Chiang Mai’s Songkran Starts Early to Combat PM2.5 Particles
CHIANG MAI — Thai New Year’s water festival will arrive early in Chiang Mai this year as the government seeks public participation to combat the city's persistent air pollution.
Female Driver Surrenders After Fatally Crashing Into Swiss Man
CHONBURI - According to police officers at the Na Jomtien Police Station in Chonburi Province, the driver of the car that struck the 73-year-old...
Police Visit Students Behind Anti-Junta Teacher Appreciation Day Stunt
NONG KHAI — Police visited a school in Nong Khai on Thursday after an annual teacher appreciation day turned into a viral political stunt...
Professor, Law Grad, Teacher Among 6 Charged with Lese Majeste
BANGKOK — A landscape architecture professor, fresh law grad, office worker and school teacher were among five people charged along with a human rights lawyer last week for allegedly defaming the royal family.
Following China’s Pattern, Thailand Sees Rise in Imported Cases
BANGKOK — The number of new coronavirus cases in Thailand rose above 10 after two weeks of waning infections due to infection found among those returning from overseas, the government announced Thursday.
Phangan Police Raid Illegal Hotels, Arrest 12, Including 3 Spanish Men
Tourist police raided two unlicensed hotels on the resort island of Koh Phangan on Tuesday, arresting 12 people including four Spanish nationals, two Thai citizens, an Argentine, a Polish woman, and five Myanmar
Hot Haze in Bangkok, Hot Hail in the North
BANGKOK — Expect the capital city to be so hot – a sweltering high of 40C all week – the air next between the moo ping vendors will shimmer from the sidewalk heat as soaring temperatures were blamed for a second death on Tuesday.
Gov’t Says Private Hospitals Can’t Charge COVID-19 Treatment
BANGKOK — The government on Saturday banned private hospitals from charging coronavirus patients for their treatments.
Owner of Cafe Where Animals Died Sorry For ‘Lapses’
BANGKOK — The acrid smell is the first thing that registers at Siam Square’s Kitties and Bears Cafe. Animal funk is hard to hide...
Defrocked Anti-Muslim Buddhist Monk Was ‘National Security Threat’
BANGKOK — A spokesman for the junta said Thursday that a controversial monk taken into military custody and flown to Bangkok to be forcibly...
