Calamity

BANGKOK — A week or so ago, when Natdanai Asavaruks went to go see the latest movie set in the Harry Potter universe, he brought along a prized possession – his Elder Wand.

SAMUI — Sixteen tourists from China were injured Sunday night when their bus overturned on the popular island of Samui, police said.

BANGKOK — A man who fell from an escalator to the ground floor of the Siam Paragon shopping mall Friday night died of his injuries after being rushed to the hospital.

BANGKOK — A 44-year-old man fell from an escalator to the basement-level floor of the Siam Paragon shopping mall Friday night. At about 8:40pm Friday, Samret...

PRACHINBURI — More than 30 residents of Prachinburi’s Si Maha Phot district were hospitalized Thursday night by a factory chemical spill.

UTTARADIT — Casualties rose Wednesday to 18 killed and 20 injured after a bus plunged off a cliff yesterday in Uttaradit province.

An emotionally disturbed man scaled a chedi at a temple in the capital’s old quarter Monday evening before police managed to talk him down.

SAMUT PRAKAN — A routine road accident provoked a discussion about driver responsibility Sunday night after dashcam footage of the accident went viral for a young passenger’s insistence his parents admit fault.

BANGKOK — A fire broke out late Friday afternoon at a Korean restaurant in Soi Thong Lor 2. No injuries were reported.

BANGKOK — Friends and family of a missing Thai expat in Tokyo were pleading for information Thursday about his whereabouts, three days after he went missing.