Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — An appeals court on Thursday dismissed criminal defamation charges against British labor activist Andy Hall, whose research was the basis for a report on labor abuses at a pineapple factory in southern Thailand.

BANGKOK - Thai police personnel have been told clearly that Thailand will not extradite the German suspect involved in child prostitution, who said in...

KRABI — Three men were arrested Saturday night on suspicion of murdering a family of eight in Krabi province last week, police said.

LOEI — A popular national park in Isaan will be closed for half a year due to widespread devastation caused by a recent wildfire, the environment minister said Monday.

SAMUT PRAKAN  — A man accused of setting fire and stabbing his girlfriend to death was charged with homicide, police said Tuesday.

Cyber police in Thailand have arrested the leader of the Outlaws gang in Thailand,  Poramate Tangsakul, 41, who is also the owner of the...

BANGKOK — The alleged ringleader of a human trafficking operation in southern Thailand surrendered to police in Bangkok today after a week on the run.

SURAT THANI — The final testimony in the three-month trial of two men accused of double-murder on Koh Tao was heard yesterday with the accused taking the stand to detail crude torture they allege was used to obtain false confessions.

BANGKOK — Police will seek court approval today to continue holding Spanish murder suspect Artur Segarra while they continue to build their case against him.

PATTANI — Two paramilitary rangers died in the southern border provinces Thursday night in a string of attacks that included bombs, shootings and an assault on the power grid.