Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — The 56-year-old socialite already accused of sending her maid to jail on a false theft complaint and human trafficking may yet face an additional serious charge: insulting the monarchy.

BANGKOK — A three-story shophouse went up in flames early Wednesday morning in northeastern Bangkok, killing five people inside.

BANGKOK — Police said Tuesday that a man caught on film shooting dead his pregnant wife, parents-in-laws and two other relatives is now in custody.

BANGKOK (Xinhua) — Thailand is manufacturing as many as 50 million cloth masks which will be provided for people nationwide to wear against the COVID-19 outbreak, confirmed Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda on Wednesday.

SAMUT PRAKAN — No charges have been filed against individuals who abandoned a group of migrant workers from Samut Sakhon on the roadside outside Bangkok so far, police said Tuesday.

BANGKOK — Passengers flying from Thailand to Israel will no longer be subject to a 14-day quarantine upon their arrival, the Israeli embassy announced Monday.

BANGKOK — Supporters of fugitive former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday flooded Facebook with messages of sympathy and relief after learning that their idol had fled the kingdom.

NONTHABURI — In a camera footage that wouldn’t look out of place if it were taken inside a CIA black site, a teacher at a school northwest of Bangkok is seen shoving a 2-year-old nursery pupil and wrapping the terrified girl with a black plastic bag as a punishment.

BANGKOK — The government said it has set a target of close to 1 trillion baht in revenue from domestic tourism in 2022, just as it starts to become clear that international travel to Thailand is not bouncing back as fast as the government had hoped.

KHON KAEN — Police on Thursday were investigating an incident in which a falling cable killed a passing motorcyclist.