Teacher Slaps Students for Not Doing English Homework, Gets Off Scot-Free
SAMUT SAKHON — No disciplinary action has been taken against a teacher who slapped students repeatedly for not doing their English homework, a school official said Thursday.
Greenpeace Implicates 5 Global Brands in Plastic Trash at Top Tourist Sites
BANGKOK — An environmental group on Tuesday named Coca-Cola and Nestlé among the global companies responsible for much of the plastic pollution in Thailand’s top tourist destinations.
Hundreds Besiege Police Dept. to Seek Road Rage Man Who ‘Insults Thailand’
BANGKOK — A man whose incoherent rant prompted a massive outrage on social media that spilled into a real-life protest apologized Thursday for his inflammatory words.
Locked and Loaded: Thai Cops Join ‘Tetris Challenge’
LAMPANG — The police in northern Thailand arrested the attention of netizens nationwide after they tried their hand at the “Tetris Challenge,” the latest global internet craze.
Officials Struggle to Retrieve Six Elephants Who Died at Waterfall
Update: Environment minister Varawut Silpa-archa said on Tuesday that rangers found five more elephants died from the fall. A total of 11 elephants died in...
Mask On: PM2.5 Smog Returns to Bangkok
BANGKOK — Mask on, it’s not fog. The capital on Monday morning found itself ranked as the second most polluted city in the world, according to an independent monitoring service.
One in 10 Thais Have Marital Problems Due to Alcohol, Survey Says
BANGKOK — About 10 percent of Thais say they have experienced marital and family problems because of someone else’s drinking habit, according to a...
Autopsy Says ‘Abducted’ Model May Have Been Raped
BANGKOK — Ten people have been questioned in connection to the suspected abduction and sexual assault of a promotional model, who was found dead...
Bin Banluerit Won’t Pool Flood Relief Funds With Gov’t
UBON RATCHATHANI — An actor who has fundraised more than 355 million baht for flood relief efforts said Thursday he won’t pool the funds with the government’s own fundraising efforts.
Isaan Flood Update: Gov’t Dinner Party Cancelled, Donation Race Begins
BANGKOK — Government leaders and TV personalities on Tuesday are soliciting donations to assist those affected by ongoing floods in the northeast that have claimed at least 30 lives.