Jenphop Sped Toward Deadly Crash at Over 250KPH
AYUTTHAYA — A wealthy auto scion was speeding at over 250kph when he slammed into another vehicle and killed two people on a highway earlier this month, police announced today.
Hundreds of Motorcycles Briefly Block Bridge
BANGKOK — Hundreds gathered on Bhumibol Bridge yesterday evening for a two-wheel protest against a new ban on riding across the bridge and dozens of other spans in the capital.
#VaultWatch Is Over: Camera Shows What’s Inside (Photos & Video)
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — After more than one month of mystery, we finally get to take a look inside the antique bank vault in Thung Song district.
Infant, Boy Among 6 Injured in Ratchathewi Apartment Fire (video)
BANGKOK — Six people including a baby girl were injured when a fire tore through an apartment early Monday morning in a small lane in Ratchathewi district.
3 Shot When Police Stop Turns Into Gun Battle North of Bangkok (Video)
PATHUM THANI — Police are still hunting a man who opened fire on officers in broad daylight Monday to evade a checkpoint in northern metro Bangkok.
After Bombing, Ratchaprasong Boosts Security for New Year
BANGKOK — Almost 900 private security cameras will be installed before year’s end in the commercial heart of Bangkok along with other measures to boost confidence after a bomb attack killed 15 tourists there in August.
Watch ‘Asia’s 50 Best’ Winners Announced Live (Video)
BANGKOK — Watch the awards show for “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants” being held in live right now, Tuesday night, in Bangkok.
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Hostage Taker Ends Up Beaten by Mob (Video)
BANGKOK — A plot by a man from Myanmar to rob a gold store in a Bangkok hypermarket by holding a 9-year-old girl hostage ended ignominiously today when a crowd of onlookers surged in to attack him and end a tense stand-off.
Thailand's Got Talent Producers Apologize for 'Desecrating Buddha's Footprint' [+video]
LAMPANG – The producers of a reality television series in Thailand have formally apologized for filming a scene on top of a mountain in Lampang province where Lord Buddha is said to have left a footprint thousands of years ago.
Train Smashes into Koh Samet-Bound Bus, 3 Dead
BANGKOK — A train smashed into a double-decker bus carrying tourists at an uncontrolled railway crossing west of Bangkok on Sunday, with reports that three people were killed and more than two dozen injured.