Calamity

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.

Police detained a number of people Wednesday for allegedly beating a belligerent and possibly disturbed Chinese man to death in the Huai Khwang district.

SARABURI — A riverside pier north of Bangkok in Saraburi province sank Monday night under the weight of Loy Krathong festival-goers.

A monk was disrobed Monday after he got drunk on moonshine and yelled at a number of farangs waiting at a bus station.

Chaos erupted Wednesday at a Kasikornbank branch when a woman cut in front of a group of younger people in a long queue to purchase new commemorative banknotes.

BANGKOK — Footage spread Sunday of a driver who was caught on video raging and subsequently punching a motorcyclist who lightly shoved his vehicle, after the man allegedly tried to escape, before forcing him to prostrate at his car.

BANGKOK — A woman was being treated for burns after a fire broke out Friday afternoon near the Russian Embassy in Bangkok. Col. Nakorn Thongpanich...

PATTANI — Jittraporn Banjong was working in front of the checkout counter when two men with covered faces entered the 7-Eleven where she worked. They fired a gunshot and told everyone to get down before splashing gasoline all over the place.

PATTANI — A number of attacks were reportedly carried out in three southern provinces Wednesday night as members of the interim cabinet members arrived for peace talks.

BANGKOK — A construction crane came crashing down Sunday onto the sidewalk of Sukhumvit Road.