Crime, Courts, Calamity

According to police, the Chinese woman and man who stole a diamond and gold bracelet worth 1.04 million baht (28,245 USD) from a downtown

BANGKOK — Football Association of Thailand president Somyot Poompanmuang says five players and two match officials from the top-flight national league are among 12 people arrested for alleged match-fixing.

PATTAYA — A foreign man has been arrested and accused of sexually assaulting a woman, but not until video of the event invited widespread scorn for the alleged victim.

PHETCHABUN — The cables started appearing in Pong Kham Fak village in November. Since then, the community has been filled with wires draped over roofs, cutting across roads, blocking house entrances, and even taking up farming space.

PATTANI — Authorities in Thailand’s three southern border provinces say they are preparing for possible retaliatory attacks by Islamic militants after four suspected insurgents were shot dead by security officers last night.

BANGKOK — PM Prayut Chan-o-cha went on national TV again on Wednesday to announce that the state of emergency will formally come into effect tomorrow, but failed to say what specific measures will be taken.

Pol. Lt. Col. Soraj Wichayasut, head of the Khon Kaen Immigration Department, reported the arrest of 10 Laotian women, seven of whom had entered...

BANGKOK — Police suspect the man who pulled up and shot the driver of a Toyota six times yesterday was the ex-husband of the victim’s wife, who was also riding in the car but escaped unharmed.

RATCHABURI — It seemed like just another alcohol-soaked karaoke rager for a Ratchaburi mechanic, only this time he blacked out and woke to find his penis was no longer there.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA — The families of those killed in a bus crash trickled in to retrieve their loved ones’ bodies Thursday as footage spread of passengers having fun before the deadly wreck.