Calamity

The Accident that Thai people often encounter can be an unexpected experience for an American tourist. The crowd gathered around while rescuers tried to help...

BANGKOK — So much water is used for sex in Bangkok’s brothels that it is contributing to the gradual sinking of Bangkok, officials have warned.

BANGKOK — Residents in the old quarter of Bangkok had to flee their homes early Monday morning after a fire broke out and destroyed over a dozen historic shophouses.

CHAI NAT — A school director is being transferred for allegedly serving a school lunch of instant noodles containing neither protein nor vegetables. Former Wat...

SAMUT PRAKAN — More than 20 tourists fell into waist-deep water at a floating market Sunday when a wooden walkway collapsed.

PATTAYA — Portions of Pattaya were flooded Thursday morning when a weakening tropical storm hit the seaside tourist city. After about an hour of heavy...

CHIANG RAI — Oxygen tanks are being opened in the chamber where 13 people are trapped by flooding to prevent them from suffocating, the former governor who has led the operation said early Saturday morning.

PHUKET — Divers and helicopters on Monday morning continued the search for those missing after a vessel sunk last week off Phuket, killing dozens.

KOH TAO — Bone fragments, flesh and a diving mask were found Thursday off Koh Tao’s Chalok Ban Kao Beach, nearly a week after the search began for a missing Russian tourist.

BANGKOK — A bus heading into Suvarnabhumi Airport was destroyed after it burst into flames Monday morning.