Crime, Courts, Calamity

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — Banks, schools, shopping malls and at least one airport in the south were forced to close Thursday by the ongoing flood crisis that has already claimed six lives.

BANGKOK — A 26-year-old former convict confessed Friday to stabbing a man to death in northern Bangkok to rob him of his iPhone, an attack that went viral on social media due to its brutality.

BANGKOK — Police were looking Thursday for two assailants in connection with the deadly stabbing of a 26-year-old man in northern Bangkok.

BANGKOK — Jailed Redshirt leader Jatuporn Prompan is expected to fully recover from a kidney infection in the next few days, his fellow activist said Thursday.

NARATHIWAT— As floods deluge Southern Thailand, devastate communities and drowned at least one man, some soggy smiles were found in the antics of an amateur news report skewering disaster-porn journalism.

BANGKOK — Fourteen more people died on average during each day of the holidays over last year, with drunk and speeding drivers blamed for the highest year-end death toll in 10 years.

YALA — Following an hour-long standoff, a border patrol police officer was arrested Thursday on suspicion of murdering the director of a local school in his own home.

SURAT THANI — Search efforts for a Japanese tourist who went missing in the sea off Koh Phangan were paused Thursday due to flooding and heavy rain.

CHONBURI — High speed and fatigue were blamed Wednesday for the fatal crash in Chonburi which killed 25 people.

BANGKOK — While police still try to identify five charred bodies from a horrific wreck Monday afternoon in Chonburi province, shock, sorrow and outrage came from the friends and families of the dozens killed.