Updated at 8.20 a.m. Sep. 25, 2025 AN investigation by Bangkok Metropolitan Police using a drone fitted with thermal imaging cameras to survey the huge sinkhole on Samsen road right in front of Vajira Hospital and Samsen police station indicates that a second collapse is possible, Amarin TV said this evening (Sep. 24). Pol.
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Huge waves capsize fishing boat off Phuket
A HELICOPTER and HTMS Hua Hin were sent to rescue nine fishermen after their boat capsized then sank upon being hit by huge waves near Koh Racha Yai which is just off Phuket’s southernmost tip, Amarin TV said this evening (Aug. 12). At around 2.50 p.m. Thai Marine Enforcement Command Centre Region 3 was
Read moreAnother huge statue unveiled in Nonthaburi
EVEN as Bangkokians are still agog over a huge black statue of an emaciated, winged figure with golden fangs and scarlet talons outside a hotel, a bigger statue of Sihuhata deity has been unveiled at adjacent Nonthaburi province, TV Channel 7 said today (Aug. 20). Bangkok authorities have ordered an investigation after the five-metre-tall
Read moreHuge waves pound Prachuap Khiri Khan Bay
THE northeastern monsoon prevailing in the Gulf of Thailand, the South and the Andaman Sea led to strong three- to four-metre-high waves slamming onto an eight-kilometre stretch of Prachuap Khiri Khan Bay today (Dec. 18), INN News said. These large waves are continuously hitting this bay, which is around 90 kilometres south of Hua
Read more11.5 tonnes of ketamine seized in biggest haul ever
JUSTICE Minister Somsak Thepsutin announced the seizure of 11.5 tonnes of ketamine worth over 30 billion baht at a warehouse in Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao province with this being the largest ever haul of this drug in Thailand, Amarin TV reported. Acting on information from other countries the Office of the Narcotics Control Board
Read moreHuge waves damage sea wall at Khao Lak
STRONG waves higher than two metres smashed and destroyed parts of a sea wall then started pounding and eroding a wide coastal area of Khao Lak tourist zone of the southern Phang Nga province today (June 9), INN News reported. As the powerful southwestern monsoon which is now covering the Andaman Sea and parts of
Read moreChiang Mai police nab three in huge drug bust
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE IN CHIANG MAI province seized a record haul of speed pills on the way to the interior of the country in the wee hours today (May 30). A total of 14 million methamphetamine tablets, contained in 77 fertilizer bags, were seized from a pickup truck parked at a hotel in
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