At least 19 dead after bus plunges off mountain road; PM orders probe
By Agencies and published by CNA and Thai Rath PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered an investigation into a fatal bus accident in the central province of Prachin Buri that claimed the lives of at least 19 people today (Feb 26), local news outlet Khaosod reported. Latest report by Thai Rath newspaper said 30 […]
Read MoreThai woman abused by boyfriend found dead in Oman
THE BODY of a Thai woman who has been missing in Oman for over three months was found burned on hill in Salalah after she went to see her Bangladeshi boyfriend there with other Thais mentioning that she had suffered severe physical abuse, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said today (Feb. 24). The […]
Read MoreArrest warrant out for hired gun who shot dead former Cambodian MP in Bangkok
THE Criminal Court this morning (Jan. 8) approved a warrant for the arrest of a hired gun who goes by the name “Sergeant Em Kongruea” on the charges of killing former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya, 74, in the heart of Bangkok last evening, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said. Chana Songkhram police […]
Read MoreOff-duty policeman fatally shot while trying to stop a fight
AN off-duty Crime Suppression Division policeman was shot seven times and later died at the hospital after intervening in a fight between a foreigner and a Thai mechanic at Bangkok’s Sai Mai district last night (Jan. 3), Amarin TV said. At around 8 p.m., a police team from Sai Mai station rushed to the […]
Read MoreJimmy Carter, former US president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, dead at 100
By Reuters and published by CNA Washington – Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as United States president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died at his home in Plains, […]
Read MoreInfluencer dies after gulping half bottle of alcohol for 30,000 baht
A SOCIAL media influencer and rapper who shot to fame for selling garlands to feed his grandmother died early this morning (Dec. 26) after gulping down half a bottle of alcohol in exchange for 30,000 baht, Amarin TV said. Many social media pages dug up information about the influencer, Bank Lester, and found out […]
Read MoreSecond Australian teen dies in tainted alcohol case in Laos that has killed 6 tourists
By AP – published by Yahoo!News and Naewna Vang Vieng, Laos – A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said today (Nov. 22), bringing the death toll in the mass poisoning of foreign tourists to six. Holly Bowles, […]
Read MoreBody of foreigner wearing gold jewellery washes up on Pattaya beach
POLICEMEN and rescuers rushed to Pattaya’s Wong Amat beach early this morning (Nov. 22) after the body of a foreign man wearing gold jewellery washed ashore, TV Channel 7 said. Mrs. Praew Phinyoying, 83, said at approximately 6 a.m. a fisherman told her that he found a dead body washed up by the waves […]
Read More2 Rohingyas dead, 9 in coma after being dumped in Chumphon by human traffickers
HUMAN traffickers taking a group of 70 Rohingya people in a tightly packed pickup truck from Chiang Rai to the Thai-Malaysian border dumped two of them who had died and 10 others with nine now in coma at a dense thicket in Chumphon province, Amarin TV said today (Oct. 17). At 11.30 a.m. Pol. […]
Read MoreDebts likely led to woman killing family, herself
THE shooting deaths of a family of four in Songkhla this evening (Oct. 7) likely stemmed from the wife facing debt problems, Amarin TV said. Pol. Col. Banthoeng Laocharoen, chief of Songkhla city police station, said Mr. Chaichan (surname withheld), a former Songkhla councillor, his wife Mrs. Natthaphat and two children were all found […]
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