CARETAKER Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Jan. 15) ordered action against Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), the contractor of two projects where cranes fell and killed 32 train passengers and injured dozens others in Nakhon Ratchasim (Korat) province yesterday and two pickup truck drivers at Rama II road stretch in Samut Sakhon province this
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Witnesses reveal brutalities in Cambodia’s criminal camps
By Yonhap News Agency and The Korea Times Seoul – Lawlessness, assaults, torture and deaths are commonplace in Cambodia’s notorious criminal compounds, witnesses and their acquaintances told Yonhap News Agency on today (Oct. 14), amid numerous reports of South Koreans being victimised by online scammers operating in the Southeast Asian country. Testimonies have also
Read moreNine Thai army troops killed until ceasefire today
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NINE THAI ARMY soldiers have been killed during five days of clashes with Cambodian troops in several disputed border areas of northeastern Thai provinces until a mutual ceasefire was declared today (July 28). The ninth and latest Thai army troop was reportedly killed today in a clash with the Cambodian
Read moreiCon Group CEO Boss Paul shows up to testify
AMID mounting pressure from investors who complained to police that they had lost hundreds of thousands and up to millions of baht after investing in The iCon Group, the company’s CEO Mr. Woratphon Waratvorakul, or Boss Paul, today (Oct. 12) showed up at Consumer Protection Police headquarters to testify, Naewna and Thai Rath newspapers
Read more6 dead, 2 missing as Typhoon Yagi hits the North
By AFP -published by CNA and Amarin TV TORRENTIAL rain brought on by Typhoon Yagi that led to Mae Ai river in Chiang Mai overflowing its banks triggering landslides and flash floods has killed four people with two others missing while two more flood victims died in Chiang Rai, The latest update at 10.30
Read moreTwo brothers held for producing deadly moonshine
POLICE arrested two brothers for producing deadly moonshine that killed two drinkers and sent 21 others to hospital at their house in Saphan Soong area of Bangkok and they confessed that they had been brewing it for a year and it was distributed to over 18 shops retailing herbal liquor, Naewna newspaper said this
Read more2 Chiang Rai villagers die as flash floods gush through their district
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWO VILLAGERS WERE KILLED due to last night’s (Oct.16) flash floods in a low-lying district of Chiang Rai, officials said. The bodies of the deceased villagers, 58-year-old and 12-year-old males, were found after torrential rainwater and flash floods had swept over terrains in Pan district in the middle of the
Read moreFive villagers killed in Sukhothai flash floods
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FLASH FLOODS have claimed five fatalities in the upper central province of Sukhothai so far, officials said today (Oct.7). The five unnamed villagers of Sukhothai were reportedly killed due to the flash floods primarily caused by rainstorms and the overflowing Yom River during an early period of a monsoon season.
Read moreCovid count reaches around 2,800-3,889 a day in Thailand
A CHULALONGKORN University Faculty of Medicine doctor today (Feb. 14) estimated that the daily Covid-19 tally was approximately 2,800-3,889 during the week Feb. 5-11, 2023 while warning people to continue being careful, Naewna newspaper said. Dr. Thira Woratanarat also said on his personal Facebook page that there were 392 hospital admissions and 12 deaths
Read moreArrest warrant out for Mountain B pub owner
PATTAYA Provincial court this evening (August 6) approved an arrest warrant for the owner of Mountain B pub that was engulfed in a huge blaze killing 15 people and injuring 37 others in the wee hours of Friday morning, Sanook.com said. The pub’s owner, Mr. Pongsiri Panprasong, faces two charges, with these being negligence causing
Read moreFire-gutted pub’s singer confirms backstage entrance was always locked
THE lead singer-keyboard player at Mountain B pub where an inferno at 1 a.m. yesterday (August 5) killed 15 people and injured 37 others revealed that the backstage entrance was always locked to prevent customers from sneaking away without paying, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon. Mr. Thanaphat Phuangpae, 24, or Peach, of Taew Waew band,
Read moreMan drops dead at Bangkok convenience store
A 47-year-old Thai man suddenly collapsed and died at a convenience store in Chatuchak district of Bangkok this afternoon (July 25) with his body taken for autopsy to determine the cause of death particularly whether he was infected with coronavirus, TV Channel 7 said. The sudden death of this man at the Ngamwongwan branch
Read moreUK Covid deaths surpass Great Plague, Aids pandemic and every terror attack and war since 1945 combined
The number of Covid-19 deaths in the UK has surpassed the combined death toll of the Great Plague, the Aids pandemic and every single terror attack and war since 1945. The UK recorded a further 1,631 deaths from coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the official tally above 100,000. The actual number is expected to be much higher when all excess
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