Thai Family Mourns Girl Killed in Video Streamed on Facebook
PHUKET — The funeral was held Saturday for an 11-month-old Thai girl who was killed by her father in a video broadcast live on Facebook before he then hanged himself.
View ArticleTurbulence Injures 27 Aboard Aeroflot on Approach to BKK
BANGKOK — Twenty-seven people have been injured, several with suspected spinal damage, after an Aeroflot Boeing 777-300 on which they were travelling from Moscow to Bangkok hit strong turbulence.
View ArticleForeign Man Dies at Pattaya’s ‘Thai Sky Adventures’
PATTAYA — A foreign man fell to his death while skydiving Thursday afternoon, police said.
View ArticleFugitive Red Bull Heir’s Passports Revoked
BANGKOK — The Ministry of Foreign affairs on Friday revoked the passport of Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, scion of Red Bull’s energy drink fortune.
View ArticleMan Falls to Death From Thaniya Plaza on Silom
BANGKOK — A man fell to his death early Tuesday morning from the top of a Silom Road shopping mall.
View ArticleDistracted by Phone, Woman Killed Crossing Chonburi Road
CHONBURI — A woman struck by a car as she crossed a road while talking on the phone in dramatic footage circulated online has died, police said Thursday.
View ArticleFalling Tree, Utility Pole Kill Motorist at Chit Lom
BANGKOK — Police are investigating what caused several large trees to fall on Soi Chit Lom, taking out an electrical pole which fell and killed a motorist Saturday morning.
View ArticleRotten Roots Blamed for Toppled Tree That Killed Woman
BANGKOK — Officials blamed damaged and misshapen roots for a large tree which toppled and killed a woman along a busy street in downtown Bangkok on Saturday.
View ArticleSecond Large Tree Topples Downtown After Heavy Rain
BANGKOK — A large tree fell and blocked Bangkok’s Soi Sukhumvit 53 as heavy rain lashed the capital Wednesday morning. The second great tree to come down in less than a week, the tree fell into the...
View ArticlePolice Weigh Charges After Falling Ceiling at Central Pinklao Injures 3
BANGKOK — Central Group may be charged with recklessness, police said Thursday after a ceiling at one of its malls came crashing down, injuring three people.
View ArticleBurning Man Tries to Enter Iranian Embassy on Election Day
BANGKOK— A man set himself on fire and tried to charge into the Iranian Embassy on Friday afternoon as voting was underway inside for that nation’s presidential election. The man lit himself on fire...
View Article10 Injured at Yasothon Rocket Festival
YASOTHON — A rocket exploded Sunday at the annual Rocket Festival in the northeastern province of Yasothon, injuring 10.
View ArticleVan Crashes Into Street Sweeper on Bangkok Tollway, 2 Dead
BANGKOK — At least two died at about noon on Monday when a public transportation van crashed into a street sweeper on a Bangkok tollway.
View ArticleMidnight Motorcycle Race Leads to One Death
AYUTTHAYA — A 20-year-old man was killed and two injured early Tuesday morning after the three took part in a midnight motorcycle race that ended with at least one motorcycle ramming into a pickup...
View ArticlePolice Seek Men Seen in Waiting Room Selfie Before Blast
BANGKOK — Police said Tuesday they are looking for several men seen in a photograph taken in a hospital waiting room minutes before a bomb exploded there.
View ArticleBangkok on Alert for Suspicious-Looking Object and Person After Hospital Bomb
BANGKOK — City Hall has instructed officials in all districts to be on the lookout following Monday’s bomb blast at a military hospital which injured 25 people. The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority...
View ArticleFlooded Areas Across Bangkok After Last Night’s Big Storm (Photos)
BANGKOK — A night of pounding rain left portions of the capital flooded Thursday morning, leading to a torrent of complaints from commuters.
View ArticlePolice Investigate Discarded Baby on Ledge
BANGKOK — Police on Friday were awaiting the autopsy results of baby whose body was found thrown by a young mother onto a building ledge across from her flat in Bangkok’s Yan Nawa district.
View Article2 Men Seen Where ‘Bomb’ Discovered Near MRT
BANGKOK — Police are looking for two men who stopped for five minutes at an empty lot near a Bangkok subway station a few minutes before a possible pipe bomb was found there.
View ArticleBritish Man Falls to His Death from Sukhumvit Hotel
BANGKOK — A British man fell seven stories from an upscale downtown hotel in what police are ruled to be a suicide.
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