the capital’s old quarter Monday evening before police managed to talk him down.
View ArticleDeath Toll Rises to 18 Retirees on Holiday Bus
UTTARADIT — Casualties rose Wednesday to 18 killed and 20 injured after a bus plunged off a cliff yesterday in Uttaradit province.
View ArticleSulfuric Acid Vapor Cloud Sends 30 to Hospital
PRACHINBURI — More than 30 residents of Prachinburi’s Si Maha Phot district were hospitalized Thursday night by a factory chemical spill.
View ArticleMan Falls from Siam Paragon Escalator, Critically Injured
BANGKOK — A 44-year-old man fell from an escalator to the basement-level floor of the Siam Paragon shopping mall Friday night. At about 8:40pm Friday, Samret Sangteerapeetikul fell from the third...
View ArticleMan Dies After Jumping From Siam Paragon Escalator
BANGKOK — A man who fell from an escalator to the ground floor of the Siam Paragon shopping mall Friday night died of his injuries after being rushed to the hospital.
View Article16 Tourists Injured in Samui Bus Crash
SAMUI — Sixteen tourists from China were injured Sunday night when their bus overturned on the popular island of Samui, police said.
View ArticlePolice, Netizens Hunt For Lost Elder Wand
BANGKOK — A week or so ago, when Natdanai Asavaruks went to go see the latest movie set in the Harry Potter universe, he brought along a prized possession – his Elder Wand.
View ArticleFlaming Truck Circles Roundabout, Driver Unhurt
BANGKOK — A Toyota truck burst into flames as it circled a roundabout Wednesday evening in northern Bangkok.
View ArticleFlash Floods Kill 11 in South, Heavy Rain to Continue
BANGKOK — Flash floods in the south of Thailand have killed 11 people in recent days, disaster officials said, with rain continuing to fall Monday.
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