By Anton L. Delgado, AP, and published by Yahoo!News KANCHANABURI: A depot on World War II’s infamous “Death Railway” has resurfaced from beneath a reservoir where the site has remained underwater for decades, prompting researchers to race to western Thailand to survey the remnants of Nithe Station. Thousands of Allied prisoners of war and
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Sinkhole forces demolition of Samsen police station: Chadchart
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said today (Oct. 4) that Samsen police station which is on the edge of a massive sinkhole that opened up on Sep. 24 would have to be demolished as it has been sinking with Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) and the contractor to shoulder the over 40 million
Read moreNetizens fuming over video of dancers swaying at police station
TURNING into a social media issue is the circulation of a video clip of three scantily-clad dancers rocking at Plai Bang police station in Nonthaburi with questions raised about the appropriateness of doing so at a government office, Amarin TV said yesterday (Oct. 18). At 11.30 a.m. reporters of this TV channel went Plai
Read moreAirport Link Ramkhamhaeng station reopens after fire guts 30 adjacent shops
A PREDAWN fire that gutted 30 shops at a plaza next to Airport Rail Link ‘s Ramkhamhaeng Station led to its closure from 4.30 onwards but it was reopened at 8.29 a.m., Naewna newspaper said today (July 1). Although this station is operating again, passengers have to climb stairs because the escalators are not
Read moreTaopoon police station chief changes his mind, not resigning anymore
THE SUPERINTENDENT of Taopoon police station who wanted to resign because he could no longer cope with the pressure of handling an online website case involving both National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon and Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachet Hakphan, nicknamed Big Joke, has changed his mind and is no longer
Read moreItalian man dies in fall from Skytrain station
A YOUNG ITALIAN MAN fell to his death from BTS Sanam Pao station in Phaya Thai district at 8 a.m. this morning (Nov. 14) with police rushing to contact the Italian embassy and his family about his demise, TV Channel 7 said. Phaya Thai police station was alerted by a local resident that a
Read moreFemale drug suspect dies in fall from police station window
A THAI woman arrested on drug trafficking charges died after jumping out of the third-floor window of Bang Kruai police station, Nonthaburi, yesterday (July 14), Naewna newspaper said today. Ms. Sawitree (surname withheld), 38, was arrested at 2 p.m. after a police team found 30 tablets of methamphetamine (Yaba) in her backpack. They had
Read moreAngry wife shoots husband at polling station
AMIDST the bustle of the general election taking place today (May 14) a shooting took place at a Samut Prakan polling station with an angry woman firing three shots at her husband who had come to vote with his mistress and then stabbing him too, Naewna newspaper quoted Muang Prakan News v2 Facebook page
Read moreBig hunt for drug suspect who escaped from police station
A BIG team of policemen accompanied by their dogs are hunting for a drug suspect who managed to escape from Phanom Thuan police station in Kanchanaburi province two days ago and is still at large, TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Thanayuth Wutticharathamrong, commander of the Provincial Police Region 7, and Pol. Maj.
Read moreChatchart: Don’t link SRT refusal to screen movie at Hua Lamphong to politics
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittiphan this afternoon (July 14) urged the public not to link State Railway of Thailand’s (SRT) refusal to allow the screening of the movie “Sunset at Chaophraya” at Hua Lamphong station on Sunday July 17 to inter-departmental politics, Matichon newspaper said. In an interview with ThaiPBS Chadchart said SRT refused to
Read moreAlmost entire police station in Sisaket infected
EVEN AS the daily Covid count dropped again today (Oct. 5) to 9,869 cases and 92 deaths clusters continue to emerge with one being at a police station in Sisaket province where almost the entire police team based there got infected, Amarin TV said. Altogether 32 Nam Kliang police station officers were found to
Read moreActivity held at police station to encourage 2 Section 112 suspects
THE We Volunteer (WeVo) guards held a performance in front of Yannawa police station to encourage two suspects summoned to hear charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or lese majeste law, Thai Rath and INN News reported today (Dec. 17). It was reported that one of the two suspects is a 16-year-old
Read moreGunman kills three at Radio Thailand station
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A LONE GUNMAN killed three of his own colleagues at a Radio Thailand station in Phitsanulok province today (27.5.2020), police said. The gunman, identified as Wim Sonsud, armed himself with two handguns and fired gunshots at his unsuspecting victims in the premises of the radio station run by the Public Relations
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